Bushveld Princess.

Lovely 8 month old Leopard cub. She gave me hours of perfect Leopard cub interaction.

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon 100mm - 400mm EF-L f 4.5 - 5.6
Aperture: f 5.6
ISO:  200
Shutter:  1/200 sec
Very low light and shutter speed, used a beanbag to steady the camera.

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Highveld Electrical Lights !

Lighting is definitely one of my favorite photographic subjects, and although I haven't quite captured the perfect images yet, I am very pleased with what I have caught so far. These images are from an electrical storm about for years ago. I must have taken about 300 images that night and as it was my first time trying to capture lightning I was fiddling around with settings the whole time. Since then I have refined my lightning photo's, but these are from my first go at it.

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Good 'ol Dugga Boys

Dugga Boys.................old, usually lone male Cape Buffalo are affectionately called this because of their habit of wallowing in  mud to cool off and rid themselves of irritating, biting insects. Dagga, South African Slang for mud or cement, hardens on these animals skins, thus giving them their name.
I found this old bull in the Kruger taking a midday wallow to cool himself off in the hot Southern African sun.

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens:  Canon 100mm - 400mm EF-L f4.5 - 5.6
Aperture:  f11
Shutter: 1/320 sec
ISO:  250

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Kalahari Boys

 Found this coalition at a waterhole in the Kgalagadi quenching their thirst after a long hot day in bush.

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens:  Canon 100mm - 400mm EF-L f4.5 - 5.6
Aperture: f 6.3
ISO:   200
Shutter:  1/200 sec

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The Little Things.

Sitting around, Canon in hand looking for little tit bits at the Sanctuary Retreats Management Houses in Maun while waiting for our paperwork to be finalized for our work permits.

Nothing seemed like it wanted to expose itself to my lens and I started getting a little frustrated, so I lit a cigarette and opened a beer while I waited.

Putting out my Cherri of the cigarette I noticed this tiny little chap and quickly changed lenses and added my 5x Diopter to the lens.

This little snail measured about 2mm in length and was definitely a mollusc that I never seen before.
I messed around with flash and bouncing light off a A4 piece of paper to direct light and try and defuse it a little. These are some of what I got.

 

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