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While sitting in the dead of winter in a hide observing a group of Red Deer stags I couldn't help noticing the Greater Tits interacting with the

Exploring the Red Sea coastline south of Jeddah I noticed this little crab on the rocks. Took out my wide angle lens and got right in its face!

Bitter cold, freezing conditions wind and snow in Bialowieza, Eastern Polandand the small song birds busy scraping some food in a backyard.

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We spent 2 or 3 hours observing a group of 8 mature Wisent bulls in january 2016. They clearly had hierarchy issues and there was constant sparring go

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One of the youngsters I caught staring at me at Anholter Schweiss. As mentioned in previous images, this is one of the rarests wild cats in the world.

Although I walked the edge of the falls you see here and climbed down the gorge itself, the overview from above gives you a great impression of the ra

Teeth and claws, a lioness enjoying her spoils. The pride already finished off the softer inner parts of the zebra. But this one just seemed to enjoy

This Hyena dropped by camp almost every night in Savuti. So decided to try capture it's essence on our return from the daily safari. With my head

And yes this is a wild Lion...

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Always fun to do. And always a challenge to ensure that your tripod doesn't vibrate from the water you are standing in!

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One of the toughest things to do when you are out in the african wilderness is trying not to do the standard thing when photographing famous animals l

Nature at it's harshest. The herds cross, knowing the Crocs are waiting. They have to, they need the fresh grass on the other side. And the Crocs

An acrobat in slow motion....

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Elephant bull in sandstorm

While visiting Savuti in the dry season we where bound to see cool sandstorm images. This old elephant bull obliged us by walking by.....
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While visiting Savuti in the dry season we where bound to see cool sandstorm images. This old elephant bull obliged us by walking by..
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camera

NIKON D300S

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settings

Aperture f/10 ISO 320 Shutter 1/500 Focal Length 5000/10

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Botswana

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Dec, 2015

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+133

Awards

Peer Award

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Top Choice

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Superb Composition

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Absolute Masterpiece

+5

Magnificent Capture

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One of my favorite animals. Nice

Nice wildlife capture, he looks mean!!