ChrisWiid

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Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 320 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 120782/1000

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Mar, 2017

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Beautiful!

Nice job!!

Thanks all. Will upload another image of the same timerous beastie

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Worked hard for this shot - many hours watching and waiting. There were originally 3 chicks but only one survived. When it took its first flight, I fe

Addo elephant Park. Eastern Cape South Africa

I loved the frenetic energy, colour and buzz. This was in Cape Coast, Ghana, and shows the fishing boats coming back after a day's work. The cano

Technically, not a good shot but I love it for the opportunity that was taken (and quickly)

Silvermine Nature Reserve, Cape Town, RSA.
Cute little guy, looks as if one could hug him - don't do it ! he has prickly things.

Gondwana Private Game Reserve, near Mossel Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
What can I say - beautiful creature, but stupid people kill them and even

Splendid cat. How close ? - I could have thrown a ball against his head. How close ? - if he had sprinted at us, we would have had no chance.
Walking

Literally on a feather. Taken with my Samsung Tablet camera, plus a clip-on macro lense (the type you get on Amazon)

This little guy has only one horn - lost the other in a fight. The only springbok in the reserve as the other died and he had to be quarantined.
Gondw

Lucky ! He disappeared from shot and then returned with the grasshopper. Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Very young zebra nestling against its Mom. Addo elephant park, South Africa.

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Not a particularly good image, but what a cute little one !

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town

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