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In the Chobe National Park, Botswana we did a river game drive. At first, we saw a lot of elephants, buffalos, crocodiles and different birds. After filling two...
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In the Chobe National Park, Botswana we did a river game drive. At first, we saw a lot of elephants, buffalos, crocodiles and different birds. After filling two SD cards with pictures, we took a break and opened some cold beers. Suddenly a hippo started to break out of the water and yawn over and over. In a ninja-like move, I changed my beer against my camera. Due to the extremely fast auto-focus, I was able to focus correctly into the jaws of the enormous hippopotamus. Unfortunately, there was not much time for perfect image composition.
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NIKON D5300

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 5000/10

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Kasane, North-West, BW

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Nov, 2018

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