ChrisWiid

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Canon PowerShot SX50 HS

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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 80 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 5539/1000

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Jul, 2020

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Greater Flamingoes. Strandfontein Waste Water Treatment Works, Cape Town. Beautiful birds but scary eyes.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town

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