From the monthly archives:

June 2010

A Leopard atop a Mound

June 26, 2010
leopard on a termite mound

During dusk at Linyanti in Botswana, we’d already lined up some elephants approaching single file, but given we were likely to see these again, we decided to visit a lone male lion which has just appeared instead. The light had become appealing at five-thirty, and we’d been with the lion for barely ten minutes when a leopard took his place at the base of a nearby termite mound.

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A Backwards Glance

June 22, 2010
lioness: a backwards glance

This lioness has paused and is looking back to check the progress of the rest of her pride in Moremi, the Okanvango Delta in Botswana in May of this year. The compact stance formed by three-quarter angle of view appealed. I think this may lend itself to a black and white variant someday.

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WPOTY 2010 (nearly)

June 14, 2010
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This year I had nine images make it into the semi finals, a good result, but but not quite close enough, unfortunately. One of these entries was of a Nile crocodile chasing down a wildebeest which was entered into the Animal Behaviour category.

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A Leopard at Dusk

June 6, 2010
leopard atop a termite mound

A Leopard sits atop a termite mound near dusk at Linyanti, Botswana. It was a pleasure to meet this leopard lying at the base of an ant-hill. Just when we were thinking how nice it would be if he were to sit on top of it, he promptly jumped up and sat on top of it.

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