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Photography

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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African Buffalo

May 9, 2010
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An old African Buffalo, and old African Buffalo are irritable, grouchy and dangerous. He’s old and has probably been excluded from his herd now and will see his last days to himself.

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Nkuringo II

May 3, 2010
nkuringo silverback mountain gorilla

Nkuringo was an elderly silverback mountain gorilla from Bwindi in Uganda. I took this in March 2008. This is a follow up picture of Nkuringo who featured in a recent post here where I’ve a fuller account of our time with him.

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White Backed Vulture

April 25, 2010
African White backed Vulture

An African White-backed Vulture in atypical vulture pose. It’s a picture which I felt led itself quite well to monochrome. This one is captive, which I took in a rehabilitation centre near Limpopo, South Africa.

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Amboseli Crossing

April 21, 2010
elephant calf amboseli

This is a revise of a picture from a previous post, Elephant Calf Crossing of October last year. Since then I’ve refined it with an improved appearance and made it available as a Giclée fine art print here.

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Pride of Place

April 20, 2010
a lion on a serengeti kopje

This is a revise of a picture from a previous post, Lion on Serengeti Kopje of October last year. Then, the image was a fairly rough monochrome conversion, and since then I’ve refined it to a more finished standard and is also available as a Giclée fine art print here.

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A Crocodile and Wildebeest Battle

April 10, 2010
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One wildebeest was left behind out of five hundred or so after a crossing on the Mara River in Kenya. The poor guy finally succumbed after a near two hour battle with several Nile crocodiles, during which he almost made the safety of the riverbank twice. Unfortunately it’s not always agreeable and pleasing, nature being nature means that many will suffer too, and every year hundreds of antelope and zebra never make the other side.

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