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103 images Created 1 Apr 2012

Mammals

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  • Portrait of a large Kudu Bull with steamy breath on a cold Winter morning in the Kalahari.
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  • Portrait of a back-lit Kudu Bull at sunrise in Botswana's  Khuste Game Reserve.
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  • Portrait of a back-lit Kudu Bull at sunset in Botswana's  Khuste Game Reserve.
    VGR_20190716_8803a.jpg
  • A female Cheetah stands in the shade of a Mopipi tree at Piper Pans in the CKGR
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  • Kalahari Springbok grazing at sunset.
    VGR_20180206_7708.jpg
  • A Male Kalahari Lion is trying to crack open a leopard tortoise's shell.
    VGR_20180206_7431.jpg
  • A single Gemsbok amongst the beautiful Kalahari grasses on the dune slopes of the Deception Valley,
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  • Kalahari Springbok herd bolting in all directions.
    VGR_20200219_2943.jpg
  • Backlit Gemsbok silhouettes in a cloud of dust.
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  • A portrait of a nervous immigrant bull elephant in Khutse Game Reserve.
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  • Male cheetah calling.
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  • Herd of giraffe on the Sunday Pan in the CKGR, Botswana.
    VGR_20120127_5690.jpg
  • Young male lion in the lush green summer Kalahari Bush in the Khutse Game Reserve.
    VGR_20180209_4577.tif
  • A female Cheetah painfully slowly stalking a herd of Springbok in the CKGR.
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  • A Gemsbok herd in the CKGR is desperate for the summer rains to start and bring green grass onto the dry dusty kalahari plains.
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  • Cheetah cub munching on an unfortunate young Gemsbok's ear.
    VGR_20130207_1323.tif
  • Portrait of a Cheetah cub looking out over the Kalahari Plains in search of prey.
    VGR_20130207_1439.tif
  • Jackal pair interaction, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana
    VGR_20140215_2349.tif
  • A Kalahari black-maned lion wakes up as dawn sets in.
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  • Kalahari Springbok at sunset.
    VGR_20180206_7767-HDR.tif
  • Kalahari Springbok grazing at sunset.
    VGR_20180206_7708.tif
  • A herd of springbok grazing at sunset in the lethiahau valley in the Central Kalahari.
    VGR_20180206_7687-HDR.tif
  • African Wildcat  (Felis lybica) emerging from a burrow.
    VGR_20180208_8749.tif
  • African Wildcat emerging from a burrow.
    VGR_20180208_8723.tif
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  • Five attentive kude cows in Kalahari habitat.
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  • Three big Kudu Bulls in typical Kalahari habitat.
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  • Low angle portrait of an adolescent male lion in Khutse Game Reserve.
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  • A lioness investigates a concrete water hole inlet at a Kalahari water hole
    VGR_20151120_4497.tif
  • This image of the month does not need much comment does it?<br />
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What is interesting to add is that at first I was not at all happy when this lion cub and its two siblings decided to start playing right at this signpost since I normally prefer to omit man-made elements from my images. In this case, however, with the 'No entry' sign becoming the subject of play things worked out for me after all.
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  • Foraging ground squirrel amongst flowering vlei lilies in a Kalahari Pan.
    VGR_20150103_5157.tif
  • A playful lion cub investigates a No Entry sign.
    VGR_20151121_5255.tif
  • Kalahari lions cubs and their mother approaching
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  • The territorial male kalahari lion of the Molose pride in Khutse Game Reserve, Botswana
    VGR_20151121_4912.tif
  • Flap-necked Chameleon (Chamaeleo dilepis) climbing a bush
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  • Close-up portrait of a flap-necked chameleon in the Central Kalahari
    VGR_20100918_1732.tif
  • Yellow mongoose family portrait.
    VGR_20081227_3061.tif
  • Close-up portrait of a flap-necked chameleon in the Central Kalahari
    VGR_20100918_1732.tif
  • Cape Fox basking in the morning sun near the entrance of its burrow.
    VGR_20081223_0254a.tif
  • Two springbok rams engaged in a territorial fight
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  • Gemsboks in Kalahari landscape with spectacular clouds
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  • Lonely springbok lamb in kalahari landscape
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  • Lonely springbok lamb in kalahari landscape
    VGR_20071225_0129.tif
  • Litter of young bat-eared foxed breast feeding with their mother
    VGR_20071224_9824a.tif
  • Gemsbok are uniquely beautiful antelope with their striking black & white facial markings and extremely long straight pointy horns. The entire scene of a herd of these graceful ungulates one early morning before sunrise in Khutse appealed to me, but what makes this image strong is the positioning of the three Gemsbok. Study the image, look at the positioning of these bold faces and how the horns point towards the same point and follow the markings along the body outlines and see how they all connect, perhaps than you see what I see. The setting full moon in the background is the proverbial 'icing on the cake.
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  • I recently commented to one of my photography buddies in reply to his remark that he wants interesting subjects to shoot, that since he is a good photographer he can create art with any animal subject, even a mouse! <br />
To illustrate my point here I remembered I was shooting some very ordinary and common ground squirrels in Khutse earlier this year. All the squirrels did was eat, but what made the scene was the abundance wild flowering Vlei Lilies. These beautiful flowers grow only for a couple of days so my timing, shortly after the first rains of the season, was perfect.
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  • Portrait of a large Kudu bull with magnificent horns framed behind a young bull's small horns.
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  • Portrait of a large Kudu bull with magnificent horns.
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  • Portrait of a large Kudu bull with magnificent horns, framed by other Kudu's
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  • Portrait of a large Kudu bull with magnificent horns, framed by other Kudu's
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  • Portrait of an adolescent Kudu bull framed by other Kudu's
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  • Portrait of an adolescent Kudu bull framed by other Kudu's
    VGR_20120820_4123.jpg
  • Portrait of a teenage bull
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  • Portrait arrangement of three Kudu cows
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  • Close-up abstract portrait of a large Kudu Bull
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  • Portrait of a teenage kudu bull
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  • Portrait arrangement of three Kudu cows
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  • Portrait arrangement of many Kudu cows
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  • Portrait arrangement of many Kudu cows
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  • Portrait arrangement of many Kudu cows
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  • Portrait of a Kudu Bull
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  • Female Kudu peeping from behind another
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  • Portrait of a adolescent Kudu Bull
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  • Female Kudu peeping from behind another
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  • Portrait of a Kudu Bull
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  • Portrait of a Kudu Bull licking its nose
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  • Kudu Bull's head behind an arrangement of Kudu bodies
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  • Group of Kudus drinking from a kalahari water hole.
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  • Kudu bull with big set of horns.
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  • Gemsboks silhouetted at sunrise on the Piper Pan in the Central Kalahari.
    VGR_20130208_1740.jpg
  • Proud Kalahari Springbok ram
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  • Gemsboks silhouetted at sunrise on the Piper Pan in the Central Kalahari.
    VGR_20130208_1763.jpg
  • Female kudus hiding in dense bush
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  • Portrait of a Gemsbok in yellow grass
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  • Male Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) in the Kalahari
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  • Extreme close-up of a Gemsbok
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  • Two young male lions and one receptive female.
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  • Lionesses in Pipers Pans
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  • Yawning female lion in the immense Piper's Pan
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  • Wildebeest herd grazing at sunset in the piper's pans
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  • Portrait a a Rastafarian Lion
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  • Defacating Aardwolf in the Kalahari
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  • Aardwold walking in a Kalahari pan
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  • Young Kudu bull on the run
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  • A herd of Blue Wildebeest grazing in a pan under one of those immensely spectacular colourful Kalahari sunset skies.
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  • Springbok at dusk in the Deception Valley
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  • Female springbok up close
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  • Grazing springbok at sunset
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  • Female Gemsbok with young calf
    VGR_20120227_7711.jpg
  • A herd of Blue Wildebeest grazing in a pan under one of those immensely spectacular colourful Kalahari sunset skies.
    VGR_20120225_9223.jpg
  • Proud Kalahari Springbok ram
    VGR_20120227_9369.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox walking through yellow grass
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  • Bat-eared fox portrait
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  • Male Lion portrait
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  • Male lion drinking from Kalahari waterhole
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  • Portrait of a young Gemsbok
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  • Wildebeest bull with swarming flies
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  • Kudu Bull portrait
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