Early starts are paramount for photographing wildlife
High risk, high reward. It is better to work with an animal in marginal light doing something than work with an animal in plenty of light doing nothing (my proverb)
High risk, high reward. It is better to work with an animal in marginal light doing something than work with an animal in plenty of light doing nothing (my proverb)
With most other predators when you see a posture like this you know the game is on and its serious- with lions, most of the time this is just a "lets give it a shot"
An image has to convey a message or information about the subject- it has to say more without using words.
The Okavango delta is a land of contrasts, its winter, its dry, its cool but the flood water is slowly trickling in and our lions are having to swim- great news for photography
3 pregnant female wild dogs this year- we hoping for a bumper crop of pups.
Cheetah and cubs on a termite mound before sunrise at Chitabe camp in the Okavango delta of Botswana
It's not only male lions who fight to defend their territory
Female elephants are formidable protectors and this was tested to the limit when the pride of lions became very interested in her calf
I've had the privilege to photograph all the big predators in and around the waters of the Okavango. One of the most elusive images has to definitely be that of a leopard- but here it is- finally
The reality is that lions seldom win, but when they do they win big