Leopards in the zoo are beautiful too!
Tag: animals
Two drinking elephants
Two elephant buddies drinking together at a dam in Pilanesberg National Park.
Angry stripes
Two zebras wrangling with each other. it was not a very serious fight, but rather a playful squabble in which one kept on trying to bite the others ears or heels, like an annoying little sibling, perhaps.
Impala creche
Impala lambs are generally born around the same time, in the rainy season when everything is green and grazing is abundant. Rather than staying exclusively with their mother, the lambs stay together in creches overseen by a few females who keep an eye out for their well-being.
Impala
A male impala looking up from his grazing. They may be common animals to find on a gamedrive, but yet there is beauty in them too!
Drinking elephant
An elephant with its trunk in its mouth to squirt some water in it. It’s a personal thing, but I love the dramatic light and editing of this picture. The black background draws so much more attention to the structure of the elephants skin. For me that’s worth the loss of the trees in the background!
Zebra family portrait
A mother zebra and her young, in the early morning light against a black background. What a nice family portrait! (If I may say so myself…)