I've just come back from spending two weeks in South Africa. While we were there we spent several days in the Kruger National Park. I love it there, and I want to live out here when I'm older. I did very well with my mammal sightings, seeing a total of 29 different mammals, including the 'Big 5' (Lion, Leopard - 2 sightings, Buffalo, Elephant and Rhino), 2 Cheetah sightings, Civet, Spotted Hyena, Black-backed Jackal and Porcupine.
Wildlife photography on this scale is definitely a new challenge for me. Between us we took about 400 photos but there are a lot that are not in focus, or it's a photo of the back end of the animal. With wildlife photography your subject doesn't stay still for very long and I also had the added challenge of trying to take photos from the car but here are a few of the better ones.
Lion and Lioness,
a Spotted Hyena,
a Waterbuck,
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and a Leopard up a tree.
