My Amazing Safari to Botswana
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Eldritch
is insensitive
Fucking AWESOME! Good for you, brutha.
Abacinator
Unholy Blasphemies
Ok, maybe this will work. I have a photobucket account.
So annnnywaaayyyyyyy..... There we were sitting next to a big male lion. Another big male lion and a female were lounging a little bit away. Here are a couple of photos:
Reported for lion junk :laughing
Seriously though, awesome pics. Looks like a fantastic adventure!
Brokenlink
Banned
LOL, I was going to post that 99% of us will be looking at the lion's face. Guess you're a 1%er.
So, we were wandering around Moremi, looking at giraffes, zebras, and cape buffalo, as well as the ubiquitous impala
We were there during the mating season for impala and they make this ridiculous noise. It's only slightly, but drastically different than the nise they make when threatened (alarm call). All of a sudden our guide says "Hold on, alarm call" and hit the gas. We fly across a very sketchy bridge and into a field just in time to see a big male cheetah wandering around at sunset
Will post more photos tonight.
So, we were wandering around Moremi, looking at giraffes, zebras, and cape buffalo, as well as the ubiquitous impala
We were there during the mating season for impala and they make this ridiculous noise. It's only slightly, but drastically different than the nise they make when threatened (alarm call). All of a sudden our guide says "Hold on, alarm call" and hit the gas. We fly across a very sketchy bridge and into a field just in time to see a big male cheetah wandering around at sunset
Will post more photos tonight.
Hoho
Ride to Eat
+1 that is an amazing shot... can't wait for moar!
mean dad
Well-known member
Dude, the pics are fucking sweet! Do you have a lot of garbage to sort through, or are most of the pics similar to these?
I mean the focus, the subject being centered...nice work Mike.
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Brokenlink
Banned
The sketchy bridge we flew cross to see the cheetah:
The fortuitous stop when we got stuck in a mud hole. Gee and I are trying to unstick the truck, while our faithful companion Rajesh made Gin and Tonics.
Because of this stop, we were late and ended up seeing that cheetah.
Moar cheetah:
Kevin,
As far as garbage, yeah. I took 1800 photos. Most are not horrible and would be totally acceptable as pictures. A few are great. But there is so much stuff there it's hard not to take amazing photos. Like impossible. I'm only at Day 2.....
The fortuitous stop when we got stuck in a mud hole. Gee and I are trying to unstick the truck, while our faithful companion Rajesh made Gin and Tonics.
Because of this stop, we were late and ended up seeing that cheetah.
Moar cheetah:
Kevin,
As far as garbage, yeah. I took 1800 photos. Most are not horrible and would be totally acceptable as pictures. A few are great. But there is so much stuff there it's hard not to take amazing photos. Like impossible. I'm only at Day 2.....
Brokenlink
Banned
So we basically watched the cheetah and went back to camp. We had a fantastic meal and drank a bunch of wine around the campfire, then went to bed.
Mickey_D100
Scares Children
Tremendous photos, especially if you're really a novice!
Was it ever sort of hairball knowing that the creatures and animals you were photographing were, you know, OUT THERE while you were sleeping in tents? I think that would sort of wig me out.
Was it ever sort of hairball knowing that the creatures and animals you were photographing were, you know, OUT THERE while you were sleeping in tents? I think that would sort of wig me out.
Brokenlink
Banned
A little bit. You could hear lots of things moving around. Lions roaring, elephants banging the trees right outside our tent to knock the seed pods off, which then landed on the tent. Leopards coughing next to the tent and waking up to see leopard and hyena tracks surrounding your tent. It may have bene a little scary, but mostly just fucking cool.
Brokenlink
Banned
We left the following morning, heading for Khwai. Khwai was interesting as it had a greater chance of seeing wild dogs (one of Africa's most endangered species) and there were lots of elephants there. We hadn't seen too many elephants; that was about to change.
This is a jackal
This here was two elephants battling. A large male showing a smaller male who was boss:
And elephants at sunrise
As we rolled into Khwai a large herd of impala ran at us. Our guide immediately realized they were being chased by the wild dogs by the way they ran. Sure enough, soon came 7 wild dogs. They were amazing in the way they hunted. Silently, spread out and flanking the impala. Genius.
One thing I never really thought about was the danger to these predators of hunting. It seems they are always hurting themselves by either being gouged by branches or being kicked by animals This wild dog has a huge gash behind his front shoulder.
And some storks too.
This is a jackal
This here was two elephants battling. A large male showing a smaller male who was boss:
And elephants at sunrise
As we rolled into Khwai a large herd of impala ran at us. Our guide immediately realized they were being chased by the wild dogs by the way they ran. Sure enough, soon came 7 wild dogs. They were amazing in the way they hunted. Silently, spread out and flanking the impala. Genius.
One thing I never really thought about was the danger to these predators of hunting. It seems they are always hurting themselves by either being gouged by branches or being kicked by animals This wild dog has a huge gash behind his front shoulder.
And some storks too.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Hoho
Ride to Eat
Hmm... ok! +1 :teeth
