Category: Wildlife photo
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Green hippopotamus
The bird is a Yellow-billed Oxpecker which had to fly off any time the hippopotamus submerged itself in the dark green waters. It came back as soon as the big perch re-appeared. Botswana, October 2011.
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African Jacana
African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus, Jacana à poitrine dorée). Botswana, October 2011.
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Elephants, sunset
A panorama test I did, investigating the issue of assembling panorama pictures with mobile subjects (an elephant moves, much more than you would believe, I assure you), made out of several pictures shot with a 400mm tele-lens to catch the sunset on the Chobe River, North of Botswana. The merging operation was done (back to…
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Red Lechwe
Red Lechwe (Kobus leche, Cobe de Lechwe) Botswana, October 2011.
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An elephant in white flowers
Botswana, October 2011.
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Heron and storks
At the end of the day, most birds try to perch (they are thus better protected against predators). In an area with a high animal density like Botswana, it allows some interesting encounters like this juvenile grey heron and these three openbill storks. As can be well seen in this picture, the name of the…
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Water panorama
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Baby cheetah
Botswana, October 2011. Nota bene: If you want to see (and hear) a babay cheetah mewing, I suggest that you go and visit YLoveBigCats.
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In flight
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