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It has been a while since a leopard turned up 'round these parts, so here is another tight view of Rockfig Jr female, a stunning leopardess who inhabits the Motswari Private Nature Reserve in the Timbavati region of greater Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga province, South Africa.  We had a fantastic morning with Rockfig Jr, and she [ continue reading ]

We have been back from Africa for over two months now, but it has taken a while for Xenedette to get around to working with her images.  With a little help today, Xenedette has made her African wildlife photography début on 500px, with the upload of her first image — a stunning portrait of Makepisi male [ continue reading ]

During our time in South Africa, and in the Motswari Private Game Reserve in particular, I shot so many images, and even now, barely over two months since we were there, I am still processing and uploading images.  While I have detailed our adventures in the Timbavati here on this blog, in some cases I [ continue reading ]

Our sixth day in Africa began a new chapter of what was a short but intense two-week journey.  The day before, we had been in the African bushveld, surrounded by amazing wildlife, some of which we had never seen before.  After the conclusion of that trip, we had flown back to civilisation, where the only [ continue reading ]

During our African adventures in the Timbavati region of greater Kruger National Park in October of 2012, I shot a large number of stills images of the many species of amazing wildlife we encountered there.  In addition to my images, I also shot some video footage.  I have been wanting to produce a short video [ continue reading ]

After an intense fourth day in Africa, during which we saw all five members of the 'Big Five' (which, for those who do not know, is a hunting term, not a relative descriptor of animal size) and a decent sleep, we rose before 5am for our final day in Motswari.  We knew that we had [ continue reading ]