On safari at Kruger National Park, South Africa

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One of a small bachelor pride of three male lions.  They live in these male prides after reaching maturity and until they find a mate with whom they create their own pride Lion I was surprised to discover that giraffes are almost like squirrels .. they are everywhere in the bush!  The birds live on the giraffes and eat bugs and flies that are attracted to the animal Giraffe with a symbiotic bird
Yes, its real!  Surrounded by dozens of African crockadiles as they hunted chickens and other small animals was a sobering experience African crock So ugly he was cute, this very cool bird decided he liked me and followed me like a pet.  Loved to play with my camera strap ugly friend
The Blue Heron is the majestic national bird of South Africa.  Their national rubgy team is named after the countries national animal, the Springbok blue heron The Blyde River Canyon is the third largest canyon in the world with a drop of 2000 feet.  Largest is the Grand Canyon and second is a canyon in Namibia Blyde River Canyon
Impalas are the McDonalds of the bush.  They have markings like the "M" logo on their butts, they are everywhere, and lions eat them for snacks Impalas Zebras are beautiful.  This pic is softly focused because it is a mega-enlargement taken with a powerful zoom from about 1200 yards away zebra3.jpg (33733 bytes)
Tore my heart out to see him locked in a cage in the place where he was born Chimpanzee The Palace Hotel at Sun City is now owned by Michael Jackson.  Casino, resort, world class golf, and top name entertainment all nestled in an ancient volcano Sun City

For those interested, these photographs were taken using my Nikon F100 with a variety of Nikon and Tamron lenses ranging from 28mm to 400mm.  I used Kodak Gold 100, 200, 400 and 1000 film with Tiffen haze and polarizing filters when needed.  The prints were scanned at 600dpi, 6000 pixels wide with 24 bit color on an HP scanner and then converted to 96dpi and 320 pixels wide for this collection.  I took about 2000 photos during the trip.  These are some of my best.