Tshukudu Bush Lodge

[Scott Murray]

 

[Scott Murray]

 

[Scott Murray]

King Cheetah

 

[Scott Murray]

 

[Scott Murray]

 

[Scott Murray]

 

[DraganDL]

Great shots! My fav: the lion (male) yawning. Just take care of horizon (tends to decline to the right)...
Rhino: change of the gamma will produce more details in the burned out areas (highlights) at the expense of the details in dark areas:

 

[Scott Murray]

Rhino mud bath.

 

[Scott Murray]

Great shots! My fav: the lion (male) yawning. Just take care of horizon (tends to decline to the right)...
Rhino: change of the gamma will produce more details in the burned out areas (highlights) at the expense of the details in dark areas:

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I edited it that way as thats how I liked the look. I have sooo many Rhino pics and have tried various processing methods.

 

[DraganDL]

Yeah, the "blistering sun" is always a huge problem (here, the line of the rhino's spine merges with the distant background)...
That gazelle caught in the middle of a jump (ID96658) is wonderful!

 

[Scott Murray]

 

[SacrificeTheory]

Was this just with the 70-200? Or did you have a TC with it too?

 

[Lee532]

Stunning shots Scott.

 

[Lawrence]

Great photos Scott. Some real standouts here. I liked the Jackal - an underrated little scavenger.
That 2.8 lens did a lot of good work.
No Leopards at Tshukudu?

 

[Scott Murray]

Was this just with the 70-200? Or did you have a TC with it too?

Most were just with the 70-200 and on the odd occasion with a 1.4TC.

 

[Scott Murray]

Stunning shots Scott.

Thanks Lee.

Great photos Scott. Some real standouts here. I liked the Jackal - an underrated little scavenger.
That 2.8 lens did a lot of good work.
No Leopards at Tshukudu?

There are Leopards there but unfortunately all we spotted were tracks, oneday I will get to see leopard.

 

[nikonpup]

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looks like some one ran over puddy cats tail. Lol

 

[nikonpup]

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where the rhino horns cut or natural wear?

 

[nikonpup]

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he is dinner if that is a canon.

 

[Scott Murray]

where the rhino horns cut or natural wear?

There has been and still is a lot of Rhino poaching going on, the guys at the reserve trim their rhino horns which stops the poaching. They also have an ear out and have since heard that poachers are again looking at this reserve as they are getting long enough again. The cut rhino horns are micro chipped and stored in a secure safe in Johannesburg until the day that it becomes legal to sell. Just think that instead of killing a rhino for its horn they could possibly breed them for it and cut it when at the size needed, and no rhino would have to die. Still not ideal but alot better than having them go extinct.