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The first of the lions. Can't make up my ind which I prefer.

@Ironwood here's an un-cropped photo showing exactly how close we got to the animals. In this case a lion and you can see that it wouldn't be too difficult for her to take out the tracker. Interestingly enough the tracker's profile on these vehicles is one of the things that the Sabi Sands...

Brad @Ironwood mentioned that we appeared very close to the leopard above - let me explain how they become accustomed to the vehicles and the people o them. The Sabi Sands area is quite unique and large at 650 square kilometres. The entire area has a number of private game farms (known as...

Let's move away from the hides and birds - I'll do th rest over time and post any good ones here. but for now a very rare sighting indeed. Within two minutes of leaving the lodge for our first game drive we came across a pack of 9 wild dogs. These are very elusive animals and not often seen...

OK a zebra it is then.

An emerald spotted wood dove. Its the drop of water that I like.

Bored yet? Better not be - this is all still day 1 in the hide. When processing this one I realised it would have been much better if I got the snout in the water - oh well it is what it is and I hope it gives you an idea how close we were. If you look in her eye you will see how small the...

This is still in the hide. No crop - check the focal length. It felt like they were right on top of us

Thanks Moab Man - I have worked hard on my photography and think I am starting to get there. This will be an annual event or events where I organise a group and collect at the airport and take them all the way and back. I think it goes down better if everything is organised and pre-paid. Be...

Sadly not mine. The tour guide lent it to me for the day. And the tour owner (a friend of mine) lent me a D750 for the entire trip. I didn't use it often as I was too afraid of something going wrong with it and I would need to replace it. The combination of my D7100 and my 80-200 f2.8 was...