PaulPosition
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Heard that poachers are now scouting Flickr, Facebook, 500 px and such for the GPS info they find in photo-safari exit data... Any truth to that ?
Tshukudu Bush Lodge
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I think there is truth to it as I have seen signs asking people not to use cameras with GPS capabilities in certain areas. The lengths people go to in order to feed those who believe crap.
dh photography
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Beautiful captures. Dream about an opportunity to shoot like that. Thanks for sharing with us!!
Scott - leopards are notoriously shy animals.
When I was in the armed forces in Rhodesia (as it was then) we were given instructions on how to behave when confronted by all animals except one. That one was leopard.
The instructions for a leopard went something along the lines of "you won't ever see one unless they want to be seen and by then it will be too late!"
When confronted by an angry lion one should take 2 steps back and one to the side. Repeat until at a safe distance never taking your eyes off the lion.
The one step to the side was to avoid standing in your own mess!
When I was in the armed forces in Rhodesia (as it was then) we were given instructions on how to behave when confronted by all animals except one. That one was leopard.
The instructions for a leopard went something along the lines of "you won't ever see one unless they want to be seen and by then it will be too late!"
When confronted by an angry lion one should take 2 steps back and one to the side. Repeat until at a safe distance never taking your eyes off the lion.
The one step to the side was to avoid standing in your own mess!
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Scott Murray
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Cheers guys, I am only back for a short time though as am heading back over there next week for a few weeks (seeing girlfriends family in Capetown) and then heading out bush in the Northern Territory of Australia for a few weeks with my parents.
Scott - leopards are notoriously shy animals.
When I was in the armed forces in Rhodesia (as it was then) we were given instructions on how to behave when confronted by all animals except one. That one was leopard.
The instructions for a leopard went something along the lines of "you won't ever see one unless they want to be seen and by then it will be too late!"
When confronted by an angry lion one should take 2 steps back and one to the side. Repeat until at a safe distance never taking your eyes off the lion.
The one step to the side was to avoid standing in your own mess!
Yes but I will keep trying to spot one, its the only thing that has eluded me in my trips.
For my one of my recent college courses (yes old people go to college too), I did an essay and PowerPoint slide show on the white rhino... They are on the verge of extinction. That's very cool that you got these shots... How many were there? At the time of my essay, there were 3 left at the preserve and they were talking about merging the blood of the black and white rhino to make a hybrid so the white line would live on.
Excellent shots!
Scott Murray
Senior Member
All the owner would say is more than 10.
I ma glad you like my shots.
Thanks mate
heathramos
Senior Member
I was able to see leopards in Sabi Sabi around the same time as you were in South Africa.
This is my first DSLR so I can't take pics like you and have no idea how to post process but this is one of a baby leopard.
