Dear Wildlife Friends,
We came upon this hyena one early morning around 7 am as she came to drink after a night out. We spotted her long before she arrived at the water hole and were ready to capture the images when she entered the scene. She walked into the shade of a nearby tree and then suddenly entered this sunny spot - we were delighted! A youngster joined her and we watched them drink, they were so thirsty and seemed to have travelled from afar.
This is one impressive female, despite her hanging lip and scary looks she is a wonderful mother and we have seen her the day before carrying food towards the den. Certainly not as pretty as Rachel's cub :) but an awesome old girl who can still take care of herself and her family.
Thank you for viewing and as always I appreciate any suggestions. The image may look saturated but such was the light, I have reduced the red/orange/yellow to some extent but tried to retain the colours of that very morning. A patch of shadow in the FG made me crop tighter and I did some minor cloning here and there to disguise the remains of it.
I might sound cheerful as always but I am filled with sadness tonight, the whole day I have been milling those crazy ideas in my mind and trying to find a way to get back to the Kalahari and spend three...no, six months or so camping somewhere on the Botswana side among my favourite characters...still thinking about it as I realise the holiday is over...
Techs:
Nikon D4
Nikon 500mm F4
ISO 2000
F 6.3
1/2000s
Kind regards,
Kind regards,







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, now the lions can come closer...
Have fun with your new toy, but if you want those image captures to come true, then... 
, LOL.
. So please stick with the big gun for him .

