Brown Hyena

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

One from the archives. The brown Hyena is a nocturnal animal, but every now and then one has the opportunity to photograph them during early morning or late afternoon. This was taken at the Ratlhogo waterhole in the Pilanesberg National Park.

Canon 300D
Sigma 170-500mm
ss 1/800
f/5.6
ISO 400
Focal Distance 500mm

[Ken Watkins]

You were lucky to get this , an extremely rare sighting in daylight!
I have only ever seen one at Okaukuejo in Etosha, early morning but too far away!

Very good capture!

[David Fletcher]

Great comp and eye contact Gerrie. Well done as is rare too, and don't often see good images of them. Thanks for sharing this.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Gerrie, I like the look back pose, and quite a scruffy fellow. Old shooting equipment mate.

[Morkel Erasmus]

great sighting, in the open and look-back pose Gerrie...

I think some NR on the BG will improve this :)

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting guys. It is much appreciated. Old equipment indeed Stu.

[Harshad Barve]

nice to see this rare one , lovely compo and VWD here
their Indian cousines are very shy here ,
TFS

[Gerrie van Vuuren]

Thank you for viewing & commenting Harshad. It is much appreciated. These ones are also very elusive and not seen that often.