Hi everyone! Back from an amazing (albeit too short) 11 day trip to the Kalahari, specifically the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Mountains of images to add to my already backlogged processing list...but found time today for a quick one.
We had a lot less lion sightings than I am able to be happy with (a friend who was also there at this time found 30 lions in 2 weeks, we found 8 in 2 weeks), but we had AWESOME cheetah sightings...7 sightings in total, 10 different cheetahs in total.
This is a mother with a mind-blowing 4 cubs who are nearing adulthood, a great feat for a cheetah to accomplish. We had 2 separate sightings of them, and in this one we missed the kill by mere seconds as they were still choking the springbok lamb as we came round a bend in the road.
We watched them devour it in about 30 minutes right next to our car...and we were ALONE for at least 15 minutes thereof!! :eek::D
Many more shots of this sighting to follow...this one posted just to show what four cheetahs on a kill look like :).
Pity the mom is collared, but cheetah research in this park is a big part of the success their having.
Techs:
Canon 7D with 100-400mm L IS USM @ 180mm
f8.0 @ 1/320 SS @ ISO-400








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