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Jochen Maes Photography

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Thirsty business, being a young elephant.

Quite a beautiful moment as this elephant mother and calf went about their business right in front of me.

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High key shot of a lilac-breasted roller. I felt the soft colours of the bird (and the perch it was sitting on) would contrast well against an overexposed background (white/grey sky).

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With the setting sun low on the horizon, the lighting on this elephant provided the perfect opportunity for some portrait shots.

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This leopard was taking it easy in a dried up riverbed and being quite relaxed, as you can see.

The urge to give it a belly rub was definitely present in the back of my mind, but I thought the better of it :)

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Spotlight effect on this zebra at night (searchlight on the car).

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The king overlooking his territory.

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While we usually associate African wildlife with big mammals; the birdlife tends to be every bit as nice.

This beautiful Meve’s Starling couldn’t have picked a better spot to pose.

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Playtime for these two cheetah cubs. As mentioned before, definitely one of my favourite encounters in recent years.

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Black-backed jackal feasting on the remains of an impala (cheetah kill from the day before).

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Three lioness sisters at the crack of dawn. Evidently, one of them woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

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Evidently, this baboon just discovered the existence of its own foot 🤔

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Male impala posing on the horizon right after sunset.

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As a bunch of scavengers were helping themselves to the remains of a zebra kill; this cheeky spotted hyena decided the skull was his and ran off with it.

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During my last trip, I was fortunate enough to find and photograph quite a few leopards. Out of all of them, this was the most relaxed one by far; happily posing without a care in the world (and picking photogenic spots in the process, much to my del

I just got back from a wildlife photography trip to Botswana. While the main focus of the trip was to find and photograph leopards (which succeeded brilliantly, more on that to come), it’s an unexpected encounter with some cheetah cubs that bec

Spanish Imperial Eagles at sunrise.

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Hooded merganser male floating by in some beautiful golden light.

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Sitting on top of its prey, this golden eagle’s look leaves nothing to be desired as to who’s in control here.

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Marsh harrier flyby in the early morning golden light.

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As the grey and miserable winter weather is prevelant here at the moment, a little throwback to more colourful scenes from last summer.

European roller showing off its inticrate colours in this banking pose.

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