The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lighting instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

If you read tips for photographing wildlife from professional wildlife photographers, you will often see that most of them say that a good photograph must be able to tell a story. Sometimes to be able to tell a story through a photograph means that you will have to throw out composition rules, for example the rule of thirds, and other rules. Being able to tell a story through photographs makes for better photos than ones that follow all the rules. Capturing the moment, one which you might not ever see again is more important than stressing about settings and rules before taking the shot.

Maxabeni. Every time I see this male I get the feeling that he is going to become one of the largest males in the Sabi Sand. He is growing larger and larger.

One of Sabi Sand’s most famous lionesses. Floppy Ear or also known as Mandleve, with her distinct right ear.

Common in most waterholes around the reserve, Grey Herons, make for great photographic subjects.

A young waterbuck quenches its thirst on a hot spring day.

The Toulon female is not one that we often see, and on this day we found her way out of her usual territory.

A male giraffe tests if a female is in oestrus.

A zebra foal shakes its head, providing for some great action shots.

A very secretive cat, the Serval, tries to stay hidden by laying still and allowing its camouflage to work.

A giant’s foot. No matter how large their feet are, they walk effortlessly and silently through the bushveld.

A queen’s paw. One of the Southern Pride females lazing on her back, with her legs held up high.