Sabi Sabi has played host to many of the world’s top wildlife photographers over the past 30 years. Few places in Africa can offer a photographer up close and personal encounters with Africa’s wildlife like Sabi Sabi. This, combined with a highly trained safari team, will ensure the very best opportunities and placement to achieve these once-in-a-lifetime shots.
volume 3:
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leopard on the move
Most photographers dream to take pictures of these elegant cats.
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african sunset
In the African bush we are lucky to often see some of the best sunsets in the world.
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night photography tips
When it gets dark we so often resort to a flash, or pack away our cameras!
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multiple exposure moon and vulture
Most cameras have the facility to shoot a picture on multiple exposure.
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elephant pose
I was driving guests from Little Bush Camp to Bush Lodge for a morning of pampering.
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patience for the perfect lion photo
When taking photos of lions it’s normally a case of needing lots and lots of patience.
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black-bellied korhaan
You know its summer when you are sitting in the bush and you hear the sound…
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leopard in a tree
I knew that a female leopard which had made a kill the night before…
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impala
So many people lose interest in these truly beautiful antelope shortly after seeing one.
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day dreamer
Sleeping lions is what one can expect on an early afternoon in summer.
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capturing that african sunset
Whatever the season, sunset in Africa is always something special.
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spotted beauty
We spent the afternoon taking pictures in what was the most amazing light…
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african spoonbill fishing
Only the very last rays of the sun were still falling on the top edge of the pan.
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it’s a beautiful world…
This year we have had unseasonably late rains – and lots of it.
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low light photography
With digital cameras we can take photos using only the light from a Land Rover spotlight…
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an icy stare
A lion’s eye is without doubt one of the most humbling things in nature.
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the view from above
Close ups of a giraffe’s head tells a good story, showing off their eyelashes…
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sundowner drinks at the bush lodge waterhole
Late one afternoon while on safari with a professional photographer, the radio crackled…
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the ultimate leopard photograph
To my surprise I found a young male leopard moving up the riverbed.
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saddle-billed stork
One of my personal favorite birds is the Saddle-billed stork, a truly beautiful bird…
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lioness in the grass
When I arrived the lions were just waking up and the sun was setting.
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african spoonbill
This African Spoonbill which is a specie we do not often see, was doing exactly that.
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leopard silhouette
I came around the corner and bumped straight into a huge male leopard.
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cheetah on an impala kill
On this afternoon I was told that a cheetah had been seen during the early safari.
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summer skies
I was racing home as a storm cell was approaching and I had no covers for my cameras.
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playing with light
A subject that is placed in its natural surrounds tells a far better story than a posed portrait.
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rhino pair
Being low to the ground gave me a better angle and the rhino looked larger than life.
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perfect portrait
I positioned myself where I thought he might move next and got my camera ready.
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capturing an african fish eagle…fishing!
I am sure many photographers dream of a good picture of a fish eagle actually fishing.
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wild dogs with a blurred effect
Wild dogs are without doubt one of the most threatened predators in Africa.
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vulture silhouette
The bush had had a lot of rain and with this came a carpet of green.
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rhino face-off
In both crashes there where territorial males so I expected some action.
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sensational sunset at sabi sabi
The sun had just dropped below the horizon and I insisted we just wait it out…
A GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY AT SABI SABI