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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


From this past September in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Always a blast to sit in the middle of a baboon troop and just watch; and a potential trove of photo opps; babies, fights, pranksters, mothers with babies... We came across this troop a short while before sunset, just outside of Somalisa Acacia Camp.

All shot with a Canon 7D and 300 f/2.8 L IS.


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Cheers,
Hobbes



Jan 24, 2015 at 04:31 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


Nice photos. How did you find Hwange National Park?


Jan 24, 2015 at 04:35 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


You really had some gorgeous light on these guys Hobbes...the second is my favorite although I might pick the first first if there was some way to lose the partial baboon on the right.
Eric



Jan 24, 2015 at 04:42 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


eyelaser wrote:
You really had some gorgeous light on these guys Hobbes...the second is my favorite although I might pick the first first if there was some way to lose the partial baboon on the right.
Eric


Thanks Eric. You're right, that lighting was priceless. Similar to the first two shots, I also like this one quite a bit.

Cheers,
Hobbes


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Jan 24, 2015 at 04:55 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


Nice rim lighting on the last few.


Jan 24, 2015 at 05:09 PM
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Great set Hobbes!!


Jan 24, 2015 at 07:51 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


very nice Hobbes


Jan 24, 2015 at 09:10 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


Beautiful. Love the first two and the sunset (sunrise?) shots in particular.


Jan 24, 2015 at 09:39 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


What gorgeous lighting on these wonderful shots. So well done.

Birdie



Jan 24, 2015 at 11:42 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


What an enjoyable set! You enjoyed some wonderful light and poses, capturing them well. Good job!


Jan 25, 2015 at 12:45 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


sibirdie wrote:
Nice photos. How did you find Hwange National Park?


Thanks sibirdie. I saw more elephants in Zimbabwe than I've seen on any other safari. In Hwange, I stayed at Somalisa Acacia camp and at Little Makalolo, and heard lions calling nearing every night. At little Mak one night, we heard lions calling from multiple directions throughout most of the night, right up until wake up call. While having coffee around the fire pit before sunrise, we were discussing with the guide the lion calls and directions we thought they were coming from. We started to draw up a plan when we heard another call from straight in front of camp. We then saw the dark outline of a male lion walking to our left, it couldn't have been more than a couple of hundred yards in front of us. We momentarily froze, just looked at each other, and without saying a word, we chucked our coffee and made a bee line for the vehicle. We found that two male lions had killed a buffalo during the night, in direct view of camp!

Something else I liked about Hwange, was the ability to ditch the vehicle and just start walking. Multiple times we found what looked like very fresh lions tracks, and so we left the vehicle and started tracking them on foot. Twice we found them. Even the times we lost the tracks, and did not find them, it's an entirely different safari experience. All of the your senses are heightened when you are on foot, sometimes miles from your vehicle.

We also had several opportunities to approach a bull elephant on foot. Very very exciting!

Cheers,
Hobbes




Jan 25, 2015 at 12:55 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


Very cool set


Jan 25, 2015 at 12:57 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


A very nice set Hobbes. You sure did catch some very nice light. The first four stand out ~ Ron


Jan 25, 2015 at 08:34 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


Very nice series. Love the interaction and behavior.

Dave



Jan 25, 2015 at 08:59 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


These are really, really beautiful, especially the first three!

Nancy



Jan 27, 2015 at 10:48 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Zimbabwe baboons at sunset


Absolutely outstanding work.


Jan 27, 2015 at 11:07 PM





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