I posted these two photos on another thread, but they are two of my favorite African "trophies." The lions were taken in Mozambique last August as my PH and I were slipping along on foot looking for sable and Hartebeest. We were on a trail and rounded a corner to come face-to-face with these two. They set up, and we froze. My PH whispered that they looked like they had recently come off a kill, and that if I moved very slowly that I could probably get a picture. The shot was taken with a little pocket Nikon at about fifty yards. We then slipped back the way we came. The male is magnificent. And he didn't come from behind a fence. 
The black rhino bull was "shot" in '08 in a conservancy in Namibia. We were out hunting PG and stumbled across his spoor. We tracked him for an hour or so and then were able to close within about 40 yards. Again, this shot was taken with a pocket camera. I have never been around anything as "switched on" as this guy was. He would instantly face any direction where he thought he perceived a sound. I assume he heard something during our approach.
I think I am as proud of these two photos as I am anything else in the trophy room.
The black rhino bull was "shot" in '08 in a conservancy in Namibia. We were out hunting PG and stumbled across his spoor. We tracked him for an hour or so and then were able to close within about 40 yards. Again, this shot was taken with a pocket camera. I have never been around anything as "switched on" as this guy was. He would instantly face any direction where he thought he perceived a sound. I assume he heard something during our approach.
I think I am as proud of these two photos as I am anything else in the trophy room.
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