Reinventing the typical trophy photo

[franzfmdavis]

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Beautiful!

 

[franzfmdavis]

Both PHs, one in the Kalahari and the other at the Eastern Cape, were great photographers. Two pictures taken with me not knowing.

The Lioness picture, the PH caught me as I was paying my respect to the animal and crying like a 5-year-old.

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The second picture, I was in my own little world, enjoying God's creation and enjoying that once again I was in Africa and my safari was coming to an end. The PH without asking took the picture.

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Wow! Awesome!

 

[franzfmdavis]

I took this photograph in 1977. I’d like to recreate it with a bushbuck in Africa.View attachment 686658

I love all the photos you have!! I also love that you share them frequently when relevant - they are a treat to see!

 

[franzfmdavis]

Great thread! So many different ways to do this stuff. Here are a few I have taken lately and one vintage one from my grandfather. Aint saying they are great or anything, just a little different than the norm that we all have a bunch of. Cheers

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They are awesome and the uniqueness makes them captivating!

 

[franzfmdavis]

I´ll play, these are the more untypical I have.

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Beautiful! I do think that the interaction between the Hunter and animal, even in death, makes the picture more interesting!

The perspective on the black wildebeest with the sun peaking through it fantastic!

 

[Hunter-Habib]

I love all the photos you have!! I also love that you share them frequently when relevant - they are a treat to see!

In hindsight, it's been really beneficial to me that I have always had a habit of carrying a camera with me during all my hunts ever since the 1960s.

I never knew that someday I'd end up authoring a book where I could use them in.

 

[Red Leg]

Nothing worse than a photo journal of just me staring back at myself. I always try to get photos of the game animal and surroundings that also tell a story.

This is a Puku taken on @spike.t 's magnificent Takeri in Zambia with my Rigby .275.

Or a Texas Axis with my Baily Bradshaw 7x65R. The interaction between the pattern of the buck and the limestone rocks is fascinating.

Or my guide @PeteG on Takeri with the sable of a lifetime that we took there.

 

[Altitude sickness]

Non kill shots during the hunt. Giving one of CWO’s horses a water break. Using my hunting buddy’s “sippy cup”.

Without his knowledge of course.

 

[franzfmdavis]

Nothing worse than a photo journal of just me staring back at myself. I always try to get photos of the game animal and surroundings that also tell a story.

This is a Puku taken on @spike.t 's magnificent Takeri in Zambia with my Rigby .275.

Or a Texas Axis with my Baily Bradshaw 7x65R. The interaction between the pattern of the buck and the limestone rocks is fascinating.

Or my guide @PeteG on Takeri with the sable of a lifetime that we took there.
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Awesome pictures!

Our Highland Stalkers are just a couple hundred apart in SN .

 

[franzfmdavis]

Non kill shots during the hunt. Giving one of CWO’s horses a water break. Using my hunting buddy’s “sippy cup”.

Without his knowledge of course.


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So many of these candid shots are missed and eventually fade from memory. It’s great to have it memorialized!

 

[Altitude sickness]

Here ya go Phil Giordano

 

[thi9elsp]

@franzfmdavis Thank you for starting this thread and to other members' posts. It prompted me to revisit my Wyoming Elk hunt from 2012. I walk past the shoulder mount multiple times a day, but haven't looked at the photos in a few years. Here's a few you might enjoy.

It was 1 1/2 hour ride over steep terrain to the meadow where I shot my elk. The guide had to radio another guide who could get a signal back to camp and send someone out with mules to pack the elk back to camp.



I hunted with Triangle X, and Harold Turner (3rd Generation in Jackson Valley) was in camp and was the one who brought the mules - at that time I believe he was 72. That was a 2 1/2 hour ride to get to us which turned into 3 hour ride back with the mules loaded.



These are a couple of our ride back to camp.