Estelle, Chris and Ashlee Wilks visited us for four nights at the end of January. They had a few days of rain but this didn’t stop them from going out on all their safaris and they had a wonderful time with Trev and Like out in the bush with some fantastic sightings. Estelle visited the Creative Hub on their last day and we had a lot of fun together editing and printing some of her wonderful photographs. I hope you enjoy looking through them as much as I did.
This is one of the images that Estelle wasn’t raving about and with a few little lightroom touches it became a winner and was even printed on canvas for the family to take home.
It is always a lot of fun to play with different angles when photographing the same animal.
It is so easy to cut off the tail composing a photograph such as this one, as the beauty of the leopard and her pose can overwhelm us and we forget the ‘rule of thumb’. Here, Estelle managed to capture the beauty, the pose and the tail!
This is my favourite of all the leopard shots, which is yours?
Who is the odd one out?
One of the Tsalala cubs pocking his head out from the long grass to check that Trevor meant no harm!
Once comfortable with Trevor, all four cubs came out to play.
Estelle’s favourite antelope, the impala.
Photographed by Londolozi Guest, Estelle Wilks
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Hi Estelle, great to see you got some good shots in between the rain.
My favourite one is the Tsalala cub pocking his head out from the long grass that is glistening from the rain.
Kate Imrie
The cub of the tamboti female resembles the tu tones male more and more . What a beautiful young leopard!
Great photos Estelle! They are all beautiful but the close up of the Leopard is also my favorite, with the black and white photo a close second! They are all fantastic!!
Beautiful black and white!
Do you know the camera she used?
Hi Elaine, Nikon D5300 with a 55-300 zoom lens. A timely Christmas present from my husband and Trevor’s SLR top 10 tips … let the fun begin!
Fabulous photos Estelle!!!! Love all of them!
Love them all but I have to say the leopard in the tree (with tail) is wonderful.. The face shot is just spectaular, you can count the eyelashes!!
Thank you for sharing
Fantastic photographs Estelle, I love the black and white image!
Many thanks for all the compliments, largely due to Trevor’s photo tips! As a novice photographer, much appreciated! A Wilks family best holiday at Pioneer Camp.
Estelle, thank you for sharing your beautiful photos! I love your favorite of the Leopard shots – I did not know Leopards had such beautiful eyelashes! I also love the black and white photo as well. So cool!
Thanks Estelle for sharing these beautiful pictures. My favourite has to be the young Leopard with the pinkish nose & beautiful eyelashes, so much mischief in that face 🙂 The B&W is stunning, but I love the colour one.
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