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Maxim's 5:3 Male

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Ngungwe 3:3 Female

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Jess Shillaw

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Jess was born in Kwazulu/Natal but grew up in Cape Town. Having an innate love for all things wild but getting to spend little time in the bush while growing up, she headed straight for the Lowveld after school. She completed a guiding ...

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To many wonderful pictures to choose from! Piccadilly Female lounging in the tree, Purple-crested Turaco, baby hippo resting are a few favorites.

Hi Jess, i was mouth open since the beginning. You rarely show cheetah images, the intto was breathtaking and I think you rightly wish to keep the pictures for you all at Londolozi. All pictures are superb, high-quality. Just the goshakilling a laughing dove I can’t see it clearly. What is a laughing dove? I don’t like scene of violence but hawks are precised and kill quickly. And I love doves in general, I’m curious about it. In contrast all the other birds are fantastic and the Grey Heron I see it here often also nestling. Great pictures with the chick shrieking. The hornbill and the turaco are in strong contrast with the Whalberg eagle, the ones so coloured and the latter melt in the background. Great contrast between the two beautiful lionesses, the old and the young. And the two lions, the superb Gjima, astonishing beautiful, and the old Avoca male. The Piccadilly female looks much younger than her age, closer to her daughter, in your pictures leopards shine in splendour, the Maxim male is huge! The Three Rivers female I always look for her and her lovely daughter, she’s a softie. When you described your meeting with buffalo i felt a shiver, surrounded by a thousand of them, the bull with his mighty look… the grass is dry, they must be on alert because of lions. Zebras and elephants all superb. I love the calf of elephant and hippo as usual, too sweet. The warthog picture is a great imsge. The wild dog is perfectly melt in the surrounding colours . And in the end cheetah, the gentle lord of the land, my favourite in this absolutely magic canvas, the mother with her soft and slightly worried look, the wonderful young ones, the peak-a-boo and all their plays as young happy cubs. Just hoping they will be blessed by much luck… if they are males then they can form a coalition. Thanks

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Super photos -as always. The opening shot of the Piccadilly Female is a corker

Wow! There are some amazing shots in this week’s TWIP. My favourites are the mother cheetah partially obscured by the tree, the turaco, grey heron and her chick, the sunset and the warthog. I think it is so easy to take for granted the stunning photos you show us us every week and that YESSS moment when you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. As a photographer myself, the joy I feel when this happens is wonderful, and it feels like nature has put on a show just for you. Unfortunately for me, due to an eye problem, I struggle to see in black and white. Do you still have original photos in colour, especially of the lion portrait? It’s a stunning shot but it hurts my eyes to look at it in black and white.

Jess, you did a fantastic job this week. Your pictures are wonderful and you have captured some expressions and events quite well. My favorites this week are the close ups of the leopards , lions, and the cheatahs. I can’t forget the turaco.

I agree w/ Sandra! Too many amazing pics to choose one! Love the cheetah cubs…especially the peek-a-boo one! And the grey heron w/ her babies! The B/W lion king! The painted dog in the golden light…so great!

Dear Jess-so many amazing leopard-shots. That must be a great week. And the hippo calf-cute.
Diamond shot of the Piccadilly Female. Thanks for sharing.

What an awesome collection of images, Jess! I can’t possibly choose a single favorite! The Maxim’s male, the baby hippo, the tree-climbing cheetah cub are all special…

Jess, you’ve captured the gorgeous golden light beautifully here. My favourites have to be the cheetah cubs, can’t choose a favourite!

Jess, This is the best set of images we have ever seen you post. Your skills seem to get better and better, and we’ve added a few of these to our favorites library! As far as a favorite – it’s really tough – the black and white close-up of the Ngungwe Female catches our eyes as you got the reflection in her eye that the angle of her head is really special! You could have made at least two posts from all these fabulous images!

Very happy to have been there last week to see all of the action!

Wow! Such beautiful photos.
I love really all of them.
The Maxim’s male is such a big leopard, very impressive.
The colors of the turaco are so fantastic; I was able to watch this bird at Tree Camp a couple of years ago. Great, that there is still one around.

All great, but that Purple-Crested Turaco – WOW! How often are those seen?

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What a “dazzling” display of photographs Jess! The closeup of the Piccadilly Female in the tree. What an expression on her face. I love the zebra photos. And the angle of the painted dog makes it’s legs look so long. But what tops it off are the cheetah cub photos. What fun.

So very images this week in TWIP Jess. My favorite would be the Cheetah cubs together, so furry and playful. Loved the image of the Ngungwe female, beautiful leopard.

As I looked through your TWIP today, my excitement was building and building and then I came to the final image and was disappointed there were no more to see. What an amazing collection of photos you put together Jess, creating the impossible choice of a favorite. However after taking a few more passes through your pictures, I have selected a few: because of their scarceness, I love the cheetah cubs series, the photos of Piccadilly and her daughter, the Purple Crested Turaco, zebra portrait. And the baby hippo to name just a few. Viewing these is such an inspiration and the proof that there is magic to be found daily, if we take the time to really look.

Absolutely loved the turaco and hippo calf. I’m excited to see the heron chicks have hatched–I was hoping we’d see them. And how wonderful that there are 3 cheetah cubs! Is this the same female that has been sticking around in that area, or is this a new one?

The cheetahs!!!!! So many wonderful images Jess, and several saved to my gallery!!

The causeway was so filled with activity earlier this week. It’s become a favorite spot to just sit. And, watch.

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