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Ximungwe 5:3 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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Digital Ranger

Great photos…esp. like the Cheetah mom on the termite mound. She pops so well in that shot with the use of depth of field…

What a week you had Jess! Great photos showing a huge variety of sightings. Seeing Ximungwe grab that piglet and hoist it in the tree just in time must have been astonishing.

Hello Jess! Beautiful images! My favourite are those of the Three Rivers (not really a cub anymore) youngsters lying on and looking up the tree. Spectacular clarity and colour’s. I can’t wait to see her again, and you haha.

She is a far cry from that sickly cub in September. Nkoveni young male also looking great and the promise of more cubs ahead…. Lions at the water also wonderful and you are so lucky to be seeing the cheetah cubs so frequently. Hope they stick around.

Have a great day!
Fransje

Amazing photos!! So hard to choose favorites. cheetah with the golden light eyes and warthog and her piglet.

Such lovely photos, Jess. Indeed the colors of summer with all these flowers highlight the colors of Leopards and other animals extremely well. I love all your photos. In a way, especially the one of the rock monitor in the tree.
It’s so nice that there are some new young leopard cubs at Londolozi as the “older” cub generation (Three Rivers and Nkoveni) have already grown into beautiful sub adults.

Yeah! TWO cubs! Beautiful close up and intimate photos this week! Love them all!

Wow! What a fabulous collection of images, Jess! I love the up close, portrait views that enable the capture of personality traits – Maxim’s tongue, the rock lizard’s skin texture, the young cheetah’s eye, Nkoveni’s tail. Thanks for making me smile after smile!

Dear Jess, thanks for that fantastic pics of the week-love the Leopards , great images-the view of the tree river female bevore climbing-amazing.

Hi Jess, your photo’s are absolutely beautiful. The leopard cubs are gorgeous and the two bigger cubs are stunning and playful. The Woodlands Kingfisher is stunning and we have them here on the reserve. All photo’s are stunning, you take beautiful photos.

Jess, wonderful pictures of the leopards, lions, and elephants this week. I think my favorite is the woodland kingfisher. Just the beautiful color picked up in the picture is so nice.

Jess, your first image of the young Three Rivers female sets the tone of your TWIP. I appreciate that you’ve taken advantage of the summer greenery to use it in your compositions, showcasing the leopards and cheetahs especially in their respective habitats. One of my favorites is the cheetah cub resting in the grass, with a few wildflowers around him/her. Others include the two elephant bulls play fighting in the water, the rock monitor in the tree highlighting the textures of both, Ngungwe with her cubs on the large Boulder, the Red-billed oxpecker near its treehole, the stunning portrait of of Maxim, etc. It’s a great time to be out driving throughout the property and I’m looking forward to returning soon with my brother to enjoy the lushness summer rains brings.

This was a great WIP. Thank you for always keeping me informed and entertained by all the antics of the animals. I love the cheetah cub, great eyes.

Master Tracker

Jess, fantastic photos -too many good ones to praise one individual photo

Many great photos this week! Those cheetah 📸 🤩💕❤️!

Senior Digital Ranger

Thank you Jess – lovely artistically composed photos! Love both the Three Rivers young female and the beautiful golden light you have captured in several other photos. The magic of Londolozi continues………..

I think that this is my favourite TWIP ever!
Brilliant photos Jess.

One of the best blog ever. The Three young Rivers female is always in my heart, and her picture is fantastic. Funny, cheerful! Also the extremely beautiful cheetah face with it’s golden eyes, then the warthog mum with the piglet, all the big cats and cubs, the lizard , the impala and the lions at the water surface…

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