Bigcatsofinsta

This old guy’s almost ready for Valhalla. Scarred. Wounded. Moving slowly. I reckon his days as a silent bushveld assassin will be over soon.

@sophdex, you’ll feel for me when I tell you the leopard was far away and got chased off by a buffalo, and the first lot of lions were unconscious and motionless, so you’ll agree we recovered something from the day by running into the second lot who walked all around the car and posed nicely for their closeups.

Handsome boi. Wait for it… I thought I’d lost these clips. One of those times where you see something spectacular between entering Kruger and getting to camp. This was on the way to Pretoriuskop from Numbi Gate, I think. 2014. Prolly should have cropped this for insta. Oh well.

#tbt to the last time I tried to shoot wildlife on a medium format film camera. And by luck we encountered this scarred old veteran close enough for the Pentax 400mm lens with a 1.4x extender.

#tbt to when we drove past this tall kitty strolling down the road.