Many thanks, Jeffrey & Paul. The experience will live in my mind for a long
time.
Alan C
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From: Paul Stenquist
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 1:36 PM
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Subject: Re: GESO: Elephant Spectacular
Amazing. Good work recording this happening!
Paul via phone
On Jul 24, 2017, at 6:31 PM, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
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Very nice captures and what a wonderful delight that the Elephants shared
such a moment with everyone.
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On 7/24/2017 4:38 AM, Alan C wrote:
Sable Dam is the only permanent water in the local part of the Kruger
Park
at this time of the year. Being only 12km from the Phalaborwa gate, it
very
popular with day tripping locals. Late Sat. morning, there was a Leopard
sighting at the dam. Social media enticed hordes of visitors (including
me -
returning, having seen the Leopard in the morning & hoping for another
sighting) but we got far more than we bargained for. Early arrivals who
went
to the E corner of the dam where the Leopard had been spotted earlier
were
cut off by a large herd of Elephants which approached behind them from
the
N. Later arrivals, including me, were forced to stop at the NW corner of
the
Dam. We were entertained by a relay of elephants having mud-baths, mock
fighting, trumpeting & rumbling all amongst the cars. They
then slowly moved off along the dry river bed to the W. Most of the cars
then moved to the E corner only to encounter a second herd arriving from
the
NE. A third herd also arrived from the SW & entered the mud from the
other
side. The cars were all trapped between the two herds. Fortunately the
Elephants weren't particularly aggressive & the drivers well behaved so
we
were able to enjoy spectacular sightings of Elephant behaviour without
incident. However, I must say it was very scary to be trapped in the
middle
of over 100 Elephants. This GESO cannot really reproduce the drama but it
does give some idea. There is also a shot of a Spoonbill calmly dabbling
for
food, completely unfazed by the Elephants & one of the Leopard taken in
the
morning.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/albums/72157683376221952
K7 with the HD 55-300. Leopard with the Sigma 170-500.
Alan C
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