Don't take my pic...

BigAl

Found this guy fairly far from the road, looking as though he wanted to cross it. I had to reverse about 500m before he had enough of me and did cross the road. As a result I was totally unprepared for the shots. I got three off (handheld) before he disappeared into the bush.

Chopped off ear, bit too much zoom:



Ok, still a bit too much zoom:



Chopped off feet:



You can see how big he is as he's crossing a fairly standard width road. For those that don't know, this is a Black Rhino, a very scarce, highly endangered animal.

pyry

So, did you find out why the rhino crossed the road?
(sorry, couldn't help it

Nice pictures! I like the first one best, you could have zoomed out more on the other two.

Giphsub

Hey awesome captures BigAl! Again, I am very envious of the fauna you get to see down there!

jwear

I like that first shot we get a lot of these in hollywood

Ric Grupe

Better than any Black Rhino pics that I have!

Thanks for showing us, Al.:D

Maestro

Very cool! How amazing it is to find these black rhinos wild like this. Look at the scrapes it has from branches it passes by in the bush. I like the first one the best but the full body shots are nice as well.

Harryb

Good captures Al.

dbaker1221

wow Al...awesome capture...:ivar :ivar ... must have been an all nighter , it's eye's are really bloodshot:D

riddim_maker

Congratulations on a great capture of this rare black rhino, Al
#1 and #2 are just excellent

BigAl

pyry wrote:

So, did you find out why the rhino crossed the road?
(sorry, couldn't help it

Nice pictures! I like the first one best, you could have zoomed out more on the other two.

Thanks! I think this rhino wanted to get to the other side to get away from the photographer

BigAl

Giphsub wrote:

Hey awesome captures BigAl! Again, I am very envious of the fauna you get to see down there!

Thanks Mike!

BigAl

jwear wrote:

I like that first shot we get a lot of these in hollywood

Thanks Jeff! I bet they mess up the traffic flow during rush hour

BigAl

Ric Grupe wrote:

Better than any Black Rhino pics that I have!

Thanks for showing us, Al.:D

Thank you for looking Ric!

raptorcaptor

Good job with some bad light! I wouldn't recommend using a flash on this guy!

BigAl

Maestro wrote:

Very cool! How amazing it is to find these black rhinos wild like this. Look at the scrapes it has from branches it passes by in the bush. I like the first one the best but the full body shots are nice as well.

Thanks Stephen. I just wish I hadn't chopped the ear off in the first one :cry

BigAl

Harryb wrote:

Good captures Al.

Thanks Harry - I didn't have the energy to try and remove the road like you did with the caracara

BigAl

dbaker1221 wrote:

wow Al...awesome capture...:ivar :ivar ... must have been an all nighter , it's eye's are really bloodshot:D

Thanks Dave. He really does need some eyedrops

BigAl

riddim_maker wrote:

Congratulations on a great capture of this rare black rhino, Al
#1 and #2 are just excellent

Thanks Russ!

BigAl

raptorcaptor wrote:

Good job with some bad light! I wouldn't recommend using a flash on this guy!

Thanks Glenn! Getting him upset could lead to some pretty big holes in my pickup