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Indigenous to East & Southern Africa

Wilderness and Wildlife indigenous to Ten Southern African States, Five East African countries and a number of nearby Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Featured Work

Sacred Flight by Macky

Sacred Ibis – Theskiornis aethiopicus Cape Town – South Africa
Follow me by Michael Moss

Elephants, Samburu, Kenya
Low Flying by BlaizerB

Taken with a Canon 40D and 17-40mm lens – not your typical birding lens but then he happened to flow right over my head. This was taken in the Drakensburg, South Africa. Cape Eagle Owl mid flight…
THE BLESBOK - Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi by Magaret Meintjes

LOCATION CAPTURED: / GROENLAND GAME LODGE, Tolwe, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The Blesbok is a subspecies of Damaliscus dorcas. It is found of the Highveld where it is capable of withstanding extreme cold. / Both sexes have horns. Found in herds, this species is highly .territorial; if disturbed the blesbok runs upwind in single file
On the run by TJ99

Female impala on the run at Entabeni Safari Conservancy, South Africa.
Beauty and The Beast by Carisma

Featured in the “Exotic Mammals Group” Featured in the “Funny Kritters Group” Featured in the “Caption Fun Group” Featured in the “Indigenous to East & Southern Africa Group” This is just a fun image…. / the “beast” zebra pulled such a face ! / Like if she was laughing at me…!! Burchell’s Zebra (Equus burchelli) / Lives in small family units, consisting / of one stallion and one or more mares / with their foals. / Non-breeding stallions occur in / bachelor groups. / Herd stallions are between four / to 12 years old. / Often seen in close association / with Wildebeest, Antelopes and Baboons. Panasonic FZ30 / Focal lenght 60mm / Exposure 1/500 / ISO 200 / Shutter priority / Time 5.17pm / Date 27.11.06
Cheetah by Michael Moss

Cheetah, female, Phinda South Africa
The Smoke That Thunders by Heather Nel

Taken half way up/down the Sani Pass in Southern Drakensberg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Canon PowerShot S2IS (27.10.09) (28.10.09) (01.11.09)
Innocent by parmi

18 month old brown male lion, Etosha. It’s hard to believe that this face will one day be hunting and killing. Lion Reserve in Zimbabwe are breeding and rereleasing brown lions back into the wild to help keep them away from extinction. www.lionalert.org for more details. Featured in Circles Of Latitiude / Featured in Indigenous To South Africa / Featured in Earth Keepers Canon SX100IS This photo has not been enhanced, changed or edited in any way. Other lion shots: / Brother’s Adventure / Lion’s Pride / Someone Say Steak? / Etosha / Watchful Eye / Not So Cowardly (This piece was uploaded again as it was deleted from my folio) MCN:C86A5-09337-F586D
A "RAINBOW" SUNSET by Magaret Meintjes

FROM MY CALENDER “AFRICAN SUNSETS – MOZAMBIQUE” AFRICAN SUNSETS – Mozambique / FEATURED IN “MOZAMBIQUE / FEATURED IN “INDIGENOUS TO EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA” MOZAMBIQUE – “Land of the Friendly people”, “Terra dos brandos costumes” – “The Easy Going Land”. Having lived there for eleven years, just after the 20 year war period, I confirm the above. / A beautiful country with beautiful and friendly people. / All the captures, in this calendar, was shot at “Ponta do Barra,” Inhambane Province, Mozambique. / As stunning as the sunsets, is a vacation at “Ponta do Barra”. /
Impala Lily by Graeme Hyde

This magnificent flower is the Impala Lily – Adenium Multiflorum. / This specimen was in Kruger National Park at Skukuza.
Sunset elephant by David Clarke

This shot was taken at Borana game reserve near Mt. Kenya. The elephant was among a group of about a dozen enjoying the evening sun.

Recent Work

Fresh Footprints Fading by RatManDude

Sometimes there is just nothing on earth like a little sand between your toes.
King of the Jungle by Jon Dawes

A close up of a young male Lion resting inside the Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania. A placid face of a potential killing machine! / . / . /
African Buffalo by Jon Dawes

An African Buffalo takes offense at the presence of a truck load of tourists pointing cameras in it’s direction. Taken in the Serengeti. / . / . /
Rameron Pigeon by RatManDude

(Columba arquatrix) This species, also known as The African Olive Pigeon. Found in much of eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to the Cape.
BUTTERFLIES by Magaret Meintjes

CARDS CAMERA NIKON D50 / Lenz: SIGMA 70-300mmD / 1:4-5,6DG CAPTURED LOCATION: GROENLAND SAFARI’S GAME/LODGE, Tolwe, Limpopo Province, South Africa THE “NATAL ACRAEA” / BUTTERFLIES ENJOYING THE LUXURY OF WILD SUNFLOWERS IN MY GARDEN
I AM pretty !! by Carisma

Young hyenas can be pretty; / it does not last long…. / (Kruger Nat.Park – South Africa)
Sensual Alert by Debbie Schiff

This beautiful Black mane lion was photographed at the Rhino and Lion nature reserve. He was such a beautifully huge specimen and had a sense of regalement about him. Canon 300D.
Marabou Stork by Marieseyes

Marabou Stork, picture taken in Zambia during a safari in the South Luangwa Valley National Park
Gorillas chilling out by pljvv

Group of mountain gorillas at 3000 meter above sea level in Parc National des Volcans in Rwanda.
The Lion's Roar by Erik Schlogl

African Lion (Panthera leo) near Berg-en-Dal Camp, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photographed at dusk at high ISO. Nikon D300, AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm at 80mm, ISO 3200, f/5.0 at 1/25 sec, VR on. Featured in The Beauty of Nature (Nothing Man-Made)
Rhino Hills by Jared Bloom

Female white rhino shelters its young in the heat of the day with beautiful rolling hills in the background

Please submit photographs of wilderness areas and wildlife indigenous to the ten most southern countries of the African continent, the five East African Community countries and nearby islands as specified.

The countries are Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The nearby Islands are Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles and Zanzibar.

Please make sure that you name the country in which the photograph was taken in your description.

Let us learn from each other about conservation. The photographer has a unique responsibility in the effort to help preserve this incredible biodiversity in East and Southern Africa.

The possibilities for a great photograph are endless with these two regions considered by many as a photographer’s paradise!

Work may include photographs of anything nature and indigenous to these regions including wild animal & bird life, plant life, landscapes and even insects. Also allowed are photographs of rocks and rock formations, any body of water such as a lake, rivers and waterfalls and also natural coastal areas.
As long as your photograph was taken in any of the above mentioned countries and islands of something natural that is also indigenous to all or any of those countries or islands.

1st Place Winner:
Colourful Birds Challenge
Purple crested Tauraco by Riaan van der Merwe

More of Riaan’s work:

ROARING REFLECTION

PARTNERS IN CRIME

PLEASE NOTE

At present only photographic art with not too much post production or digital manipulation is allowed.

No photographs of humans or anything man-made.
Where something such as part of a gravel road or man-made water-pan in a National Park shows in your photograph, it may be accepted depending on the effect it has on the image.

Photographs taken in a zoo or any kind of enclosure will not be accepted. Photographs of animals had to be taken in the wild such as in National Parks, Wildlife or Wilderness Reserves, Transfrontier Parks or any other large Conservation Area where wild animals roams freely.

No farming-related photography please. I found that most photographs in this category are of plants (blossoms, fruit and vegetables) and livestock that are not indigenous and originates from somewhere else.

It will help so much if you could do some research (great way to learn more) and add the Botanical or Latin name of the subject to your description. I need to check from time to time whether the subject is indeed endemic or indigenous to East and Southern Africa. However, this is NOT a Group Rule or requirement. I will appreciate it if you could report any work I already accepted by mistake of which the subject is of an alien specie. Invasive Alien Species are plants and animals outside of their natural range whose introduction and/or spread threatens the biodiversity of a region.
See sites such as Biodiversity Explorer to help you with your research.

GROUP AVATAR
Phinda Sunset by Michael Moss
1st PLACE WINNER
Beautiful Natural Scenery – Avatar Challenge

Only a few of many wildlife viewing and conservation areas in East & Southern Africa.

Kruger National Park, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park, Etosha National Park, Namib Naukluft Park, Chobe National Park, Moremi Wildlife Reserve & the Okavango Delta, South Luangwa National Park, Liwonde National Park, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti National Park, Masai Mara National Park, Bwindi National Park.

BIG 5:
Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion, Rhinoceros

Other indigenous Wild Animals often found in National Parks and Reserves:
Black-backed Jackal, Blue Wildebeest, Burchell’s Zebra, Cape Fox, Caracal, Chacma Baboon, Cheetah, Chimpanzee, Eland, Gemsbok, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Hyaena, Impala, Kudu, Meerkat, Mountain Gorilla, Puku, Springbok, Steenbok, Vervet Monkey, Warthog, Waterbuck, Wild dog

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