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Glaring Hippo

The hippopotamus is responsible for more deaths in Africa than any other mammal, including predators. Coming face-to-face at eye-level with one of these behemoths via a small boat is intimidating to say the least.

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santanu nandy 9 months ago

Oh excellent!

JUDEX ROMO 10 months ago

This is not INSIDE a studio right? :)

Morkel Erasmus You caught me! Hahaha...no this is as wild as they get!

Brin 10 months ago

Fantastic capture with good black&white tones!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks a lot Brin...

Colmar Wocke 10 months ago

My wife and son are near Kruger at the moment - this really makes me long for Africa. Well done!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks Colmar...I hope they enjoyed their trip!

Bernard Frey 10 months ago

Very nice!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks!

Helle Lorenzen 10 months ago

Great angle and like the b/w....;-)

Morkel Erasmus Thank you so much!

Stephen Edds 10 months ago

Outstanding my friend !

Morkel Erasmus Appreciate your comment, Stephen!

Chongky 10 months ago

Stunning!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you!

Marei 10 months ago

Great work!

Morkel Erasmus Glad you liked it!

Stacy Robertson 10 months ago

Absolutely wonderful. Well done x

Morkel Erasmus Thank you Stacy.

Patricia Mraffko 10 months ago

Incredible shot!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks a lot Patricia...

Antonio Grambone 10 months ago

Hi Morkel,
excellent capture... great b&w conversion.
Compliments and greetings, Antonio G.

Morkel Erasmus Appreciate your kind comment, Antonio!

Milad Hamadi 10 months ago

Excellent

Morkel Erasmus Thanx Milad!

samira alijani 10 months ago

Ultra amazing....great work....congrats:)

Morkel Erasmus Thanks Samira...

Nicolas Marino 10 months ago

beautiful!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you kindly, Nicolas.

dedy gunawan 10 months ago

wew..

Morkel Erasmus Thanx!

Lela B. 10 months ago

Awsome black & white!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks!

hannah parsons 10 months ago

Stunning!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you Hannah...

Cusnir Dragos 10 months ago

Superb black and white

Morkel Erasmus Glad you enjoyed it...

Jovelino 10 months ago

I do know it !! I had a terrific experience with one of those beast!!!
and got myself alive :) but I lost the super-photo :(

Morkel Erasmus Sorry to hear! Yes they can be very temperamental...

Ricky Siegers 10 months ago

excellent!!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you very much, Ricky...

Chris Ney 10 months ago

Whoa!

Morkel Erasmus :)

Jan Gravekamp 10 months ago

At least you have a great shot and last but not least still alive! Great bw!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks...yes it's indeed a fortunate position to be in...

Matthew Hull 10 months ago

Wow! The B&W really makes a huge impact here!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you Matthew!

David Senechal (polydactyle) 10 months ago

Very nice nature shot!

Morkel Erasmus Appreciate it, David!

Saad Salem Al Sheihk. 10 months ago

then this image is shot not without danger,
very good shot and you have to take the utmost care.

Morkel Erasmus Thanks!

bibousiq 10 months ago

Fantastic shot !

Morkel Erasmus Thank you so much...

Rolando (olly) 10 months ago

Super capture.

Morkel Erasmus Thanks Olly!

Jørgen Feldstedt 10 months ago

Excellent image.

Morkel Erasmus Thanks so much for your kind words Mr Feldstedt (don't know how to make the second letter of your name with the keyboard...)

George Doupas 10 months ago

Wonderful, really wonderful. You are a brave man!! :))

Morkel Erasmus Thanks George!

siapour Nasiriziba 10 months ago

Brilliant ++

Morkel Erasmus Thanks...

Marsel van Oosten 10 months ago

Nice one Morkel. I took a similar shot in Namibia from a small boat, so I can relate to the intimidation factor. A few days later I got chased by a hippo while in that same boat - they are incredibly fast in the water, scary fast.

Good choice to go for bw - looks good. I wonder what the OOF grey vertical line is just to the left of the hippo though, and the two brighter ones inside the reflection.

Morkel Erasmus Thanks for your comments Marsel, they are always more than appreciated. The OOF line to the left is coming from the reflection of reeds behind the hippo, but the ones in front are actually OOF grass blades between myself and the beast...

Earl A. Jones 10 months ago

Great capture!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you Earl!

Andre du Plessis 10 months ago

Not something that I was aware of. Excellent head-on B&W image of this fellow. Congrats!

Morkel Erasmus Thank you kindly, Andre! I hope all is well...been a while since I had time to spend on 1X...

Jeannette Oerlemans 10 months ago

Beautiful!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks Jeannette...

ubaldo lorenzo dati 10 months ago

Congrats!

Morkel Erasmus Thnx!

Jacob Tuinenga 10 months ago

Wonderful photo with a great pov and so much detail. Superb!!

Morkel Erasmus Thanks, appreciate the kind words...

Bulent Akbas 10 months ago

Excellent

Morkel Erasmus Glad you liked this one...thanks for your feedback.

Jose C. Lobato 10 months ago

Una imagen impresionante.

Morkel Erasmus :)

Benjamin 10 months ago

Responsible for more deaths in Africa than any other mammal - except man, surely?
Not the sort of statistic we should be proud of as a species obviously...
The hippo, like the other predators, acts merely on instinct.
Sadly, humans habitually act on jealousy, bigotry and hatred.
Absolutely awesome, intensely engaging shot of an extraordinary creature, Morkel.
What a fantastic moment for you.
Now shared with us.

Morkel Erasmus I fully agree Benjamin. We are the ones responsible for most...yet we do it out of volition and greed, like you so rightly point out. Hippos will only attach if they feel threatened, they are actually herbivores.