Hippo Captured in golden light and low angle in the Okavango Delta in Botswana

A lioness we had been following all morning hoping she would make a kill which she tried several times without luck, uses a mound to help her find for her two young cubs she had left while out hunting

A close-up portrait of an Elephant Bull captured in great morning light in the Okavango Delta in Botswana

The same lioness I photographed while searching for her cubs eventually found them. Captured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya

A Giraffe in early morning light bows down to the rising sun. Captured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya

Nothing beats and aerial shot of the magical Okavango scenery. This was captured in the Delta in Botswana

This was the first time I have managed to photograph this nocturnal and very elusive creature. Captured in Maasai Mara National Reserve before sunrise

A storm brewing on the horizon while this cheetah scans the plains for potential prey. Captured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya

This was the last morning of a 12 day safari in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. The plan was to shoot giraffes at sunrise but this lioness changed our plans