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Waterbok Posing in front of the Drakensberg

When living on a game reserve, you can go a whole day without seeing anything remarkable, which is still never a wasted day, or at any moment, you can look in one direction and something like this: A waterbok framing himself against such a remarkable backdrop that you feel utterly compelled to capture the moment as an image.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: South Africa
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Copyright: © Lars Nelson