Cape Buffalo

How did I get such a crazy shooting angle on this massive and potentially-dangerous beast? Well, I was lurking in a subterranean blind at the edge of the man-made waterhole when this guy and two friends stopped in for an afternoon drink. It looks like the animal is about to charge me, but he's probably looking at his own reflection in the thin pane of one-way glass which separated us. Even though I knew I wasn't in danger, it still felt like he was staring into my soul.

Zimanga Private Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, 10/26/22
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II on EOS R5
1/500 at f/2.8, ISO 3200