In one of the James Herriot “All Creatures Great and Small” novels, the author observes that cats are connoisseurs of comfort. I would add that any picture containing a comfortable cat is automatically soothing.
I took this one many years ago on the Nile River near Murchison Falls. I may have posted it in another thread at one time.
How close were you to this monster? Hippos are dangerous.
Nah, he just wants a boop on the snout!
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We were on a smallish tour boat. Hippos hate boats and will try to capsize them, but this boat was too large for that to happen. He was pretty close to us and unhappy with our presence. I was shooting with a Nikon N70 and a 28-210 zoom, but it happened so fast that I didn’t notice what the setting was. I got two shots off before I ran out of film.
Walking back from dinner tonight.
Two weeks later:
Wow! Nice one.
The Safari Inn sign, Burbank, CA
Good one!