Catherine Merlin

A lioness rests playfully in lush green foliage.

Young lion lying amongst solanum plants. (I can't help but think of this image as 'the glamour shot'!)

Lioness peeking through tall dry grass in sunlight.

Female lion walking through long grass pauses momentarily to check us out.

This female lion had spent much of the night eating her antelope kill in the long marsh grass of the Busanga Plains in Kafue National Park, Zambia, emerging in the dew-soaked early morning to make her way back to her pride.

The intense stare of a female leopard on the branch of an acacia tree locked on to a small herd of impalas browsing nearby.

Leopard in acacia tree staring intently at a herd of browsing impalas.

Close-up of an elephant's head with tusks

Wild African bull elephant, showing the wonderfully corrugated texture of elephant skin.

Close-up of an elephant's wrinkled face and tusks.

Close up of a wild bull elephant, showing the incredible texture of elephant skin.

Zebras drinking water from a muddy puddle.

Zebras drinking at Masuma Dam in Hwange National Park.