Portrait of a Spotted Hyena at Sunrise in Kenya

This is a close portrait photo of a spotted hyena in Kenya.

While I went to Kenya last month mainly to photograph the big cats, there were times when I shot other subjects.  That was the case with this spotted hyena.  I don’t think many people think of hyenas as great subjects to  photograph, but this one had the benefit of that golden hour of sunlight like the male lion I posted a week ago.   This hyena was photographed at 6:50 a.m. local time.  Sunrise was at about 6:30 a.m. then, as I recall.

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