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Nicolene Steyn
A Wildlife, Macro, Landscape & Nature photographer from South Africa, obsessed with coffee & dogs

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

My love for photography started many moons ago when I was still in middle school and then a few years later I discovered the joy of wildlife photography and that hooked me right away and a couple of years ago I discovered macro/close-up photography and it also hooked me right away. I am the mom of three beautiful dogs and th

at is mostly where my love for animal and nature photography started. I also believe that there is always something to photography in nature and especially with close-up & macro photography. I am also passionate about conservation photography and helping animals and nature. I love to shoot dramatic animal portraits, that is mostly my style with my wildlife and close-up photography. Since I love my photography so much, I have decided to share them on Facebook and on Instagram (make sure to follow both), and I am also going to start selling them, so it can be printed on canvas or as a framed photograph. Please feel free to message me for any queries and please don't be shy to like and comment on my posts.

17/12/2025

Fun fact:
Many spiders can sense vibrations through the hairs on their legs, letting them detect prey, danger, or movement without even seeing it. The world talks. They listen.

16/12/2025

When personal space is cancelled and affection is mandatory.

Fun fact:
Rainbow lorikeets show affection by preening each other’s head and neck. It strengthens their bond and keeps feathers healthy. Basically, grooming and flirting at the same time.

Cute, intimate, and a little nosy. Yeah… relatable.

14/12/2025

Happy Sunday
Living their best life. Snacks secured. Zero regrets. Would absolutely do it again.

Fun fact about gibbons:
Gibbons form long-term pair bonds and often sing duets with their mate. These calls aren’t random. They strengthen their bond and warn other gibbons to stay away. Love songs with a warning label.

11/12/2025

The Sweet Life
Close-up on pure enjoyment! This little one is focused entirely on its snack. The light and shadow in this moment really highlighted the beautiful texture and detail of the fur.
What do you think this tasty treat is?

Fun Fact:
Gibbons are known for their incredibly long arms, which they use to swing through the trees (a locomotion called brachiation). They are also famous for their loud, elaborate morning songs or "duets" used to mark their territory and bond with their partners!

10/12/2025

Strength isn’t loud. Sometimes it’s a gentle shield… a mother standing between her baby and the world, teaching him how to taste the wild one leaf at a time.
In a world that can feel brutal, elephants still remind us what tenderness looks like. A mother’s safety. A baby’s trust. A story older than any of us.

Fun Fact:
Elephants don’t just remember. They grieve.
When an elephant comes across the bones of another elephant, even one they never knew, they stop. They touch the skull and tusks with their trunks. They stand in silence. Some even return to the same spot years later. It’s one of the closest things in the wild to a human funeral.

Elephant mothers have “aunties.”
Other females help raise the baby. They protect, teach and even babysit so the mother can rest. A whole sisterhood built around one tiny life.

09/12/2025

The quiet ones carry the oldest stories. A single rhino walking out of the bush feels like watching time itself take a breath.

Fun fact to pair with it:
Rhinos rely more on hearing and smell than sight. If one stops and looks at you, it’s usually listening, not staring you down.

08/12/2025

Happy Monday!

Can you spot the little one hiding? 😊

A dazzle of zebras blending into the South African bushveld. Every pattern is unique, like a fingerprint! It's always a treat to watch these magnificent animals graze.

Fun Fact
The Zebras' Secret Weapon: The stripes of a zebra are believed to help deter biting flies, like stable flies and tsetse flies! Research suggests that the stripes disorient the insects, making it harder for them to land and bite.

07/12/2025

Sometimes the beauty isn’t in the close-up. It’s in watching a whole world move as one heartbeat. A quiet reminder that the wild never rushes… it simply goes.

Fun fact:
Kudu freeze before they flee. Their first instinct isn’t to run but to blend into the grass. Those stripes aren’t decoration. They’re camouflage designed by the savannah itself.

06/12/2025

Some eyes don’t just look at you. They measure you. Decide if you’re worth curiosity or chaos. This beauty chose curiosity… for now.

Fun fact:
No two tigers share the same stripe pattern. It’s their fingerprint, written in fur. Even shaved, the stripes stay on the skin.

05/12/2025

He looked at me like a king bored of mortals. Calm. Unbothered. Fully aware he could end me in one second and still somehow choosing grace instead.

Fun fact:
White tigers aren’t a separate species. They’re Bengal tigers with a rare recessive gene that affects pigmentation. Because of that gene, they often have better night vision than fully orange tigers. Ghosts in the dark, with teeth.

04/12/2025

International Cheetah Day

Fun facts about Cheetahs

1. The planet's fastest land animal is built for super speed, rather than stamina
A cheetah chase usually lasts less than a minute, and covers just 200-300 metres. At full speed, the cheetah takes three strides a second, covering seven metres per stride.

2. When they do stir, cheetahs can accelerate faster than most sports cars
They can go from nought to 60mph in three seconds flat. Their claws work rather like studs on football boots for extra grip when sprinting, while their long, muscular tail acts as a rudder, helping them make sharp turns, while chasing prey such as antelope or hares.

3. The name cheetah comes from a Hindi word, chita, meaning 'spotted one'
The spot patterns are unique to each cat, and help to provide camouflage when hunting. But not every cheetah has spots. In rare cases, a recessive gene produces a more blotchy coat that blurs into stripes. These so-called 'king cheetahs' may not look like the spotted kind, but they only differ by one gene.

4. Cheetahs have a unique social life among cats
Females are solitary, while males live together (unlike, say, a lion pride, which has multiple females). A female usually raises her cubs alone, hiding them in dens by day, and teaching them her hunting skills as they grow. Male cheetahs team up with their brothers or other males to form 'coalitions' - groups that defend a shared territory and team up to take down larger prey.

5. The cheetah mainly hunts in the day
With eyesight far keener than a human's it can pick out prey from a distance. The distinctive black 'tear marks' running from its eyes are thought to help reflect the glare of the sun. Being active by day also reduces the risk of losing a kill to nocturnal predators, like lions and spotted hyenas.

03/12/2025

He stared at me like I interrupted something important. Probably plotting my downfall or deciding if I’m worthy of his branch. Owls don’t do neutral looks. They either adore you or they want you gone.

Fun fact:
Owls can rotate their heads up to 270 degrees without cutting off the blood supply to their brain. They’ve got special blood vessels that keep everything flowing while they turn that dramatic glare wherever they want.

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