Wild Dog Pup Madikwe Game Reserve, 22 December 2008, 06h23 Nikon D300, Sigma 50-500 @ 230mm, 1/400, f/6.3, ISO 400 ___________________________ Seeing this whole week has been made up of Daily Photo posts, why stop now? Finding and photographing one of Africa’s most endangered animals has got to be on the top of every wildlife [...]
Wild Dog Fight Madikwe Game Reserve, 8 May 2008, 08h12 Nikon D50, Sigma 50-500 @ 150mm, 1/640, F/6.3, ISO 640 ____________________________ Going back to 2008 for this one. We were out on a cold winters morning when we found a large pack of Wild Dogs who just finished killing a young Kudu. Most of the [...]
For me, in the beginning, it was about pretty pictures and a love affair. The affair began simply enough–on the final night of a last minute-two day safari to the Masai Mara–in a safari truck filled with student tourists, parked next to an acacia tree housing a lazy leopard. The cat had no intentions of [...]
The Madikwe Game Reserve has got to be one of the best places in Africa where you can photograph the Africa Wild Dog in the wild. In 1990 the IUCN listed the Wild Dog as Endangered and it has remained that way until today. This from www.iucnredlist.org – ”African Wild Dogs have disappeared from much [...]
African Wild Dog Madikwe Game Reserve, 27 Feb 2010, 06h29 Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/640, f/3.5, ISO 800 ___________________________ Photographing one of Africa’s most endangered carnivores is definitely a highlight when visiting the Madikwe Game Reserve. On this specific morning we had just left the lodge when a group of Wild Dogs burst [...]
Friday finally brings a very busy week to an end. In between all the meetings, trip to Johannesburg and admin I have still been able to capture a few decent wildlife images. Our good run on lion sightings continue and this week we got to spend a lot of time with five young cubs, their [...]
After a weekend of meetings and trying to get stuck into processing a lot of images from a recent hotel shoot I have an interesting week ahead. In between a lot of small projects that need some attention I will be making time to shoot a few specific images I need for upcoming workshops. Looking [...]
Even though the year is just beginning, tomorrow my holiday officially starts! I was going to do a few posts in advance and have them upload automatically during the time while I am in Thailand but then decided against it. It would have been very easy to just go through my older images, select a [...]
A big shout out to Morkel Erasmus for his guest post yesterday. Some amazing images and it’s great to see all the positive comments. If you have not yet check it out click here and then leave Morkel a comment with your thoughts! Great post! As I was looking through Morkel’s images and some of [...]
Neal Fischer has added a huge number of new images to the Photo-Africa Stock Library. Here are a few highlights and remember that all images uploaded to the Stock Library have been taken in the wild places of Africa. No zoos. No tame animals. This is the the real thing! African Rock Python by [...]
Wild Dog Dance Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa (Nikon D300, Sigma 50-500 @ 117mm, 1/640, f/6.3, ISO 640) ____________________________ Found this image while I was busy transferring the blog to WordPress. A few months ago we sat watching a large pack of Wild Dogs after they killed a kudu. After they finished their meal the [...]
Known locally as Ingwe, meaning “pure sovereignty”, the leopard can still be found on farmland as well as other habitats throughout Southern Africa where they co-exist with their human neighbours depending on the attitudes of both parties. Game Reserves that are inadequate in size to hold most big cats such as lion and cheetah, show [...]
Louis Psihoyos, Director of the most awarded and ultimately successful Activist Film to date ‘The Cove’ said it best for me when he exclaimed … “You are either an Activist or an Inactivist. I chose to become active”. Well, some years back I tipped into this very Active Mode when my Camera Lens no longer [...]
A name that is certainly not unfamiliar in the natural world, is “The Kalahari”. Many people, although they haven’t been there, have heard about this strange hinterland where African bushveld merges with Namib desert in a marriage that produces one of the most unique ecosystems in the world. Covering a massive 900,000 square kilometers and [...]
Welcome to September! Before we get going with this month’s free wallpaper downloads, a big thanks to Brendon Cremer for his guest post yesterday. I am sure you will agree – that is about as good a leopard photography gets! Truly spectacular photographs! Thanks for sharing! Make sure to go and check out Brendon’s site [...]
Welcome to August! I am sure that by now you know how this works. If not, it’s simple. Simply scroll down, choose your favorite image, click to download and save. Simple as that and the best part, apart from the handy little calendar – it’s free! I will be posting a few iPhone wallpapers in [...]
