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 [...]
Leopard Cub Madikwe Game Reserve, 28 December 2007, 17h53 Nikon D50, Sigma 50-500 @500m, 1/500, f/6.7, ISO 800 ___________________________ The leopard is definitely the holy grail of African wildlife photography. I photographed the above youngster a few years ago and as I was looking through an image for this post it caught my eye. The [...]
It has been a while since writing about it but the images on the Photo-Africa Stock LIbrary has been ticking over with some amazing wildlife images being uploaded. Here are two of the latest images. Leopard on Termite Hill by Sharon Bishop In Your Face by John Maarshalck To check out more of the newest [...]
Like a lot of the contributors to Photo-Africa, I have a lifelong love of big cats. Gerry and the team do a great job of bringing the stories and images of Africa’s cats to a wider audience, so when he asked me if I’d write something for the site I hoped I wasn’t going too [...]
It’s amazing how sometimes you read something and think damn, that’s exactly what I wanted to say! Karine Aigner’s guest post from yesterday not only included some of the most amazing Wild Dog images I have seen but also hit home with the down to basics truth that a lot of us feel is something [...]
Yesterday I saw a leopard. It was a beautiful leopard, relaxed, sitting on a log not too far from us. I did not manage to get a picture. Actually, I did not even reach for my camera. In wildlife photography the initial urge of photographing everything that moves eventually gives way to a more measured [...]
Old One-Eye Madikwe Game Reserve, 6 August 2008, 19h24 Nikon D300, Sigma 50-500 @ 200mm, 1/200, f/6.3, ISO 500, lit with spotlight from the side and fill flash ___________________________ Wildlife photography has got to be one of the most interesting forms of photography. Apart from subjects that don’t really want to do what you want [...]
Greetings Photo-Africa readers! My name is Chad Cocking, and for the last three years I have been working at a field guide in the northern Timbavati Private Game Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger Park. I was based at Motswari Game Lodge, a warm and welcoming camp that allowed me to live a dream and [...]
Madikwe has a pale leopard called ‘Sepoko’ meaning ghost. The Leopard Conservation Project is currently looking for images and videos of this very rare African predator. If you work in, or have ever visited, the Madikwe Game Reserve and have any images of the pale male that gets seen around the western parts of the [...]
A quick thanks to everybody who voted for my leopard image in the Getaway Magazine’s ‘Into the Wild’ competition. Getaway Magazine runs the monthly competitions on Facebook and you can win some pretty decent prizes. For winning, thanks to all your votes, I have won a tripod hamper from SA Camera. Pretty nice hey? You [...]
As a wildlife photographer I have been very fortunate to photograph in many different African countries, from the rainforests of East & Central Africa to the beaches of South Africa. I have had the opportunity to photograph creatures from Mountain Gorilla’s to Ghost crabs. But nothing compares quite like photographing a leopard in its wild [...]
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 [...]
