I recently had the good fortune to visit Nairobi for 2 days during June. I was a little wary of the current security situation in Kenya (as I write warnings are being issued for Mombasa) so decided I would get myself a good local guide and driver and eventually settled on Joseph Mwangi of Nature’s […]
Best Photo of the Week Competition 23 Jun 2012
Our “Best Photo of the Week” competition has taken us on a world-wide safari this week. Starting in Canada we traveled southwards though the United States to Costa Rica and Brazil. Then we hopped over to Japan, turned left to India and Moldova and finally landed in Scotland. You may wish to click on the […]
Snake Friends
The Western Diamondback is one I’ve seen a couple times. He (she?) lives in that old abandoned house I wrote about a few posts back. Pretty approachable little guy or gal. Snakes. Don’t be weird about it, they’re awesome. I’ve seen quite a few species lately, but I don’t usually have the good camera around. […]
Electric Warrior
An electric warrior on the prowl rivals medieval machines of science and speed, echoes of direct current flickering through the night. • Firefly | Lampyridae | Photinus pyralis
Mule Deer Portraits
While out on Antelope Island State Park the other day I spotted a Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) that was almost hidden by tall grasses and stopped to get some images. When the deer moved away from the grasses I realized it was too close to get full body shots with my Nikkor 200-400mm VR attached […]
Costa Rica, a Holiday with Nature, Part 2 of 3
The feeder where I photographed the most, just happened to be next to the bar. Yes, before dinner, a cold Costa Rican beer goes just fine with bird photography. Over three days, some species were common at the feeders, but each day a species that I hadn’t seen before would also appear. When hiking the […]
PhotoShare: Mana Pools Elephantscape
Hi guys, a quick one… I am recently back from a new FAVOURITE destination for Wildlife Photography – Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe. I am going to do a proper write-up and blog post about it in the near future, so here’s just a quick PhotoShareto get you salivating. The main attraction to this […]
Best Photo of the Week Ended 16 Jun 2012
We are delighted to present the winners of our latest “Best Photo of the Week” Competition. First Prize goes to Ron McCombe for his photo entitled “Gannet Courtship”, Second Prize toRob Belterman for “Flying Bee-eater” and Third Prize to Glenn Bartley for “Cinnamon Hummingbird” (see images below with links to the original articles). The voting […]