In parts of Zambia’s Kafue National Park, a conservation organization specializing in wildcats has reported that the number of leopards there has nearly tripled. With an increase of 2.9, there are now 4.4 leopards per 100 square kilometers of terrain, which is much more than it sounds when you consider just how big Kafue is. […]
Tag: Botswana
The Animalscape
There is a kind of wildlife image that has always spoken to me deeply. If you have been following my photography for more than a month you would have noticed that I often share these kinds of images. I like to call it “The Animalscape”. The animal in the landscape. The landscape with the animal(s) […]
The Bright Tapestry…
A cat’s ability to see in as little as one-sixth of the light needed by humans is attributed to a layer on the back of its retina known as the tapetum lucidum or “bright tapestry”. This layer gathers the light and reflects it back like a mirror to the light gathering cells of the eye, […]
Black and White in Motion…
Okavango Delta, Botswana – Dana Allen Photo Safari with Chitabe Camp Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 3200. f 4 @ 1/1500 sec. Lexar Media.
On Reflection…
On Reflection – Black-winged Stilts (Himantopus himantopus). Selinda Spillway, Northern Botswana.
Perfect Flight…
A Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) takes flight along the Savute Channel in Botswana. Linyanti, Botswana.
End of Time…
A Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatas) realizes that he is out of time, as he gives up the hunt for the day in the fading light of the African sunset. Linyanti, Botswana.