From the moment my light aircraft touched down in the Okavango Delta I could feel it was going to be a hot one. The temperature approached the 100 degree mark and the wind was still. And yet the news that greeted me was fantastic. A pack of sixteen dogs had just entered the area, the […]
Tag: Okavango Delta
Tsessebe In The Mist
A Tsessebe stands in the cool morning mist awaiting the warm rays of the rising sun and the dawn of a new day on Duba plains, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Equipment: Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon 500mm f4 L IS.
All In…
In spite of their natural aversion to water, the lions of the Okavango must quickly learn to adapt to their flooded environment. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f 6.7 @ 1/2000sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen with Mombo Camp and Journeys Unforgettable Photographic Safaris
The Elephants of Abu…
An afternoon swim is a surprising place for an amazing encounter with the elephant herd at Abu Camp in the Okavango. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D3s. Nikon 28-300 mm. ISO 800. f6.7 @ 1/2000 Sec. Lexar media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari With Abu Camp.
Cold Stare…
A Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus) gives me the cold stare as he takes flight, somewhere in the Okavango Delta. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D3. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f 5.6 @ 1/4000 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari
Wide Eyes…
When the world is new, you look at everything with trusting and wide eyes. This young lion cub has plenty to learn about the ways of the world before she reaches her prime in a few short years. Nikon D300. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 800. f 4 @ 1/1000 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen […]
Onset of Darkness…
A leopard (Panthera pardus) basks in the waning glow of the African sunset, waiting for the onset of darkness to conceal her for the evening’s hunt. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Nikon D3. Nikon 70-200 mm. ISO 2200. f 2.8 @ 1/125 sec. Lexar Media. © Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net www.facebook.com/DanaAllenPhotoSafari with Mombo Camp & Wilderness Safaris
A Large Grey Area…
Developing a strategy to preserve wildlife corridors across political borders is of great importance to keeping elephant and other wildlife populations healthy, and viable. The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) is helping to establish protocols between the countries of Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Angola and Namibia to sustainably manage this precious ecosystem. This will […]