wildlife photography
Regular visitors to this site may recognize these fellows, particularly if you’ve mistyped a URL for my website, as they grace my 404 error page. I’ve revisited the image today as I’ve reprocessed it for addition to my China photo gallery, which continues to grow as I find time! Don’t be misled by the 2012 [...]
Revisiting your old image files can be an interesting exercise, occasionally turning up something that you previously missed. Such is the case with this image of an African Elephant taken in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania back in 2008. I was going through my lightroom catalogue trying to get my Tanzania wildlife safari photos in [...]
With the recent changes I’ve made to my website and blog, I thought it was time to reorganise some of my earlier content which kind of got lost along the way. This post was originally published just over 2 years ago (apologies to long time readers who’ve seen it before) By reposting within the new [...]
Well we all occasionally enjoy a lazy day at the beach and this Hawaiian Monk Seal on Midway Atoll it seems was no exception. This species is endangered due to loss of habitat and commercial fishing where they are sometimes accidental bycatch. It’s estimated that there are about 1300-1400 surviving in the wild and hence [...]
Humpback Whales, Kilauea Point, Kaua’i. In last week’s post, I described my experience in whale watching/photography from boats and some of the issues involved, but of course it’s not always necessary to go boating in order to see these amazing creatures. On the north coast of the island of Kaua’i is Kilauea Point which [...]
March-April represents the late part of the whale watching season in Hawaii. Numerous whale watching boats operate out of the islands, today’s photograph was taken from on-board such a boat off the coast of Maui. There are several species which visit Hawaiian waters, the most frequently sighted being the humpback whales. These whales [...]
If you’re an Indian Elephant in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, you get to spend a fair bit of your time eating and throwing mud on yourself! It was late in the day when I observed this individual, and others, and managed to get a few pictures of her as she emerged from the high [...]
Late afternoon in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, when we observed a single horned rhinoceros with her calf contently grazing, with the occasional Indian myna bird either perched on her back or picking around her feet as she moved about. Look closely at the calf and you’ll see it’s got only one ear. At first I thought maybe it [...]
Cattle egrets are widely distributed throughout the world and are, as their name suggests, often found near large grazing animals such as cattle and buffalo. Frequently they’re at the feet of grazers hoping their footsteps will stir up insects that they can feed on. In this instance in Assam, India, the buffalo proved to be [...]
In this post we go in search of wild gibbons. During my travels through Assam, India in 2010, I visited a small wildlife reserve where a troop of hoolock gibbons were known to live in the tree tops. After a bit of searching, we sighted about 6 or 8 gibbons as they swung through the foliage high [...]
As mentioned in a previous blog entry, I had the opportunity to see and photograph golden langur monkeys whilst in Assam state in India earlier this year. Golden langur monkeys are now quite rare, but at one location, Umananda Island near Guwahati on the Brahmputra River, there is a colony of about 20 or 30 [...]
Been a while since we’ve tested the aw shucks value of wildlife photographs so today’s the day. Today’s image was taken in the Kaziranga National Park in India and shows Indian Elephants, a mother with its baby. The Indian Elephant, more correctly known as the Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus), is slightly smaller than the African Elephant and has [...]
During my travels through Assam, India, I had several opportunities to observe rhinoceros. The single horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) also known variously as the Nepali Rhinoceros, Indian Rhinoceros, Great One-horned Rhinoceros or Asian One-horned Rhinoceros, is found in greater numbers in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam than anywhere else. Historically, the species range extended right across northern [...]
Whilst travelling through the north east Indian state of Assam, one of the interesting encounters I had was with the rare and endangered Golden Langur Monkey. The city of Guwahati lies on the banks of the Brahmputra River and from there I took a boat ride to Umananda island, one of several small islands within the [...]
Well I hope that following my last post readers had the opportunity to click through on the link I provided to iDC Photography. Recapping, iDC’s creator/host Bruce Dorn posted a series of my pictures from our recent Tanzania trip and has also been displaying some pictures from some other members of the group, so check [...]
A common sight in the Okavango Delta region of Botswana, the Vervet Monkey. These monkeys could be seen both in the trees and also feeding on the ground as well. Curious and opportunistic, they sometimes would hang around camp ready to steal any food that was left unattended. Vervet Monkey sitting on log, Okavango Delta, [...]
One of the interesting things we observed during my 2009 trip to Botswana was a pride of sub adult lions on a freshly killed giraffe. Our guide had tracked the lions through the bush to the kill location. He estimated that the kill had been made probably 15 minutes or so before our finding it. I prepared [...]
Late afternoon in the Okavango Delta, Botswana and a pair of cheetahs are on patrol, walking slowly through the grass stopping whenever they get to a tree or shrub to scent mark it. Backlit Cheetahs, Okavango Delta. Canon 5D Mark 2 with 500mm lens at F7.1, shutter speed 1/500 second at ISO 400.
From the Botswana files, whilst wildlife itself is of interest, sometimes I think an image can work without showing the wildlife but by showing evidence of its presence. And so to this image, the elephant tracks can be seen entering the water and if you look closely can be seen exiting the water on the far [...]
During the course of a photographic workshop/safari in Botswana in July-August, 2009, I was fortunate enough to observe and photograph members of an African wild dog pack. The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is a threatened species and opportunities to see and photograph them in the wild are rare. These pictures were taken at [...]
Canon 5D Mark 2 with 500mm lens at F6.3, shutter speed 1/2500 second at ISO 640. The little bee-eater, pictured in the Okavango Delta region, Botswana. This species was a common sight and would flit from one perch to another as we observed it. In the event that I missed a shot, it was often [...]
From the Botswana files, finishing off the elephant shots for now. Late afternoon at Chitabe in the Okavango Delta and a baby elephant adorns itself with some twigs. There doesn’t seem to be any other reason for this behaviour than because it’s fun! Fascinating animals elephants, intelligent, sociable, curious. For those who want to see [...]
Another shot from the Botswana series showing the value of adopting, where possible, a low viewpoint. Early morning light and the framing flexibility of a zoom lens helped. Canon 5D with 70-300mm zoom at 135mm F5.0, shutter speed 1/800 second at ISO 640.
From the Botswana files, late in the afternoon we spent some quality time with this lone bull elephant. I understand that elephants can get to 6.5 tons in weight, this magnificent fellow must have been close to that, I think he was the largest bull we saw. Notice the fluid issuing from the glands at [...]