Photographed in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in India, the Jungle Cat can be difficult to see as it moves through brush. In this instance the cat emerged momentarily into a clearing allowing for the photograph. This is one of three sub-species of Jungle Cat and has a fairly extensive range across India and neighbouring countries. The species is not considered to be endangered and there has been a ban on them being hunted since the late 1970s. Jungle Cat, […]
As alluded to in a previous blog post, today’s post relates to the Snow Leopards of Ladakh, India. My journey to the region in February, 2023, was primarily to seek out, and photograph, the elusive snow leopard. This animal has an almost mythical reputation, “always present, rarely sighted”. As the apex predator of this mountainous region, individuals range over large areas in search of prey, notably Urials and Ibex. Both predator and prey are superbly adapted to […]
February, 2023, winter in Ladakh in the north-west of India and the quest is to find and photograph the elusive snow leopard. At an altitude of approximately 4000 metres and with overnight temperatures dropping as low as minus 20 Celsius, you need to be prepared. Wildlife is often viewed at a distance, neccessitating the use of long telephoto lenses and a bit of luck too. Whilst the leopard was our main target (and will be the subject of […]
a High Definition video slideshow presentation of a selection of my Tanzania images created using animoto.com and is available here as a downloadable MPEG4 file.
Identifiable by its white stripes and iridescent green colouring, Sphingnotus mirabilis is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
a trip through Papua and West Papua Provinces in Indonesia provides the opportunity (and challenge) to photograph a myriad of macro subjects.
Antarctic fur seal photographed on Deception Island in the South Shetland Island group. Hunted almost to extinction in the 18th and 19th centuries, the species recovered to the point where it is now a common sight in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic.
Gentoos are quite a successful species. Whereas the range for some penguin species has shrunk in recent years, the range for Gentoos has actually extended with them displacing other species in some locations.
when photographing a penguin colony, it’s worth looking around the edges of the group to try and isolate an individual.
