The Week in Pictures #433
Wildlife photography is not easy; subjects often don’t do what we anticipate, right-place-at-the-right-time is crucial, and knowing your gear and how to react when things don’t go as planned are …
Wildlife photography is not easy; subjects often don’t do what we anticipate, right-place-at-the-right-time is crucial, and knowing your gear and how to react when things don’t go as planned are …
As South Africa enters a state of lockdown for the next 21 days, we hasten to reassure everyone that the wonders of the African bush will continue to be brought …
First up is the answer to yesterday’s bird challenge. The Mystery Bird was a Wahlberg’s Eagle. It was quite a tricky one, but if you look carefully you can just …
We recently decided that we needed to do a revamp of our rangers room, after seeing a refurbishment to our top offices next door. Let’s just say we didn’t like …
This week included days on which we struggled to find leopards in the long grass, however some phenomenal tracking efforts still delivered many fantastic sightings. The Inyathini male continues to …
We continue with our 5-years-ago-this-month series, although I have to admit, I sometimes struggle to remember what exactly was happening in a sighting from the archives. I usually pride myself …
The Nkuhuma pride have been ever-present this week, spending their time traversing most of the norther section of Londolozi. Although it’s great to have a big pride operating across the …
Paw, Tail, Ears, Eyes. That’s it. The Magic Formula. When photographing big cats – but not just them, not by any means – there are a few boxes to tick …
First things first; the Mystery Bird was a juvenile Black Crake. This was a tricky shot to work off as the bird’s angle made assessing its general shape and size …
Living in the bush there are many forms of photography one can choose to execute, , with standard wildlife being the obvious choice. Of course, there are also Landscape and …
Patience is a virtue, and especially when it comes to wildlife photography. But it can be far simpler than waiting hours for a lion pride to get up and go …
“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” Gary Snyder Having recently come back from leave, driving past the sign of Londolozi, I feel home. When I began …
We haven’t done a memory lane post for a couple of months; we’ve skipped ahead to January 2015. November and December 2014 we’ll get to sometime in the next couple …
This will be a fairly short post, but I think one of the most helpful ways to learn is through the mistakes of others, and this particular mistake is one …
We had a lot of rain for three days this week. I mean, a lot of rain. It is uncharacteristic for so much rain to fall for a whole day. Usually …