The Week in Pictures #379
Lions, leopards, a cheetah and three wild dog packs! What more could one ask for when it comes to predator viewing? A sure highlight has got to be that of …
Lions, leopards, a cheetah and three wild dog packs! What more could one ask for when it comes to predator viewing? A sure highlight has got to be that of …
We knew the minute we arrived at Londolozi that it is a very special place. We were warmly greeted by the team at the Granite Camp with smiles and waves …
It’s been almost a week since the Mystery Bird Challenge #9. Those who said Rattling Cisticola were oh so close. It is indeed a Cisticola, but the hint we gave …
Make images with great depth of feeling and no one will care what lens you used. – Michael Frye Not a long post today, but I wanted to discuss some …
It’s incredible how nature responds to changing conditions. The grass at the moment is longer and, more importantly, thicker than we’ve seen it in many years, and a number of …
Be it a kitchen, lounge or bedroom, clutter will invariably make the place look messy. You want to have everything neat and tidy and in its place. The same goes …
Leopards and elephants certainly seem to be the theme this week, with the giant pachyderms being seen more and more frequently feeding on the by-now abundant marula fruits up on …
I thought I’d write a brief something more as a reminder to myself than anything else. This is one of those do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do scenarios, as it’s something I keep kicking myself …
When one talks about safari what things come to mind? For most it will be lions, leopards, elephants, rhino and buffalo – the Big Five. It will be the whoop …
“To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual …
Lions will do things on their own time. Just ask anyone who’s sat with them for hours waiting for them to move, and they’ve done nothing except roll over lethargically …
Firstly, the Mystery Bird from yesterday. Almost everyone got it right: the answer was an African Fish Eagle. Most large eagles have much darker or barred tails, so the all-white …
It’s fairly boring to be discussing the weather, but we were meant to be pretty much swimming our way out on drive right about now. The predicted rainfall for last …
Wildlife books will inform you that leopards are opportunistic animals and are predominantly Crepuscular hunters, i.e. hunting during dawn and dusk. Whilst this is their general behaviour, it is however not …
TWIP simply recounts the highlights of the week; it does not, however, reveal the hours we spend out there tracking and sometimes not finding the animals. With that further sense of knowing …