Choosing a Background in Wildlife Photography
We often talk about the large predator hierarchy of Londolozi, with lions at the top, cheetahs at the bottom, and the rest filling in the space in between. What we don’t often talk …
We often talk about the large predator hierarchy of Londolozi, with lions at the top, cheetahs at the bottom, and the rest filling in the space in between. What we don’t often talk …
Our plan for the morning was to go in search of leopard, more specifically the Ximungwe female. If luck was on our side, her two cubs -now approaching seven months …
The northern parts of Londolozi on the other side of the Sand River is one of my favourite places to explore. The terrain is different to the rest of the …
Every year here on Londolozi, something quite incredible happens. A small bird of prey, the weight of the average banana, sets off from our reserve and begins its migration away …
Firstly, the answer to the latest Bird ID Challenge. Either these are getting easier or you the participants are getting better. Either way, most people got this one right. It …
One would think that stumbling into Africa’s apex predator out in the wilds would be reason enough to head the other way, yet the innate curiosity of giraffes almost makes …
High frame rates can be a curse in modern digital cameras. Being able to keep the shutter button depressed at over 10 frames per second can mean you end up …
Despite how popular media might portray them, leopards actually don’t spend as much of their lives in trees as one might think. The bulk of their lives is spent terrestrially, …
Delicious. For many, this word suggests a gastronomic experience. It is a word synonymous with eating or drinking something other-worldly; something mouth-watering and luscious. Most often used in answer to …
Browsing the archives as I like to do, I recently came across photos of a sighting of a mother leopard and her cub from yesteryear. One of Londolozi’s newer rangers …
“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 …
We aren’t going to go too deeply into a discussion of the relative intelligence levels of the big cats here, but it struck me the other day that a grasp …
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 …