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Back from a few days of photo trip to Nepal, I feel it is time to share with you some of this astonishing experience organized by Amawanda and guided by Alain Pons.

I am more or less a wildlife photographer attracted to the African wide-open spaces. But I had been attracted mostly by the presence of a seasoned pro photographer (Alain Pons) assisted by a very serious organization (I had been able to appreciate them in a previous trip to Kenya in 2008). I had also noticed that costs were relatively moderate (taking into account that this is a wildlife trip – which is often very expensive) including -we could check this later on location- a significant share reserved for local actions for development and nature protection in full coordination with the local structures and the local wildlife organizations.

The flight to Kathmandu was without surprise on Qatar, despite the long night stop in Doha airport where the only Duty Free shop cannot be considered as a commendable tourist spot (but they have a nice stock of alcohol or cigarettes for those who prefer to prepare themselves for later needs).

The Kathmandu-Bardia journey requires about 20 hours of bus or car. The stops provided in the program are a good way to break the inevitable monotony. A faster plane journey would be possible (it is included on the way back) but it would be a pity to avoid the view in the valleys and from the mountain roads out of Pokhara.

All along this journey, I will try to make a few recommendations about what a photographer might find more interesting to stop for.

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I am leaving France for a photo trip to Nepal. Why did my colleagues pay a part of that trip?

I’m just out of eBay where I bought a second-hand Minolta 1.4x lens converter to extend a little my tele-lenses when I put them on my Sony Alpha 700 and the old faithful Konica-Minolta Dynax Maxxum 7D.

I think it is going to support me when I go to Nepal (Bardia National Park) in next October. With Alain Pons and Amawanda.

Source: http://www.coreybehnke.com/.

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Borneo rhinoceros is certainly an endangered species with only a few dozen individuals alive. The first photo of one was shot only last year, but the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) project has published the first video staging a Borneo rhino.

Source: The Guardian.

Pierre Matter is a sculptor whose production should attract the eye of most of the visitors.

You can find more at: Galerie Opera, The art of Pierre Matter on Knutz.net.

As announced earlier here, I went to South Africa for a photo safari. Now, I’m back and I am currently rumaging through the 1500 images I brought back (don’t worry; most of them are just crap that I will not inflict on you). But some will be appearing on the site in the coming days. To initiate this, here is a white rhino encountered at the end of the very first game drive. The light was quite poor, but it was the first time I was seeing one in the wild.

White rhinoceros
(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)

A scientific study recently suggested that these animals that were present in West Africa no longer exist in the wild and the species went extinct in this part of the world. Actually, the expected last animals failed to be found in Northern Cameroon.

Consequently, the West African black rhino sub-species has been tentatively declared extinct.

In Africa, another black rhino and four white rhino sub-species (all grey, by the way) are also on the brink of extinction due to continuous poaching and competition between rhinoceros and man for their natural habitat.

Source: Reuters.

More information about the rhinoceros: Wikipedia.