Category: Digital photography

  • African Jacana

    African Jacana

    African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus, Jacana à poitrine dorée). Botswana, October 2011.

  • Elephants, sunset

    Elephants, sunset

    A panorama test I did, investigating the issue of assembling panorama pictures with mobile subjects (an elephant moves, much more than you would believe, I assure you), made out of several pictures shot with a 400mm tele-lens to catch the sunset on the Chobe River, North of Botswana. The merging operation was done (back to…

  • Red Lechwe

    Red Lechwe

    Red Lechwe (Kobus leche, Cobe de Lechwe) Botswana, October 2011.

  • An elephant in white flowers

    An elephant in white flowers

    Botswana, October 2011.

  • Heron and storks

    Heron and storks

    At the end of the day, most birds try to perch (they are thus better protected against predators). In an area with a high animal density like Botswana, it allows some interesting encounters like this juvenile grey heron and these three openbill storks. As can be well seen in this picture, the name of the…

  • Water panorama

    Water panorama

  • Baby cheetah

    Baby cheetah

    Botswana, October 2011. Nota bene: If you want to see (and hear) a babay cheetah mewing, I suggest that you go and visit YLoveBigCats.

  • In flight

    In flight

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  • Botswana landscapes

    Botswana landscapes

    You’ll notice that this is from the Northern part of Botswana (the Okavango delta and the Chobe river are biotopes much more humid than the Kalahari desert, of course). Botswana, October 2011.