Category: Photo safari
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Rainbow bee-eaters
Indonesia
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Impalas
South African antelopes ready to drink at a water hole. South Africa.
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Black buffalos in the night
I had recently the opportunity to shoot pictures from the Zimanga Reserve overnight hides. There I could meet (face to face, really!) some of the largest herbivores of the African savannah: Water buffalos. I collected some of these in a portfolio at Wild Focus: Buffles noirs dans la nuit.
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Ocelot
I am a proud fan of big cats. But I admit that I can be attracted to smaller cats like the ocelot, a tough little cat from South America. You will find it deep in the forests, while hunting at night (an issue for the photographer, indeed). A few pictures from an older trip in…
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Jaguars from Pantanal
For big cat lovers, jaguars are unavoidable. I visited Pantanal (in Southern Brazil) several times, which gave me the opportunity to shoot a few photos of this impressive hunter. A few jaguar photos I added to YLoveBigCats. Just as a reminder, Pantanal jaguars are the biggest in the world because they are so well-fed from…
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Wild dogs
Is it a wild dog? Is it a painted dog? French-speaking people describe it as “a kind of wolf” (lycaon, from ancient Greek λυκάων (lukáōn)). But it should be mostly described as a social dog. They live in large groups, with a strong social hierarchy, but they always share food like nearly no other large…
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Resplendent Quetzal
A few pictures of my trips to Costa Rica (in 2015 and 2025): A unique bird of colors. Quetzal on Wild Focus Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno – Quetzal resplendissant.
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Vulturine guineafowl
Sure! We do know the guineafowl of our European countries. Looking a bit weird, sounding a bit weird, but common. What about a wilder, weirder beast?
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A few savannah elephants
Africa’s symbol, the savannah elephant, is always impressive. Meeting it gives you a personal experience of power, calm, and being out of time. But where is their future? Will we be able to protect them? They live as long as we do, they communicate in ways that we only start to recognize (not even understand…