Category: Photo safari

  • Soon: A new lens in my bag

    Soon: A new lens in my bag

    Happy news here: I finally bought a lens I wanted for quite some time. I found and paid on eBay a Minolta APO G 400mm f/4.5 (Yes! The old white lens that is renowned so much for its optical and mechanical quality, while being nearly impossible to find in auctions). It will go really well…

  • Brown-hooded Gull

    Brown-hooded Gull

    Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis, Mouette de Patagonie). Brazil, 2007.

  • Kelp gull

    Kelp gull

    The largest gull of South-American continent, easily recognized from its plummage and the red spot on the inferior mandible of its yellow beak. Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus, Goéland dominicain). Brazil, 2007. Note: These kelp gull photos are the beginning of a series of images I brought back…

  • Big cat photos (James Pan)

    Big cat photos (James Pan)

    A few top-quality images taken by James Pan. Felines, lovely big cats and other animals shot in perfect portraits.

  • Kenya safari video

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

  • Elephants protection in Africa

    Elephants protection in Africa

    Elephants are -generally speaking- a species endangered in Africa. They have been vigorously hunted for the ivory of their tusks (sometimes for the mere pleasure of hunting big game) and poaching is still intense of many African countries (from de 1.5 million animals in 1970, we are now down to around 500,000 pachyderms). The largest…

  • Sunbittern

    Sunbittern

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias, Caurale soleil). Brazil, 2007.

  • Neotropic Cormorant

    Neotropic Cormorant

    The Cormorant is clearly a bird easy to find anywhere you can find some water. In Pantanal, the Neotropic Cormorant lives along rivers and is easily seen spreading its wings in the sun while not diving for fishes. Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Cormoran vigua). Brazil, 2007.

  • Saffron Finch

    Saffron Finch

    Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola, Sicale bouton-d’or). Brazil, 2007.