Category: Photo safari
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Golden orb web spider
A magnificent web weaving spider observed in good light. It is a nice female of 3-4cm and you can recognize a much smaller male a little higher on the web: Golden orb web spider (femelle and male, back) Golden orb web spider (femelle and male)(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Lions of South Africa
Amongst the big five (the prefered game of safari hunters in the 19th and 20th centuries), there is -of course- the mighty lion. I did not kill any, but I shot several images: Lion cub Lionness(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Larder in South Africa
If there are so many predators in South Africa, it’s because many big grass-eating ruminant mammals are present too. They are the walking larder of big cats and other canines. Impala (male, jumping) Gnus Nyala antelope (male) Kudu (female) Kudu (female) Cobb(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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South Africa: Big birds
South Africa is the country of the big five. But, they also have pretty big birds. Some of them are here. Various vultures (lappet-faced vulture, white-backed vulture, hooded vulture) Lappet-faced Vultures Fishing eagle(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image) If you can help me identify them precisely, I’d appreciate your help in the…
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Heat and photographic equipment
Electronics and optics of our photo (or video) equipment are relatively sensitive to temperature. This leads us to as the question about its protection against heat. There are plenty of rumours and a lot of bad ideas about the best method to protect your photo camera against heat during a photo safari. Example of a…
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South Africa: I’m back
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.…
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South Africa: Contents of the photo safari bag
Ready to go to South Africa to find leopards during a safari photo trip, I am preparing my photo bag. For those of you interested in its contents and the reasons why I have filled it like that, I invite you to check this list together.
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25.6 giga-pixel contemporary art masterpiece
This is an art project using the collaborative Internet to create one of the largest images in the world. MillionMasterPiece.com wants to create an historic art master piece by collating one million small 160×160 images, leading to more than 25 giga-pixels of contemporary art. You can join for free or, even better, you can donate…
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Shocking news: Cheetah attacks BBC reporter
Simon King, BBC presenter of Big Cat Diary, was recently attacked by a cheetah. It is a very unusual behaviour for an animal who tends to be easily afraid by large animals like a human. Read it all on BBC (video here). I am not unhappy that it did not happen to me last time…