Category: Wildlife photo
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Biomechanical sculptures
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.
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Hyenas from South Africa
South Africa has the fame of being home of enormous numbers of elephants (to the point that the question of culling is open for discussion in South Africa, to try and protect against the ecological pressure they create on the environment and the other herbivores). We have been lucky to approach a few nice big…
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Buffalos bath
Buffalos are continuously shrouded in a cloud of mosquitos and flys. To protect themselves they take mud baths as often as necessary: Buffalo, still clean, before the bath Buffalo (mud bath) Buffalo (mud bath) Buffalo after the bath Buffalo after the bath(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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South Africa: Buffalos
We have been meeting a group of nearly 200 buffalos. Impressive animals: Jeune buffle Buffle(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Sunset in South Africa
Coucher de soleil(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Elephants in the South of Africa
South Africa has the fame of being home of enormous numbers of elephants (to the point that the question of culling is open for discussion in South Africa, to try and protect against the ecological pressure they create on the environment and the other herbivores). We have been lucky to approach a few nice big…
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Life is hard for insects too
Life is a competition: Eat or be eaten. This happens to insects on the neck of a giraffe, too. Insect, bird and giraffe(Click on the thumbnails to see the larger image)
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Leopards in South Africa
After presenting you images of many wild animals, here come those we were specially coming to meet in South Africa: Leopards. Young male Leopard in a treeHe was eating an impala up there Young male Leopard in a treeHis name is Matimba and he still hunts with Safari, his mother Lying leopard, yawningImpressive display of…
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Birds of South Africa
God created Africa with a billion birds. So, a photo safari specializing into leopards will naturally stop to shoot images of a vulture, an eagle, or -more discreet- a roller: Pied Kingfisher Woodpecker in black & white African Hoopoe Lilac-breasted roller Lilac-breasted roller Some glossy starling I could not identify precisely(Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling?) Lappet-faced vulture Brown…