Category: Wildlife photo
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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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Dumb hunters kill one out of seven last females of Amur Leopards
The WWF announced that hunters in Eastern Russia recently killed one female of the critically endangered species of Amur Leopard. The animal was shot and them beaten to death with one blunt object apparently. She was one of the last seven (7) female animals still living of that species. The end is approaching fast for…
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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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Big with Nikon, small with Nikon
From the universe to the smallest elementary particles, Nikon presents a guided interactive tour of the size scales we find around us in the universe.
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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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Io is still the prefered destination for volcano watchers
Io, a Jupiter satellite, has long been the only place -out of good old Earth- where presently active volcanoes could be observed presently. It fascinated me even when the satellite was joined by other bodies in the Solar system. Today NASA confirms us that Io is still the best place where you should go and…