Aug 2012 brings another safari to Tanzania. This safari will feature the all of the highlights of Tanzania. From the elephant rich Tarangire National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the famous Serengeti National Park. This safari gets it all including the northern area along the Mara River. If you are interested, check out all [...]
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On one of our last days with the dogs, we found them lounging around in a small open area surrounded by low brush and trees. I really wanted to walk away with a low angle shot of the dogs; sort of an image taken from a dog’s view. Steve Carey, our guide (AKA Wild Dog [...]
I recently led a photo safari to the Lewa and Sossian areas, both in Kenya. Located in the the middle of literally nowhere with the nearest village some 2.5 hours drive from our camp, the Laikipia Conservation Area is the place to see and photograph wild dogs in Eastern Africa. Until some 4 or 5 [...]
I’ve been very quite over the past 12 days, all do to the remote locations we we visiting. So I thought a fast update would be in order, as I sit in Zurich looking for that elusive United Airlines gate. At both locations, Lewa and Sosian, cell coverage and Internet was either non existent or [...]
Sitting in Zurich awaiting our flight to Kenya for another wonderful safari. This safari will focus on two locations, Lewa and Sosian. Lewa is Lewa Wilderness Trails Lodge is located on a 60, 000 acres Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to the north on the foothill of the snow capped Mount Kenya which is Africa’s second largest [...]
Well I did miss a couple of weeks without posting my weekly images, so here is a nice treat from Namibia – a place that I long to return to. This image was take during our flight from Sera Cafema to Sossuvlia. Sossusvlei lies in the Namib Naukluft Park in the heart of the Namib [...]
Photo of the Week – FULL CHARGE
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Tanzania, Travel on Feb 28th, 2012
Every once in a while, I find myself in a position to capture the charge of a bull elephant. Kelio, my long time guide in Tanzania, tells me that the bulls will make three mock charges. The forth one is for real, and they will be coming thru your window. Fortunately, the expert guides at [...]
Photo of the Week – Snowy Owl on Approach
Posted in Pacific Northwest, Travel on Feb 23rd, 2012
Nikon D3s, 200-400 f2.8 at 380mm, ISO 1000, f/8.0 @ 1/640 sec This image as taken here. Cheers and happy photo’ing
Snowy Owls at Ocean Shores, WA
Posted in Pacific Northwest, Travel on Feb 11th, 2012
Nikon D3s, 200-400 f/2.8, ISO 2500, f/6.3 @ 1/320 on tripod, metered on the sky plus 1.0 EV This image was taken here. Cheers and happy photo’ing
On the Coast Shooting in the damp
Posted in Photo Gear and Reviews, Tools and Techniques, Travel on Feb 11th, 2012
I traveled to Ocean Shores Saturday to photograph the 13 year occurrence of Snowy Owls into this area. In between a slight mist and a little bit of ocean spray, the camera rain cover by Think Tank is just what I needed. Due to my procrastination, my Hydrophobia lens cover for my 200-400 had not [...]