Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Africa, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Jul 11th, 2009
Nikon D300, 70-200VR, 95mm @ f9 1/640 sec, -2EV While shooting in the sand dunes of Namibia, I found myself in an environment that was largely reds and blues. After looking at the large histogram for general exposure, I always shifted to the RGB histograms for evaluation. More often than not, I found that I [...]
After a late night in Seattle visiting some friends that reside on Maui and were in town on the ship World, I found a message in my email stating that two out of my four submitted images had made it to the Semi-Final level of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. These two [...]
The journey homeward started with a four hour flight from Serra Cafema to a dirt strip outside of Sossuvlei. During a three day lay over at Sossuvlei area, we took advantage of shooting Deadvlei. Four brave soles hit the dunes beyond Deadvlei for a long and strenuous hike deep into the dunes. This last hike [...]
After flying for nearly 18 hours, I finally arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa. In the beginning of the flight, I thought I had really scored big time by landing a seat in the exit row with nearly five feet of foot room. What I soon learned was that the exit row seats were somewhat smaller [...]
I’m off for a couple of weeks to photograph a wonderful and inhospitable place known as the Namib and Kalahari Deserts. Namibia has been on my bucket list for several years and only recently have I been afforded the opportunity to take this journey. During this trip I will be visiting such places as the [...]
After a brief lull in my photography, I’m back at posting some of the shots from my Feb 2009 Safari to Tanzania. The Ngorongoro Crater is always a magical place for me. With the rich diversity of wildlife confined to an area about 10 miles square, I am always surprised as to what I will [...]
Our excursion to Arusha National Park to find Colobus monkeys today exceeded our expectations. Not only did we find one Colobus family but FOUR of them. Located only within this Tanzanian government park, the Colobus monkeys live only in these hills and are hard to spot because they stay in the trees and are well-concealed [...]