Now that I am back from another wildlife photo tour in Botswana, Africa. It became imperative that I finish posting the pictures and experiences from the previous ones. Tweet
Posts Tagged ‘tanzania’
African Big Five
June 30th, 2010
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With so many pictures from our Tanzania trip I wanted to something different than my usual wildlife photography style. I have tried to compile a series of five pictures which I call “Animal Portraits”. Each of these animals are from a group referred to as the African Big Five. Tweet
Lion lessons!
June 21st, 2010
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On the morning of our departure from Kirawira, western Serengeti it was cloudy and we had almost given up all hopes of seeing anything but then as it can happen with any jungle safari our luck changed. Just 20 meter form the road was sitting a part of a lion pride three lioness with two [...]
Vulture on stilts!!
June 3rd, 2010
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As we drove towards the Central Serengeti plains a head bobbed up from behind a rising – I immediately exclaimed – Vulture!! But as the bird continued to come towards us it became apparent that the bird was taller than any vulture I know of, as the legs came into view they were more like [...]
Lake Manyara: GPS trails, Geotagged photos and more….
June 1st, 2010
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Lake Manyara was our first game drive destination on our 9 day travails through Tanzania. After landing at Nairobi we traveled for nearly 7 hours before we could reach here. Even though we were very tired the abundance of birdlife and wildlife made up for everything. Tweet
My top 10 tips for photographers traveling to Tanzania
May 27th, 2010
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Carry a good bean bag, Even with a small lens your wrists can get tired pretty soon and tripods are not very useful inside a vehicle. Do not overlook taking wide angle shots – carry a good wide lens – a 10-20mm Sigma is a nice starter lens. A 400mm lens is mostly reach enough, [...]
It’s a Hammerkop
May 25th, 2010
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So you have been waiting for the first image from my trip to East Africa. I could have put in many other dramatic things like the Lion, Rhino, Cheetah or the Hippo but I felt that those mammals are rather cliched. So I decided to put a common but unique bird Tweet
