I have just returned from the first of our 2014 CNP Photographic Safari to the Chobe River and would like to share a special sighting with you. One afternoon I decided to go out a bit earlier and visit an area further upstream from Kasane in the hope of finding some of the local predators or…
This blog is titled Backgrounds – Make or Break and I would like to talk about one of the most important aspects in capturing good nature images which is backgrounds and their selection. When photographing animals and birds in the wild, the background of an image is one of the key aspects that can make…
As photographers every on of us has at some stage missed an incredible opportunity to get top class images be it at a sports event or on a safari somewhere. That feeling of hopelessness as someone walks in front of your camera as you push the shutter or the animal you are tracking decides to…
This blog talks to long lenses used at distance in a hot environment and how that can affect your final image.
One of my favourite and certainly most challenging birds to photograph are the Kingfishers. On the Chobe River, with CNP Safaris, I have been fortunate to see and photograph 7 of the 9 listed Kingfisher species. The Kingfisher species listed in Roberts for Botswana are listed below. The two that still elude me on the…
I don’t think there is any uniquely African sound as the call of the African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocoder) that lets you know that you are in Africa. The Fish Eagle is found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated 300 000 birds spread across the area where there are large expanses of open water. This magnificent bird…
Of all the animals in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park,KTP, the Leopard must surely be one of the animals that is highest on most visitors wish list to see and photograph. This is certainly the same for us on each visit and we have been very fortunate over the years to have seen a number of…
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