From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Nkuringo

January 25, 2010
nkuringo silverback mountain gorilla

Nkuringo was an old silverback of the first mountain gorilla group we visited in 2008, the Nkuringo Group at South Bwindi in Uganda. There were sixteen in the group then, but the leadership belonged to another younger silverback called Safari.

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Altered States

January 17, 2010

Maybe I’ve two of the three qualities required for a little premature success. I can take above average pictures, am an above average retoucher, but unfortunately I lack an important third quality, which is the appetite for fakery.

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Kigoma in the Rain

January 16, 2010
Silverback Mountain Gorilla in the Rain

“We’ve just one minute remaining” said our guide when I took this photo, the last and one of my favourites of a one hour session. Then, just as I’d taken the picture and become distracted while securing a footing, he came quickly forward, surprising us and nearly knocking me sideways.

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Red robin in the snow

January 10, 2010
red robin in the snow

Not wanting to miss Richmond Park with the recent snow cover, I arrived in time for the sunrise and made my way to the ponds near the centre to see if I can catch something bigger than this robin, ideally with antlers.

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Lioness and carcass

January 2, 2010
lioness and wildebeest carcass

One morning on the Masai Mara reserve, we encountered a lioness and her three cubs hauling a wildebeest carcass to cover. The kill was fresh and it was out in the open plain and the nearest cover of scrub was a mile distant.

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