Apr
25
An African White-backed Vulture in atypical vulture pose. It’s a picture which I felt led itself quite well to monochrome. This one is captive, which I took in a rehabilitation centre near Limpopo, South Africa. He’ll remain there for the rest of his days, having suffered a broken wing, of which never healed properly.
Taken using a Nikon D200 with a 100-300 f4.0 lens at f/4.0, 1/640 and ISO 400
Apr
21
There was a lioness lying just to our right as we watched this elephant family approach from our left on the way to the swamp one morning in Amboseli, Kenya.
Once the family were near the lioness and ourselves, the single file formation became an ambling group where the adults surrounded and enclosed this youngster. Then they passed, and once out of danger, the family reformed to their previous formation of a single file.
We forgot about photography for a while, and just enjoyed these families pass us by on the Amboseli Plain.
Taken using a Nikon D200 with a 70-200 f2.8 lens with a 1.4 converter at f/8.0, 1/250 and ISO 100
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Apr
20
This is a revise of a picture from a previous post, Lion on Serengeti Kopje of October last year. Then, the image was a fairly rough monochrome conversion, and since then I’ve refined it to a more finished standard and is also available as a Giclée fine art print here.
For more on the background of this picture, you can still read about it at original post of last October.
Taken using a Nikon D200 with a 70-200 f2.8 lens at f/5.6, 1/800 and ISO 100
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Apr
10
One wildebeest was left behind out of five hundred or so after a crossing on the Mara River in Kenya. The poor guy finally succumbed after a near two hour battle with several Nile crocodiles, during which he almost made the safety of the riverbank twice. Unfortunately it’s not always agreeable and pleasing, nature being nature means that many will suffer too, and every year hundreds of antelope and zebra never make the other side.
The river water levels were low last year, which made it harder for crocodiles to drag their prey down below the surface to drown it. The result of the lower levels meant that the crocodiles had to wear down their prey in other ways.
Afterwards, I’d realised I’d detached myself from any empathy while we were photographing and watching the crossing, at the same time willing the wildebeest on. But he had no chance, there were at least a dozen crocodiles about him (or her) leaving him alone while he rested mid-river, but being set upon again when he tried to make a move to the riverside. That evening, the empathy for the wildebeest set in, and I begun to feel what he must have gone through.
The most lasting memory, one which I could not capture on camera, was of his shaking, of both shock and fear, and which was very much echoed throughout by the look in his eyes.
Taken using a Nikon D300 with a 200-400mm f/4.0 lens at 330mm, f/6.7, 1/1000 and ISO 400.
Apr
07
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Late last year I began work on some of my more contemporary pictures with a view to publishing them as a range of fine art prints, and as of today, the first two are now available for sale here.
Pride of Place and Amboseli Crossing are limited to just 175 prints of each for all sizes, there are three sizes, and they range from 400 mm to 800 mm (16 inches to 32 inches) on the long dimension.
These prints are printed via Giclée technique to museum or art gallery standard on high quality fine art paper using the latest light-fast inks. And each print is printed ready for framing with a generous white 50 mm border all around with a light keyline and text underneath.
You can find out more, including edition numbers, pricing and purchase options at this page here. I hope you like them, and I hope to have more of my pictures available in the coming weeks and months.
If you need to know more, or have any kind of request, please don’t hesitate to send me an email.
