From the monthly archives:

April 2010

White Backed Vulture

April 25, 2010
African White backed Vulture

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.

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Amboseli Crossing

April 21, 2010
elephant calf amboseli

This is a revise of a picture from a previous post, Elephant Calf Crossing of October last year. Since then I’ve refined it with an improved appearance and made it available as a Giclée fine art print here.

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Pride of Place

April 20, 2010
a lion on a serengeti kopje

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.

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A Crocodile and Wildebeest Battle

April 10, 2010
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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.

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Fine Art Prints

April 7, 2010
elephant calf

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.

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