A quick male cheetah to go with last night's raspberry-blowing female. This male cheetah, one of a coalition of 3 brothers, was interested in the gazelles close by. The reason for the Kenya trip was a recce for our 2013 photo / video safari, which is a collaboration [...]
The first sight of lions we got was this pride in the main Masai Mara National Park. Because it was midday, they were doing bugger all. Big cats in Africa (except cheetahs) conserve energy by doing the bare minimum most of the day, only coming alive in the evening, night [...]
Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), Naboisho Conservancy, Masai Mara, Kenya We've just come back from a fantastic trip to Kenya to sort out next year's Hawk's Head Photography / Enlightened Media photo / video safari! Here's the first of many images. This chap was sitting contemplating life as we [...]
Inquisitive badger Meles meles, Northumberland © KaleelZibe.com - Nikon D3, 600mm, 25/sec, f4, ISO 6,400, -1 ev. Do not use this image without permission. 'We could be wiping out half the population of badgers in the UK for absolutely no reason at all' - Mark Carwardine. The government has seen fit [...]
Alan and I have been out squirrelling! With a bag of hazelnuts, lots of coffee, a bit of ingenuity and a lot of patience...here are my efforts: Red squirrel with hazel nut, Sciurus vulgaris, Northumberland © Kaleel ZibeNikon D3, Nikon 16mm fish-eye, 1/640 sec, f16, ISO 3200, +0.7, [...]