Category: CHRISTIAN SPERKA PHOTOGRAPHY

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An Ostrich Affair

A great Ostrich story …

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Pakamisa guests love to see our ostriches grow up. This picture series documents the growth of our current youngsters from two days after they hatched until today. Enjoy this Ostrich affair!

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A few days old – during the first year of life chicks grow at about 25 cm (9,8 in) per month!

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Five weeks old at their evening dinner after heavy rainfalls – The incubation period for ostriches is 35 to 45 days.

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Five weeks old on the way back to the stables – These flightless birds can run up to 70km/h (43mph).

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Three months old ready to eat – Their lifespan is up to 45 years.

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Four months old keeping up with the horses – At one year of age, ostriches weigh approximately 45 kgs (99 lbs).

Pictures by Christian Sperka & Isabella Stepski.

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What a sighting!

One of my favorite Leopard pictures, ever – a Leopard doing what it does best – disappearing!

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This young male Leopard was lying on a low branch in a tree when we approached with our game drive vehicle. As soon as we were in sight he silently moved of the tree and away through the grass. He thought himself undetected when we spotted him again and watched him for while before he decided to disappear all together. Leopards are like magicians. One moment they are there and then they are gone!

An exciting sighting demonstrating to Thanda guests the capabilities of Leopards!

Picture by Christian Sperka – Specialist Photography Guide and Resident Wildlife Photographer – Thanda Private Game Reserve

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A relaxing day!

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For some people a relaxing day means sitting comfortably at home and reading a book or watching a movie. For some it means to go window-shopping at a large mall. Others would like nothing better than to go to a pub or working out at a gym.

Well, my idea of a relaxing day is to pack a cooler box with drinks and food, fetch all my camera equipment, my binoculars and my bird book (=iPad) and install myself at a hide on a waterhole at a game reserve.

That is what I did on Christmas day.

While listening to a good audio book I took images of many different animals coming to the water. For most of the day 11! Rhinos kept me company. While other nature enthusiasts where coming and going I stayed for the whole day at the hide.

And these are sixteen of the pictures I took during this most relaxing day!

Eleven | White Rhinos having a “cool” day a the waterhole
Danger | A Wildebeest calf getting kicked by Zebras as it mingled with the wrong crowd
Bathing | Pygmy Kingfisher having a bath
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Ngikufisela uKhisimusi oMuhle noNyaka oMusha o Nempumelelo

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I wish all my friends around the world a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2015!

With my very best wishes from South Africa – Christian

PS: The holiday greetings above are in isiZulu!

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Enjoy more of my images on Instagram! If you are using a smartphone and if you are on Instagram (Instagram is an App for your smartphone) you can find me under christiansperkaphotography. Most of the images I post on Instagram will be different from the ones on my Blog, Facebook and Google+ and usually come with very little text :-). Enjoy them!

PS: All Instagram posts will also be shared on Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr – just in case you would like to follow me there!

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Rovos Rail Ride 2015 – Official Photographer

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For next year I had planned to spend three winter weeks exploring Kruger National Park. But this has to wait for another year.

I am now very much looking forward to two weeks on one of the world’s most luxurious trains. From 4 July to 14 July I will be joining the Rovos Rail Ride 2015 as the official photographer. This very special program uses the train as the basis for the worlds most luxurious mountain bike experience: 1569 Kilometers (=975 Miles), four countries (South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Zambia) in six days!

For the first group of guests the six day trip starts in Pretoria (South Africa) and ends at the Victoria Falls (Livingstone/Zambia) and then the train moves back to Pretoria the same route with the second group. I am looking forward to the beautiful scenery along the way and to my first trip to the Victoria Falls.

For more information on the Rovos Rail Ride 2015 go to www.rovosrailride.com | For more information regarding Rovos Rail go to www.rovos.com

PS: As you might guess I will not be riding a mountain bike myself, I will be using four wheels for transport 🙂

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