africa – Page 140 – Christian Sperka Photography

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Looking good!

Well, you can attribute the title of this blog either to me, Badger (the horse I am riding), the Giraffe lady (with her admirer) or the fast growing Ostriches on Pakamisa :-). Have a look at all the images!

I am spending again a few of my off-days relaxing at Pakamisa (in very hot weather!)

Badger and me (with my special safari hat :-). Picture by Isabella Stepski

A lady (left) and her admirer.

Small no longer. Pakamisa’s Ostrich chicks with their mum in the middle.

This young Ostrich was observed by one of Pakamisa’s mares as it moved towards the stables for its evening dinner!

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Two boys on the move!

These two male Cheetah were having a good look at the approaching Lions and then moved away very swiftly 🙂

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Into the new year!

This Leopard Tortoise was moving fast down the road – into the new year 🙂

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The last captures in 2014!

In the last two days I captured and released two more snakes on the reserve. First a Mozambique Spitting Cobra was spotted around Thanda house. I capture the young snake and released it near one of Thanda’s waterholes, far away from Thanda house. The goggles I wear in the picture are just a precaution, in case the Cobra should choose to spit in its defense. This youngster only spat at my snake stick during the capture. The collage shows the release of the snake.

This image shows my snake handling gear and my snake barrel. In this picture the Cobra was inside the barrel, ready for the drive to its new home.

The second release and capture was of a young Puff Adder. It had hidden under a staff vehicle in the parking lot of Thanda’s base camp. For its own safety and the safety of the many people walking around that area we decided to catch the snake and release her in a safe distance away from the camp. This first collage shows the capture operation…

… the second collages shows the release of this shy reptile.

The images were taken by Magdel Geldenhuys, Letishia Kleinschmidt (thanks!) and my GoPro.

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2014 Collage

My 2014 Instagram Image Collage. What a year!

PS: I only started Instagram in September and I used a few older images to get it going 🙂 But I like the collage!

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A relaxing day!

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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Morning drinks!

Thanda’s North Pride of Lions having a drink at a waterhole last Sunday morning. One of my favorite images of 2014!

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Buzzing!

This Red-billed Oxpecker – while sitting on a Cape Buffalo – was indulging himself on ticks with hundreds of Flies buzzing around its head. I like this image, which I shot this morning on my way back from the Thanda Tented Camp to Thanda House.

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INSTAGRAM

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!

2014-12-16

Rovos Rail Ride 2015 – Official Photographer

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 🙂