Bheki’s Father …
Since 2012 I work together with my friend and tracker Bheki Ngubane. Today I visited his community to take pictures of many of his family members. This is a picture of the man I wanted to meet for a long time. He is Bheki’s father, 93 years old, the proud husband of eight wives and father of 65 children. More about him and his community will follow soon …
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GREEN MAMBA – coming soon …
LIONS – a special series!
These are twenty Lion images, which I have posted as a special series on Instagram over the last few weeks. They are some of my favorite Lion picture which I have taken since 2001.
I hope you will enjoy them – Have a good week!
PS: I am save back in South Africa and tonorrow afternoon I will be back at Thanda Safari…
Goodbye Europe – On my way back to South Africa!
Here are the last pictures from my trip to Germany and Switzerland. I have included a few more of the pictures taken during my visit to the Zoo in Basel, Switzerland. This evening I will fly back to South Africa and Thanda … and to a much needed weight-loss diet 🙂
Being with my family and with many friends was great. I enjoyed it very much.
See you in 2018!
Europe 2017
Family | Friends | Lunches | Dinners | Ballet | Spring | Basel Zoo
Snow | Monet | Rodin | Zululand Presentation | Alps | Beyeler
What a trip!
These are a few pictures from my trip to Germany and Switzerland. I have arrived on 25 April and I will leave on 8 May (next Monday). Being with my family and many friends is great. I enjoy every minute even if my scale will tell a tough story once I get home 🙂
… and for the food lovers among you here a list of just a few dishes from all the lunches and dinners, so far …
- Creamy asparagus soups
- Mushroom and vegetable risottos
- Local venison with hand-made ‘Spaetzle’
- ‘Old Swiss House’ veal schnitzel with noodles
- Peking Duck
- Local beef, cooked to perfection, with roasted potatoes and salad
- ‘Zurich Geschnetzeltes’ with roesti
- German sausage salad
- Home made spaghetti bolognese
- ‘Muinch Weisswuerste’ with fresh pretzels
- ‘Meringue Glace’
- ‘Panna Cotta’
- Pavlova with raspberries and passion fruit
I love health food 🙂
More to come ….
Nyala
I am leaving South Africa today for my annual trip to Germany and Switzerland. As I was preparing for a presentation I am going to give in Switzerland I came across this image. It is one of my favorite Nyala shots ever 🙂
More info about by presentation in Switzerland on 28 April at https://sperka.info/2017/04/18/zululand/
My up-coming ‘Zululand’ presentation – anyone welcome!
As every year I am visiting my family and friends in Germany and Switzerland in April/May.
This year a small town in Switzerland has invited me to give a presentation about “ZULULAND – Wildlife and the People in South Africa”. This is a public event on 28 April and anyone is welcome at the presentation. I will talk about my life and my work in South Africa and show some of my pictures. The presentation I will be in German … 🙂 .
And now in German…
Wie jedes Jahr besuche ich meine Familie und Freunde in Deutschland und der Schweiz im April/Mai.
Dieses Jahr hat mich eine kleine Gemeinde in der Schweiz (Schlossrued) eingeladen, einen Vortrag zum Thema “ZULULAND – Tierwelt und Menschen in Suedafrika” zu halten. Dies ist eine oeffentliche Veranstaltung und jederman ist willkommen. Ich erzaehle ueber mein Leben und meine Arbeit in Suedafrika und zeige einige meiner Bilder. (Den Vortrag halte ich in Deutsch).
Looking forward to seeing some of you in Europe 🙂
A few people have asked me where Schlossrued is! Here we go:
Happy Easter Weekend!
This year I thought I blog some of my favorite baby animal pictures instead of the usual bunny. Here they are!
Have a good Easter Weekend.
Profile
This is a very typical profile view of a Black Rhino. Heads up, ears forward and alert, nostril wide and ready for action.
Meeting these creatures on foot is one of the most exciting experiences of any African walking safari.
This picture is the result of good luck, a long lens and the right light 🙂
Canon 1D Mark IV | Canon EF500 f4L | AV | ISO 200 | 1/1000s | f/4 | 0eV | WB 6500K – post processing corrected | free-hand
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