This is a preview for my next post 🙂
Photo of the Month
Panthera – the only organization in the world that is devoted exclusively to the conservation of the world’s 38 wild cat species and their ecosystems – selected one of my pictures as January’s Photo of the Month. I work as partner photographer for Panthera for over 10 years. More information about Panthera at www.panthera.org.
I took this picture of a female Leopard in July 2007 on Phinda Private Game Reserve as part of the Munyawana Leopard Project.
And this is another shot from the same ‘photo shoot’ 🙂
@PantheraCats @ChristianSperkaPhotography #Leopards #MunyawanaLeopardProject
A look back!
It is custom to have a look at the previous year when the new one has just started.
For me it has been a good year. I enjoy my life and work in the South African bush as much as when I moved here in 2012. Since then I have led over 1,000 game drives, I have had over 1,600 Big Five sightings, I taught over 900 people my way of motion/wildlife photography and I have written over 900 blog posts.
Today I would like to share with you some of my favorite pictures of 2016: One wildlife picture per month and a bonus scenery picture 🙂 – Thank you for following my blog!
I hope you will enjoy my photographer’s picks for 2016 and I hope that all of us will have a good 2017!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
I wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017
… with my favorite scenery image of 2016: The sky over Thanda Safari on 30 December 2016!
Stay tuned for a blog message about my wildlife sightings between Christmas and New Year … coming soon …
Ngikufisela uKhisimusi oMuhle noNyaka oMusha o Nempumelelo
I wish all my friends around the world a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2017!
With my very best wishes from South Africa – Christian
PS: The holiday greetings above are in isiZulu!
A helicopter!
No big story – just one of my favorite pictures – Thanda’s dominant male Lion watching a helicopter!
2 Month Old
During yesterday morning’s game drive we spotted the newest additions to the Thanda South Pride of Lions (seen for the first time, ever). The mother must have introduced the two cubs (+/- 2 month old) very recently to the Pride. The two youngster were very shy at their first vehicle encounter and went into thick bush to wait for the ‘large unknown animal’ to disappear. I was able to take two images before they moved off. Very soon they will get used to the vehicles, observing their mum’s reaction – or lack thereof – to our game viewers. I am sure there will be great sightings to come!
A Dazzle of Zebras …
I have just uploaded 103 Plains Zebra images taken between 2002 and 2016. Have a look at http://www.sperka.biz/sg14
This is another new species gallery available online at http://www.sperka.biz/sg
Please contact me at info@sperka.com in case you are interested in publishing any of these images or if you would like to license any image for printing (for personal or commercial use).
Barbets
If you like Barbets then this is the post message for you 🙂
I have just uploaded my Barbet images taken between 2002 and 2016.
Acaia Pied Barbet – http://www.sperka.biz/sgb13
Black-collared Barbet – http://www.sperka.biz/sgb14
Crested Barbet – http://www.sperka.biz/sgb15
These are three more new species galleries available online at http://www.sperka.biz/sg
Please contact me at info@sperka.com in case you are interested in publishing any of these images or if you would like to license any image for printing (for personal or commercial use).
Lots of Giraffes …
I have just uploaded 159 South African Giraffe images taken between 2002 and 2016. Have a look at http://www.sperka.biz/sg15
This is another new species gallery available online at http://www.sperka.biz/sg
Please contact me at info@sperka.com in case you are interested in publishing any of these images or if you would like to license any image for printing (for personal or commercial use).
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