I came across this shot as I was filing pictures this afternoon. ‘Deer in the headlight look’ comes to mind 🙂
iPhone Photography
In the last few weeks I was driving a lot with journalists, photographers and many Thanda Safari guests. I had only limited time and opportunities to use my Canon DSLR. But I used my iPhone 7+ quite a bit. Here are some of my favorite iPhone shots 🙂
Five Years in the Wild
Today, five years ago, I arrived at Thanda, my home in the African bush. What an amazing five years, meeting new friends and people from all over the world, taking thousands of wildlife images and visiting many new places.
I am looking forward to many more years living and working at this amazing place 😊
The World and a Map
During my last visit to the Star-For-Life Mmemezi high school in rural Zululand with an Austrian journalist we had a chat with the 12th grade students about the world. We talked about Austria and Australia and about Switzerland and Sweden and also about German. We realized that they were very interested to know about the world out there. So I made a decision. I ordered a large laminated world map (2.65m x 1.55m / 8.5″ x 5″) and I will deliver it to the school for 12th grade classroom. The journalist kindly contributed funds and I promised her that I will tell them a bit more about her beautiful country when I deliver the map.
I am looking forward to my next visit!
This is a picture of the school which I took with my drone 🙂 Everyone at the school loved the ‘small helicopter’ and the pictures it took!
Read more about Star-For-Life – which was founded by Thanda Safari owners Dan and Christin Olofsson – at https://starforlife.org/
GREEN MAMBA – She is almost here …
GREEN MAMBA – Getting closer …
GREEN MAMBA – coming soon …
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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