This is the fourth of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
A Crested Francolin and its reflection at Mkhombe, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s morning-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
This is the third of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
A small Vervet Monkey looking around carefully before having a drink at Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE THIS MESSAGE if you agree that CANNED LION HUNTS and BREEDING OF LIONS IN CAPTIVITY in South Africa should be STOPPED! #bloodlions
Yesterday evening I watched an excellent documentary – titled BLOODLIONS – on this subject at the 36th Durban film festival.
Pippa Hankinson, the film’s producer, recently stayed at Thanda and we had a talk on the subject. After that talk I decided to go and watch the film.
I think that regardless of what one thinks of the moral and animal-rights issues it is in the best interest of South Africa as a country to stop these hunts and the breeding in captivity as soon as possible. And if other countries (99% of the hunters are foreigners) join Australia in banning the import of Lion parts then they will help tremendously in this cause.
Tourism is one of the most important parts of the South African economy and its reputation must not be damaged by just a few thousand ‘canned’ Lion hunters being allowed to get their trophy! Currently thousands of Lions are bred and raised just to supply these hunts and the Lion bone trade business.
For more information on the subject go to http://www.bloodlions.org/
This is the second of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
This Waterbuck image was taken with late afternoon light at the Lagoon Hide on Zimanga Private Game Reserve. The hide mostly attracts water birds … and some mammals 🙂 . The Lebombo mountains provide an excellent backdrop.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Here is the first of the ten promised Zimanga photography blogs.
These Pink-throated Twinspot pictures were taken at the Bhejane, Zimanga Private Game Reserve’s evening-light-reflection-pool-hide.
More Zimanga images at https://sperka.info/2015/07/22/reflection-plus-zimanga/
Imagine that you are a photographer and you will spend twenty hours in five sessions in superbly built birding hides!
Well, that is what I did in the last few days 🙂 And here are some of the resulting images.
Enjoy this gallery of bird pictures (and also some mammals pictures), which were taken at Zimanga Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (www.zimanga.com). Zimanga specializes in purpose built photographic hides and the results are stunning.
A paradise for bird photographers!
To showcase this beautiful place I will follow-up this blog with ten more picture blog in the next weeks. Enjoy the images!
… from, where this picture came from. Stay tuned …
I spent another five very enjoyable days at Pakamisa Private Game Reserve and did quite a bit of photography work.
These are only a few of the images I took during my stay!
Photo shooting Arabian Horses,
… taking images of riders cantering on the reserve,
… capturing birds in Pakamisa’s beautiful gardens,
… working with Pakamisa’s kitchen team on pictures for new menu items,
… photographing wildlife on game drives and
…. last but not least capturing the beauty of Pakamisa itself.
Thanda (my South African work place and home) and Pakamisa are my two favorite places in Africa!
For more information on Pakamisa go to www.pakamisa.com.
My favorite image taken at Nsumo Pan 🙂
I had to post this one separately!
Yesterday I went to Nsumo Pan at Mkhuze Game Reserve. I wanted to evaluate if this large pan system with its well positioned hides is a good place for excursions with Thanda’s ‘serious photographer’ guests.
Judge for yourself!
I enjoyed the seven hours photo session which included a lot of water birds, a Hippo mum with her small calf out of the water, an African Jacana which used a Hippo as a mid-pan-island, and a Slender Mongoose posing for the camera (a very rare sighting).
In connection with the khMasinga hide (I will post some recent images from this hide, soon) I think this natural pan will work well for ‘serious photography’ guests as long as they have a 500mm+ lens and if they are also interested in birds. For birding enthusiasts it is a paradise – even without pictures.
Enjoy the gallery!
In case you are interested here all the 27 different species I have seen on that day:
Hippos * | African Fish-Eagle * | African Openbill | Spur-winged Goose * | Egyptian Goose * | Nyala * | Impala | Blue Wildebeest | African Darter | African Jacana * | Nile Crocodile | Black-winged Stilt * | Brown-hooded | Kingfisher * | Warthog | Pink-backed Pelican * | Great White Pelican * | Red Duicker | Cattle Egret |Great Egret | Grey Heron | Red-billed Teal | Greater Flamingo | Water Monitor * | Terrapin | African Spoonbill | Slender Mongoose * | Goliath Heron * | * = good photographic condition/distance
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