Collected Moments of Survival

I am not a birding photographer. I know very little about the habits of birds. I cannot identity birds by their calls other than for one or two very distinctive calls. I know very little of their nesting habits and yet, when I review my photographs after a trip there they are, bird after bird shot. Friends with whom I have travelled will reveal that there is a particular bird that has me in constany rapture in more ways than one and when it comes to animal behaviour, I feel this particular species offers an enormous array of opportunities for some stunning photography. I refer, of course, to the vulture. A much maligned vacuum cleaner of the African plains the vulture offers any photographer more action than they could possibly imagine. From the time they circle in the thermals until they gracefully glide down onto a vulture feast which is followed by interaction second to none there is an enormous a variety of action images just waiting to be taken. On my trip to Hluhluwe-Imfo...

22 September 2011 marks World Rhino Day and as things hot up on the Conservation Front I decided that instead of getting on my soapbox and simply regurgitating facts that seem to be swirling around I took myself off to the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve in kwaZulu-Natal where the Rhinoceros is king. For two and a half days we traversed the Park from one side to the other and photographed almost every Rhino we saw. Unfortunately, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi conservators have made the decision, in the interest of the animals, to keep huge areas of the park as wilderness areas and they cannot be accessed by road. This, of course, is not a good situation for a photographer but we made the best of a limited situation and zipped around from Rhino to Rhino (white only as the Black ones seemed to have hidden themselves well). So, here’s my contribution to World Rhino Day and spreading the awareness. Should anyone want to copy the images below to spread the word about the plight of the Rhino and raise aw...