Dirt Shower, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
The young female is enjoying a nice dirt shower, with the male super tusker looking at her. Elephants tend to do this to protect their sensitive skin from the sun and insect bites, and to help regulate their body temperature.
Elephant Stride, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
African Savannah Elephants are prolific walkers. On a typical day, they average 100 km in search of food, water, and mating opportunities. This one is a super tusker.
California Quail Centurion, Holland Creek Trail, Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Stripes Galore, Maasai Mara Zebras, Kenya
The stripes of a herd of Zebras create an unusual composition.
Side By Side, Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
The story behind this picture is a kind of universality of family, this time as seen in the elephant world. Adult and offspring walking side by side, something which can be seen throughout the animal world, including on the street where I live in Tel Aviv, Israel. I thought the shot was good from a […]
Follow Along, Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa
This is a kind of photographic realization of a five-year-old kid’s ideal drawing of the animal family world: a young elephant following its parent. Shot in Madikwe Nature Reserve, South Africa, I think the photo stands on its own from a technical standpoint. However, what is nice about the photo is that it portrays things […]
A Rufous Between Thorns, Holland Creek Trail, Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
After moving to a new home on Vancouver Island from our home of 30 years on Salt Spring Island here in the Pacific Northwest, I have spent many hours tracking all the different wildlife I see in our new neighbourhood. In early spring, while looking for warblers along the Holland Creek Trail just a few […]
Sunning Sea Lions, La Jolla Cove, San Diego, CA, USA
While on the PCH road trip, we stopped at La Jolla Cove to check out the coast, unaware it was a sea lion hangout. As I was wandering around watching annoying people getting too close to the sea lions (secretly hoping one of them got bit), I saw these two perched on a rock, basking […]
Aligned, Lake Naivasha, Nairobi, Kenya
Lake Naivasha is a large freshwater lake in Kenya, northwest of Nairobi in the Great Rift Valley. The Fish Eagle is a major attraction here. Tossing scraps of fish out of the boat to entice the birds to dive down gracefully and snatch them is a popular pastime. I thought the view was interesting because […]
Approaching Storm, Maasai Mara, Kenya
Herd of Topi running away from an approaching storm. It is a highly social and fast species of antelope found in the savannas, semi-deserts, and floodplains of sub-Saharan Africa.