Category: Digital photography

  • Arrival at Giant’s Castle

    Arrival at Giant’s Castle

    When arriving near Giant’s Castle, we could observe that wild fires are a significant issue handled by the local Fire Department in order to limit oerall risks. But, our drive was crossing the burning area.

  • Southern Right Whales

    As seen from the cliffs in Hermanus, South Africa. August 2015.

  • Southern Right Whale breaching in front of Hermanus

    Southern Right Whale breaching in front of Hermanus

    Hermanus, in South Africa, considers itself as the world capital of “whale watching from the coast”. Reading this on the Internet reeks of overblown marketing. You can easily imagine this applied to the back of a whale far on the horizon calling for the use of the biggest binoculars. Nothing would be more wrong! You…

  • Rhinoceros

    Rhinoceros

    A rhino mother and her calf as seen from the road in Hluwluwe Park, South Africa, August 2015.

  • Crested guineafowl

    Crested guineafowl

    Aren’t they punk guineafowls? Crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani), Pintade de Pucheran Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.

  • Brown-hooded kingfisher

    Brown-hooded kingfisher

    Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Martin-chasseur à tête brune Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.

  • Little bee-eater

    Little bee-eater

    Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Guêpier nain Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.

  • Whales in False Bay, seen from a boat

    Whales in False Bay, seen from a boat

    While you may be lucky enough to see whales from the sky like we did in August 2015, thanks to African Wings in Hermanus, the most common way to approach these huge mammals is taking a boat tour in a location where they are seen quite usually. Since whales are relatively common during Summer near…

  • Whales in Hermanus, seen from above

    Whales in Hermanus, seen from above

    To start the publication of a series of photos shot in South Africa, here is gallery of some quite unusual pictures: Whales shot from a small plane (African Wings) in Hermanus, about one hour driving out of Cape Town. We could see quite clearly a large number of whales like this Southern Right Whale paddling…