Yesterday we agreed to start at 6:15am. For this we had to get up at 5:30am. The room stewart served coffee and some small bites on the veranda. Nice to sit outside and have a coffee in the darkness… We are leaving the camp but it is still dark. However, within 1/2 hour the early […]
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Category: Nature & Wildlife
Saturday July 12th, 2014: Game Drive Day 1
The first Game Drive started at 4:30pm. With the off-roader we went for a short round trip. Starting with good light but clouds were already showing in the back and the light got bad later. Lucky we were that the first shot taken in the Masai Mara was directly number one on my list: Too […]
Saturday July 12th, 2014 (morning)
At 7:30am we were picked up by Jackson. Now a long road trip to Masai Mara started. Around 270 km through the Great Rift and down to Narok. The last part of around 60 to 70 km were dirt roads. At 1pm we arrived at Little Mara Bush Camp. After lunch and getting familiar with […]
Friday July 11th, 2014
Flight from Hamburg to Nairobi via Zurich. After having checked with Swiss Air and Lufthansa that it is possible to check-in the luggage the night before, we went to Hamburg on Thursday late afternoon and have one night in Radisson Blu (Airport). The early check-in was a frustration. As the co-partner for Swiss Air for […]
Some Macros (2014-07-04/05)
Several Red Admiral butterflies in the garden sitting on a syringa. Not sure whether I got that right. Looks like a Northern red-banded yellow jacket.
Some Macros (2014-06-25)
Again between some phone calls found some time to shoot several macros in the garden. Above bumblebee was done with ISO 1600. Quite decent quality.
Some Macros (2014-06-04)
Some Macros (2014-06-03)
Helgoland trip 2014-05-29
Mainly did the trip to see how the existing equipment performs for the upcoming photo safari. The test can be read here. Besides this some decent shots found their way into my library. Unfortunately I had all long range lenses already packed when a lot of people came to my last location. Using their […]
