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Rhino, Calf and Friend

Where to start with our recent trip to Africa? Why not day one. Due to flight schedules, we were forced to spend a night in Nairobi. Rather than catching up on sleep, the group decided to pay a visit to the nearby Nairobi National Park. I had never been to this park before, mainly because I try to get out of Nairobi as soon as possible — that and the fact it’s fenced in on the three sides adjacent to the city, with only the southern border allowing wildlife to move in and out. But it’s a great place to see one species that’s difficult to see elsewhere — the rhinoceros. Nairobi National Park has both black and white rhinos, and although a sighting isn’t guaranteed, they can be hard to miss. A flat area with low grass allowed me to test out the focusing system of my new Nikon Z8. I attached a tripod to the L Bracket of the camera and lowered it to the ground, using a remote trigger to fire the shutter. Subject detection caught the rhino’s eyes and allowed for a nice ground level perspective and lots of moody, late afternoon sky. A cattle egret even hopped on board the mother rhino as she walked along with her calf. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 lens (at 35mm) ISO 2800, f/5.6 at 1/640th of a second.

National Wildlife Cover

Just back from Africa this afternoon. Great trip but still need to download all images. In the meantime, the Summer 2023 issue of National Wildlife magazine came out while I was away. The cover features my image of a leatherback sea turtle hatchling photographed in Trinidad a few years back. A link to the digital issue can be found here.

Young Mountain Gorillas

I met these two mountain gorillas back in early 2020, just before the pandemic. Karen and I leave tomorrow to lead a group to Kenya and then on to Uganda where we’ll visit this same family. It’s going to be interesting to see these two and how they may have changed in the last three and a half years. We also got word that the family of nine is now ten as an infant was born about six months ago. That said, no posts for the next few weeks. See everyone when we’re back, hopefully with some great new images to share. Nikon D850 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 125mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/1250th of a second.

Capybara

Just a simple shot of a capybara — world’s largest rodent — enjoying the breeze along the Yacuma River in the Pampas region of Bolivia. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/500th of a second.

Mustang

My ad agency is doing some pro-bono work for the US Horse Welfare and Rescue Center in Avon, Connecticut where my wife volunteers. The mission is pretty straightforward — the center rescues horses who need rescuing. Along the way, a fair amount of human healing takes place as well. More on this in a future post as well as info on the east coast premier of a documentary on the plight of our wild horses. While looking for images for our marketing efforts, I took a deep dive back into my collection and found a series of shots from Navajo Nation in the desert southwest where they still roam free. I captured this mustang standing in front of the iconic landscape of Monument Valley just as the sun was about to set. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/3.5 at 1/400th of a second.

Proboscis Bats

We saw quite a few of these proboscis bats while canoeing in Peru. More often than not, we didn’t see them until they flew to safety and landed on another tree. For this shot, however, I saw them coming, as we slowly and quietly drifted past. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/500th of a second, Godox V860iii fill flash.

Tamandua With Termite Dinner

When I first got back from Peru, I shared an image of this southern tamandua — a rare find to see one with dark fur. In this image, you can see him going in for his favorite meal, a line of termites extending down the trunk of the tree. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/6.3 at 1/400th of a second, Godox v860iii fill flash.

Winning An Emmy. Kind Of.

They have an advertising category at the Emmys (advertising is what I do when I’m not in the wild). I’ve yet to win an advertising Emmy. In fact, I’ve yet to win an Emmy of any kind. But thanks to the fine work by Jimmy Altman and Sean McKeever at Fox61, I’m now the subject of a New England Emmy-winning feature. So I thought… why not a repost.

Barred Antshrike

We spotted this little bird deep in the jungle while we were canoeing through thick foliage. As the name might suggest, antshrikes feed on ants, sometimes following columns of army ants. They supplement their diet with lizards and berries. There are more than 230 species in the antbird family. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 1600, f/5.6 at 1/30th of a second.

Bicolored-Spined Porcupine

This was another new species for me on my recent trip to Peru — the bicolored-spined porcupine. Not much online about these guys. I suppose they have spines and they’re bicolored, which appears to check out. They are strictly nocturnal and arboreal, living almost entirely in trees. Nikon D500 with 500mm PF lens, ISO 500, f/5.6 at 1/160th of a second, Godox v860iii flash.

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