I’ve always been a big fan of hippos and when I went to Uganda I wanted to get an eye level shot of one with its mouth open. What I didn’t want was for the mouth to be open on account of me. Hippos kill more people per year in Africa than any other mammal and approaching too closely can be a big mistake. They are herbivores, but get annoyed easily and are very quick in the water. They do most of their damage to people in small boats who get too close, but they can also charge in an instant on land. This guy was agitated when I approached water’s edge with my guide and he went through a serious of mock charges. I took a few quick shots before getting the message and quickly ran back up the riverbank.
Ever since my first trip to Tanzania I’ve been a fan of the warthog. Ugly little bastards but I like them. This guy was racing alongside our vehicle allowing me to get some nice blurred action shots.
Here’s another mountain gorilla from my Ugandan trip. This female had been resting under those bushes before she lifted her head up to see what was going on.
On my trip to Uganda, chimpanzees in the wild proved more difficult to photograph than I had hoped . Most of the time when we spotted them, they were high in the trees with difficult lighting conditions and tough angles due to all the foliage and vines. At this location, however, in Queen Elizabeth National Park, we finally happened upon a troop that provided a few easier looks, including this guy who apparently just received some surprised news.
It’s somewhat unusual to catch hippos out of the water. I was in a boat when I saw this mother and baby behind a flock of cormorants in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda.
This is a blue gamma lizard from somewhere in Uganda. Shelley and I were eating lunch at an open air restaurant when we saw this guy creeping up that tree trunk and looking out over the savannah below.
Going to Uganda to photograph gorillas caused me a lot of anxiety. In my short visit, I knew I’d only get one brief opportunity. The problem isn’t finding the gorillas. That’s pretty much guaranteed, although you may have to trek a while first. The problem is, once you do find them, you only get one hour to visit. This is so humans have as little negative impact as possible. While tracking, I was hoping, praying, pleading for decent, overcast light when we came across them. And then just as the sun dipped behind a cloud they appeared. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 150mm) ISO 800, f/2.8 at 1/125th of a second
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