• Posted on 22 January 2020

    Travel Photographer of the Year 2019

    The results are out, and I’m very happy to share that one of my images was successful in the Travel Photographer of the Year awards. With over 20,000 images submitted from 144 countries, it’s reason to be cheerful :-) What makes this one extra special for me is because so much thought we > Read More....

  • Posted on 15 January 1967

    Full Moon Baboon

    Baboon high up in a baobab tree, Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia. > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1948

    The Edge Of Night

    Deadvlei, Namibia, just before Astronomical Twilight. The afterglow of sunset can still be seen on the dunes in the background – the human doesn’t pick this up, but the camera does. > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1940

    The Edge Of Night

    Deadvlei, Namibia, just before Astronomical Twilight. The afterglow of sunset can still be seen on the dunes in the background – the human doesn’t pick this up, but the camera does. > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1937

    Scorched

    The trees in Deadvlei, Namibia, are said to be between 600-700 years old. The reason that they’re still there is two-fold. First, these camel thorn trees are made of really dense, hard wood. And second, the air in this region is extremely dry – this is basically one of the driest places on t > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1928

    Dead Can Dance

    Deadvlei, Namibia, at night. This composition is not one that you’ve seen before, and that’s because it only looks good from one very particular low angle spot – a few inches in any direction and it looks horribly cluttered. The fog, the stars and the backlight simply take it to th > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1920

    Dead Can Dance

    Deadvlei, Namibia, at night. This composition is not one that you’ve seen before, and that’s because it only looks good from one very particular low angle spot – a few inches in any direction and it looks horribly cluttered. The fog, the stars and the backlight simply take it to th > Read More....

  • Posted on 17 January 1917

    Who let the dogs out?

    The African wild dog is classified as endangered by the IUCN, as it has disappeared from much of its original range. The current population has been estimated at roughly 39 subpopulations containing 6,600 adults, only 1,400 of which are fully grown. The decline of these populations is ongoing, due t > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1910

    Summoning Of The Muse

    One of the big advantages of having been to a place a million times before, is that you know exactly what’s going to happen when and where. In this case that enabled me to set up this composition just before the sun actually appeared above the dune line, and shoot a focus stack for the […] > Read More....

  • Posted on 24 January 1907

    Oxpecker

    An oxpecker sits on the horn of an African buffalo. Okavango Delta, Botswana. > Read More....

  • Posted on 17 January 1906

    Acrophobia

    This is a selfie taken at Victoria Falls from the Zimbabwe side – Zambia is on the other side. I’m afraid of heights, so this took me some time to set up. > Read More....

  • Posted on 20 January 1903

    Hippo Trail

    A hippo moves through the water in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Photographed just before sunrise from a helicopter. > Read More....

  • Posted on 14 January 1901

    180 Degrees Of Death

    This panorama consists of 15 images that were shot during rare foggy conditions in Deadvlei, Namibia. This image won a Special Award in the International Pano Awards. > Read More....

  • Posted on 12 January 1901

    The Lone Tuareg

    A tuareg walks down a massive dune in the Acacus Desert in Libya. This image won First Prize in the International Pano Awards. > Read More....

  • Posted on 4 January 1901

    Oxpecker

    An oxpecker sits on the horn of an African buffalo. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Winner in the international bird photography competition ‘Festival de l’oiseau et de la nature’ in France. > Read More....

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