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Sri Lanka Wildlife Photography Tour Report 2019
Extraordinary sightings of leopards; a secret location for a herd of Sri Lanka’s Tusker elephants; remarkable views of Serendibs Scops Owl and close encounters with amazing Water Monitors were all highlights of our recent wildlife photography tour to Sri Lanka. Here, Wild Images leader Charlotte Arthun reports on a very successful trip. On the first […]
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Walking with Mucubal Nomads
An intimate account of survival in the face of adversity…. “Don’t go anywhere near that! That’s how they trap us!” yelled out an older Mucubal boy to his two younger brothers. We had encountered them as the sun was getting low in remote Angola. My guides and I were looking for a place to camp, […]
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Wild Images International Exhibitions
Wild Images is pleased to announce our attendance at several international events before the end of 2019. Atlas of Humanity Continuing on from her success with the Atlas of Humanity exhibition in Desenzano del Garda, Italy, earlier this year, Wild Images General Manager Inger Vandyke’s work from India and Ethiopia will be exhibited in the […]
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Svalbard (Spitsbergen): A Polar Wilderness Photography Tour Report 2019
Our 2019 Svalbard (Spitsbergen) cruise aboard the wonderful SV Noorderlicht was another very enjoyable one and addition to our two Polar Bear sightings some great High Arctic photographic opportunities included point blank views of the Svalbard form of Rock Ptarmigan, breeding Ruddy Turnstone, Red Phalarope, Ivory Gull, Long-tailed Jaeger, a visit to the awesome Ingeborgfjellet […]
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The Muhimba of Angola and how they deal with livestock theft
During the Wild Images reconnaissance trip to southern Angola, Inger Vandyke found herself inadvertently caught up in a livestock theft situation involving tribal Mucubal and Muhimba people. Here is what transpired….. “Out here there are no laws, only traditions. Our traditions take precedent. If we cannot resolve a situation with the elders, then Angolan law […]
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Back Button Focussing
A subject often discussed on a Wild Images photography tour is that of focusing and more specifically, how to consistently obtain accurate focus. It is an area of photography that photographers, especially those starting out, often struggle with. Being able to ‘effortlessly’ acquire focus on your subject or scene when in the field is super […]
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Angola Tribal Photography: Behind the Scenes with Wild Images
Recently Wild Images manager Inger Vandyke returned from a fascinating journey through southern Angola where she visited and photographed some of southern Africa’s most beautiful tribal people. Unlike the more curated experiences you might have with similar tribes over the border in Namibia, Angola is a lot wilder, inaccessible and quite expensive. For lovers of […]
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Spot the Difference! An easy guide to Leopard identification
When you join us on a Wild Images wildlife tour to Africa, and or Asia, there is every chance that you will experience numerous opportunities to photograph this incredible big cat, as they are the most widespread of wild felid. They are the embodiment of feline grace, beauty, power and stealth with their long, low-slung […]
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India: Tiger and Wildlife Spectacular Photography Tour Report 2019
The eighth in our series of India Wildlife Spectacular tours was happily another success filled with great encounters in the most amazing country! The itinerary has varied over the years but ever present destinations like the Taj Mahal, Chambal River, Little Rann of Kutch and Blackbuck National Park continued to wow us and fairly recent […]
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Snow Leopards of Ladakh: Photography Tour Report 2019
Our fifth Wild Images visit to the mountains of Ladakh in search of Snow Leopards happily resulted in three sightings of the same mating pair opposite our campsite over the course of four days. Although these sightings were all beyond reasonable DSLR range it was still a privilege to spend time with one of the […]
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