The forests of the Terai in Nepal are great for wildlife. After trekking in the mountains for a few weeks the extra oxygen in the lowlands makes walking and carrying heavy cameras much easier allowing you to be out for longer.
A lot of people ask me where my logo came from. Quite simply it is a tracing of this beautiful creature. This new mother is one of the breeding pandas at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork where I was practicing my focussing techniques on animals hiding in trees.
A lot of people ask me where my logo came from. Quite simply it is a tracing of this beautiful creature. This new mother is one of the breeding pandas at Fota Wildlife Park in Cork where I was practicing my focussing techniques on animals hiding in trees.
Tigers hide really well in the long grasses of India. It is quite difficult to find them when on safari. Their prey is obviously way more numerous and so a lot easier to find.
Sambar Deer are so much easier to find that the tigers that prey on them. While the goal of a tiger safari might be to see the big cat, there is a lot of excitement in finding one of its prey animals. It reminds you that there could be a tiger waiting in the undergrowth ready to pounce.
I am not a fan of anthropomorising in general but when it comes to monkeys it is so easy to see human emotions and feelings in them.
The macaques of the Indian Subcontinent are a curious bunch. Spend enough time around them and you can see multiple personalities. This guy was one moment curious and outgoing and the next shy and timid.
Getting across roads isn't always easy when one is just a youngster, especially when trees are far apart. However sometimes there are useful cables that can be used for bridges.
Younger monkeys aren't always sure about what is happening and just like humans look to their peers to find out what to do rather than looking straight at the strange person photographing them.
Monkeys are very curious and almost always check you out while you photograph them. However they do like their security and stay high up or somewhere relatively safe.
This guy might be a few weeks old but he is still confident enough to climb and run around the forest on his own.
Sometimes you sit and wait for ages and your model doesn't pose for you. I was ready to give up just before this guy turned around and finally allowed me get a good image.
The black-faced langur is very common in India. I went on a tiger safari but came back with way more photos of monkeys than of the big cats. These guys are especially photogenic in the last of the evening light when they gather in family groups to socialise.
