Here’s another look at the Victoria Amazonica lily pads in the Rupununi of Guyana, but this time with a bit of reference. You can see the pink flowers have already opened up before it got dark. The white flowers were just starting to open and would be fully open when it was fully dark. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor Z 24-70 f/2.8 lens, ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/320th of a second.
Here’s another shot of a scarlet ibis from my Guyana trip. This location was just outside the capital city of Georgetown. Every night, scarlet ibis, snowy egrets and other shorebirds congregate along the mud flats, searching for a late dinner before roosting in the nearby trees. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 220, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
The tufted capuchin was one of four species of monkey I was able to photograph while in Guyana. In fact, to my surprise, I found this one in the capital city’s botanical gardens. This is a species that I photographed before in Brazil and Bolivia but always good to see again. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 6400, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
I filmed this one a few weeks ago in a captive situation at the Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy here in Litchfield, Connecticut. Although this colorful sea duck is known to frequent coastal waters of Connecticut in winter months, its normal range is much further north along the Arctic shores of North America, Europe and Asia. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, 4K at 60fps.
The hoatzin is an odd bird, sometimes called the stinkbird for its unsavory smell and taste. It also happens to be the national bird of Guyana. It’s very prehistoric looking. I’ll post a close up soon, but I really liked this series of flight shots I captured with the hoatzin flying over the Mahaica River in northern Guyana. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 500, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
Seems I also captured a fair amount of footage of elephants from our visit to Samburu last June. All of these clips were taken from the dining area of our camp, just across the Ewaso Nyiro River from all the action. The camp is appropriately named Elephant Bedroom, as throughout the day (and night) elephants wander through, looking for a quick meal from the fruiting trees that surround the guest tents. Karen and I are leading another tour back to the same place at the end of April. Looking forward to more of the same. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, 4K at 120 fps.
Guyana has four species of caiman — the black, two types of dwarf, and the spectacled. I saw quite a few of the spectacled, as well as black, on my recent trip. This spectacled caiman was resting on a sandy bank of the river just after sunset, allowing me to get a low perspective from our boat. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 5000, f/5.6 at 1/160th of a second.
Here’s another short video from last June’s trip to Kenya. In the south of Kenya, Masai giraffes dominate, but up north it’s the reticulated giraffes that live in places like Samburu National Reserve. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, 4K, 120fps, f/5.6 at 250th of a second.
While searching for giant anteaters early morning in Guyana, we came across several burrowing owls. These two looked like they were having an in-depth conversation. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 2800, f/5.6 at 1/250th of a second.
After playing around with my video footage from Guyana yesterday, I decided to take a look back at what I captured in Africa last June. Turns out I had the camera rolling more often than I thought, especially in regards to this family of cheetahs we encountered each of the four days we were in Samburu National Reserve in Kenya. It was fun to cobble a few of the clips together, mostly from our final morning in the park. Nikon Z8, 4K, 120 fps, f/5.6 at 1/250th of a second.