Ben Wilhelmi

Wildlife, Tanzania

 

 

 

I love those signs, here in our camp in the Selous reserve, Rufiji River camp.

 

Pied kingfischer hovering before a decent plunge in the hope to catch a fish

 

 

 

Some skin disease I guess...

Lake Siwandu, Selous reserve.

 

A swift coming out of the Ruaha river. The idea seems to skim the water with beak only and catch a prey. It seems they are a bit clumsy, they hit the water quite often. 

 

A speck of color, a lilac-breasted roller.

 

Along the Ruaha river, dry season

Wildlife, aerial photography, Tanzania

 

So many parks in Tanzania and so many airstrips which help to come lower for landings and take offs and snap away. Without passengers that is. So many people seem to travel with a bee in the bonnet... And Shit Advisor is their ultimate weapon. I miss the good old days when a phone call or a fax to a boss was like a 13th herculean task, when internet still looked like science-fiction...I know, I sound like an old fart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerials over Pemba island reef, Tanzania

Good evening everybody...I am tentatively back on this blog. It used to offer a good service... let's try again.

Here is a sample of what the magnificent reef around Pemba island, Tanzania, has to offer within 5 minutes of overflying. The pictures are shuffled, sorry, it is beyond my nerdy capacities to sort them out so far. You see, "They" managed to break a winning team...

I used a Go Pro mounted outside the aircraft, on the stabilizer. The camera is beautifully built...spoilt by the programmers. My 2 colleagues and I are still battling with the Bluetooth and WiFi. OK, I'm a dinosaur with new technologies, I'm never the first one to buy any A model of anything but these two are...

 

 

 

I wonder if the sailor realizes the beauty he is sitting on...

 

Wildlife in Tanzania

 

 

When you have a guide-friend, you get closer shots.

 

Goliath heron, Mahale park.

 

Though the Mahale park is more famous for the chimpanzees.

 

 

A saddled-bill stork just caught a fish, Ngorongoro crater. Un jabiru d’Afrique, famille des cigognes.

 

Self healed scar for this zebra.