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93 images Created 25 Oct 2011

B&W Wildlife Series

Some photo's just work so much better in Black & White or just turn into a totally different. more artistic, image when converted to monochrome. This is a selection of my work converted to Black & White.
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  • A female Cheetah painfully slowly stalking a herd of Springbok in the CKGR.
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  • Herd of giraffe on the Piper Pans in the CKGR, Botswana. A summer rainstorm created the mood that is so typical for the Kalahari in summer. I used an ultra wide-angle lens to capture the vastness of the scene.
    VGR_20130207_7873_B&W_400x600_AL...jpg
  • Black Eagle approaching head-on in flight.
    VGR_20180919_4195_B&W.tif
  • A portrait of a bull elephant with big tusks.
    VGR_20110716_9588B&W.tif
  • Hippo calf amidst adult hippos in a Chobe River hippo pod.
    VGR_20140901_1751_B&W2.tif
  • Angry female White Rhinoceros horning sand
    VGR_20091203_4322B&W.jpg
  • A female Cheetah painfully slowly stalking a herd of Springbok in the CKGR.
    VGR_20180207_8052_B&W.jpg
  • VGR_20131130_7118_B&W.jpg
  • A portrait of a beautiful male lion in its prime.
    VGR_20180127_2565_B&W3.tif
  • African wild dog portrait
    VGR_20090831_2218_B&Wa.tif
  • A baby elephant hugs its mother.
    VGR_20131007_2143B&W_new.tif
  • Vervet monkeys like to hang around the campsites in Moremi where they harass campers and steal food items. Despite that I actually love them, more especially the youngsters. I was determined to get some close-up shots of one of those cuties and after a few straight forward portrait images I tried some alternative framing. Here I was on my knees to get at eye level with my subject, a baby hanging upside down on its mother’s belly. I framed it such that the head of the adult is excluded; thereby creating an image that may have to make the viewer look twice before understanding what is going on.
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  • A dusty angry bull elephant mock charging.
    VGR_20180209_9368_B&W3c.tif
  • A dusty angry bull elephant mock charging.
    VGR_20180209_9368_B&W3.tif
  • Captivating portrait of a male lion.
    VGR_20180203_5184_B&W5.tif
  • Three big Kudu Bulls in typical Kalahari habitat.
    VGR_20171001_7121B&W.tif
  • Black & white portrait of a Silverback Gorilla
    VGR_20160603_2040_B&W.tif
  • Herd of Blue Wildebeest scattering
    VGR_20130129_4453aB&W2_HIRES.tif
  • Bull elephant wading through the Chobe River
    VGR_20140829_1308_B&W.tif
  • Elephant breeding herd in distress.
    VGR_20140903_2330B&W2.tif
  • Upset elepant cow shakes her head.
    VGR_20151025_0112B&W.tif
  • Pan-blur of a Zebra herd  running through the shallow Boteti River.
    VGR_20151029_3590a.tif
  • This intimate portrait of a male Chacma Baboon is an image from 2011, that I had not processed until last month, believe it or not! The colour version is okay, but this B&W version is so much stronger.
    VGR_20110627_5871B&W3.jpg
  • Close-up of a Nile Crocodile's jaw
    VGR_20131117_0353B&Wa.jpg
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  • Smoke clouds at sunset over the vast Chobe flood plains
    VGR_20131002_4160B&W3.jpg
  • Motion blurred image of a Leopard walking down a tree trunk.
    VGR_20130929_2299B&W.jpg
  • Angry territorial bull hippopotamus charging head on.
    VGR_20131011_7393aB&W.jpg
  • Leopard in an acacia tree with impala prey lit by torch light
    VGR_20130929_2162B&W.jpg
  • Hippo 'yawning' as a threat display
    VGR_20131011_7356B&W.jpg
  • Angry territorial bull hippopotamus charging head on.
    VGR_20131011_7398B&W1.jpg
  • Elephants with curled up trunks
    VGR_20121013_4624B&W.jpg
  • Elephantls drinking from the Chobe River
    VGR_20121013_4675B&W.jpg
  • Elephantls drinking from the Chobe River
    VGR_20121013_4713.jpg
  • Elephantls drinking from the Chobe River
    VGR_20121013_4723B&W.jpg
  • Herd of elephants getting on land after crossing the Chobe river
    VGR_20121013_0080B&W.jpg
  • Elephant browsing on Camelthorn seed pods
    VGR_20120817_3355B&W.jpg
  • Bull elephant swimming in the Chobe River at dusk
    VGR_20121015_1341B&W.jpg
  • Bull elephant crossing the Chobe River at dusk.<br />
What attracted me to photographing this beautiful serene scene were the colourful reflections on the rippled water surface. Besides that is was simply an amazing and humbling experience to be side by side with this big gentle bull elephant as it crossed the river, from the moment in stepped into the water and out on the other side.
    VGR_20121015_1357B&W.jpg
  • Four silhouetted elephants walking on the floodplains of the Chobe River.
    VGR_20121015_5135B&W.jpg
  • Low POV from below an elephant
    VGR_20121015_1476aB&W.jpg
  • Bull elephant wading in the Chobe River at dusk
    VGR_20121015_5272B&W.jpg
  • Bull elephant wading in the Chobe River at dusk
    VGR_20121015_5306B&W.jpg
  • Bull elephant wading in the Chobe River at dusk
    VGR_20121015_5313B&W.jpg
  • Herd of elephant marching across dusty Etosha plains
    VGR_20121022_4217B&W.jpg
  • Brwon hyena stepping out of the shadow into the morning light.
    VGR_20130131_5722aB&W.jpg
  • Two play fighting rhinoceroses cover two others in a cloud of dust.
    VGR_20130215_7703aB&W.jpg
  • Reflection of a giraffe in rippled water surface
    VGR_20121020_3119B&W.jpg
  • A group of large bull elephants covered in white mud stand motionless like life size statues around a waterhole in the barren landscape of Etosha National Park. A passing dust devil set the mood and provided an opportunity for a unique scene. The image begged for a B&W conversion, particularly since it makes the dust devil stand out even better due to the black on white contrast. I only wish I would have been able to direct the elephants into a compositionally better grouping and more attractive individual poses, but they did not want to listen.
    VGR_20121023_5605.jpg
  • Two big elephant bulls on the Chobe River
    VGR_20121013_4766B&W7.jpg
  • Abstrcat portrait of a female Giraffe
    VGR_20091204_4655aB&W2.jpg
  • Two male giraffes necking
    VGR_20120302_9743B&W.jpg
  • Lionesses in Pipers Pans
    VGR_20110219_3350B&W.jpg
  • Yawning female lion in the immense Piper's Pan
    VGR_20110219_6785B&W.jpg
  • Kudu Bull in its bushy habitat
    VGR_20100411_0149B&W.jpg
  • Young cheetahs climbing a tree
    VGR_20081226_1985B&W.jpg
  • Young cheetah walking
    VGR_20081226_2025B&W.jpg
  • A zebra laughing out loud
    VGR_20080718_5558b&wc.jpg
  • A zebra laughing out loud
    VGR_20080718_5564b&w.jpg
  • Zebras walking in the dry dusty Boteti Riverbed
    VGR_20080718_5594b&w.jpg
  • Zebra fowl walking in the dry Boteti Riverbed
    VGR_20080718_5620b&w.jpg
  • Zebras congregating in the dry Boteti Riverbed prior to the migration
    VGR_20080719_9288b&w.jpg
  • Lions mating
    VGR_20090721_1009_B&W.jpg
  • Namib Dune Ant and its shadow
    VGR_20100527_0239B&W.jpg
  • Painted Reed Frog on reed stem
    VGR_20110615_0842B&W.jpg
  • Painted Reed Frog in Okavango Delta scene
    VGR_20110615_9671_B&W.jpg
  • African Elephant Bull (Loxodonta Africana) dusting
    VGR_20101231_5824_B&W.jpg
  • Leopard toroise with muddy feet on the move
    VGR_20100106_6361aB&W.jpg
  • African Elephant Bull (Loxodonta Africana)
    VGR_20101231_3164_8B&W.jpg
  • Two young male lions and one receptive female.
    VGR_20101221_4563B&W3.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox pup walking
    VGR_20100107_7266MaB&W.jpg
  • Leopard tortoise drinking from a rainwater puddle in the Nossob Riverbed
    VGR_20100104_5337B&W.jpg
  • Bat-eared fox pups at burrow entrance
    VGR_20100107_7312aB&W.jpg
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  • Leopard Tortoise in the rain
    VGR_20100104_5323B&W.jpg
  • Two grasshoppers in juxtaposition
    VGR_20111231_4132B&W.jpg
  • VGR_20120228_7960B&W.jpg
  • Kalahari Black-maned lion patrolling its territory
    VGR_20110709_8526B&W.jpg
  • Zebra interaction
    VGR_20120131_7273B&W.jpg
  • Male Springbok with vegetation on its horns in territorial dominance display.
    VGR_20120227_9356B&W.jpg
  • Kalahari Male Lion in its prime
    VGR_20110709_8518B&W2.jpg
  • Roaring male Lion in Kalahari pan with Gemsbok in the background.
    VGR_20120128_5881B&W.jpg
  • Kalahari Black-maned Lion lying at the edge of a waterhole
    VGR_20110709_8464B&W.jpg
  • Close up of an elephant eye
    VGR_20110715_9211B&W.jpg
  • Hungry Lion Cub refusing to follow mom any further
    VGR_20110623_3577B&W.jpg
  • Giraffe walking in kalahari landscape
    VGR_20090109_1403B&W.jpg
  • Rim-lit spotted hyena
    VGR_20081225_0719.jpg
  • Male leopard walking in golden light
    VGR_20081223_0637aB&W.jpg
  • Close-up of an elephant blowing dust out
    VGR_20110619_2473B&Wa.jpg
  • African Elephant Cow (Loxodonta Africana) having a refreshing dust bath.
    VGR_20110719_0946B&W.jpg
  • Lion and lioness lying in the grass
    VGR_20090721_0807B&Wa.jpg
  • Leopard (Panthera pardus) in a large sausage tree.
    VGR_20101120_2794IB&W.jpg