“Close to me”
Elephant mothers carry their babies for nearly two years before giving birth. Then they ensure their babies get the best food, teach their children the most useful skills and show their children how to lead the herd during hard times.
Elephants learn how to pick the best plants for eating, how to defend against…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/2200 s
“A very curious Vervet monkey”
These primates are semi-terrestrial, which means that they can live on the ground as well as in the trees. During the night they climb a tree. They communicate with a range of sounds, gestures and postures. Individuals make different sounds depending on the situation. They use at least…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 640, ƒ/11, 1/500 s
“At the school of life”
The plains zebra is highly social and usually forms small family groups called harems, which consist of a single stallion, several mares and their recent offspring.
Early on, a mother zebra keeps any other zebra away from her foal, including the stallion, the other mares, and even her previous…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/9, 1/340 s
“Small break with the protection of the shade of the tree”
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/450 s
“The locomotion”
Most Kenyans travel with motorcycles, and sometimes one of these is shared by multiple families, at least in Maasai villages.
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/420 s
“Making fire”
Real practice or only folkloric demonstration for the easily impressed tourists, the realization of a fire by rubbing two pieces of wood is mastered by the Massaï.
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 320, ƒ/6.4, 1/60 s
“The village”
We have been fortunate enough to visit an actual Maasai village with the son of the village's chef, an incredible experience.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-village/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/950 s
“Travel dreams…”
Possibly Africa’s most famous ethnic group, the Maasai people are semi-nomadic people located primarily in Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
According to their own oral history the Masai people originated in the Nile Valley in Northern Africa and migrated south around the 15th century with their cattle.
Once…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/travel-dreams/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/750 s
“A little nap”
The sweltering midday heat doesn't spare the animals.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-little-nap/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/340 s
Nicolas Hoizey
Demic Tours Africa