“Proud Maasai”
Standing proud in the savannah with their red blankets and painted shields, the Maasai people have become one of the more widely known symbols of East Africa; the Maasai shield is even featured on Kenya’s national flag. It’s not uncommon in Kenya and Tanzania to see the Maasai in their traditional dress, not only in…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/450 s
“Variable sunbird in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya”
The variable sunbird (or yellow-bellied sunbird) is a passerine bird which feed largely on nectar, although it will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/11, 1/210 s
“Baglafecht weaver”
This high and mid-mountain species, which descends at its lowest around 800 meters in Uganda and Kenya, is well adapted to degraded, agricultural and even urban environments. At the base, it lives in the edges and clearings of the mountain forest.
It is a solitary nester, which can however organize…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 640, ƒ/11, 1/500 s
“Lappet-faced vulture in Maasai Mara National Reserve”
This vulture prefers to live in dry savannah, thornbush, arid plains, deserts with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes. They are usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and apparently prefer areas with minimal grass cover.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/lappet-faced-vulture-in-maasai-mara-national-reserve/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 400, ƒ/11, 1/500 s
“Lappet-faced vulture on a tree in Maasai Mara National Reserve”
This vulture prefers to live in dry savannah, thornbush, arid plains, deserts with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes. They are usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and apparently prefer areas with minimal grass…
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/lappet-faced-vulture-on-a-tree-in-maasai-mara-national-reserve/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 400, ƒ/11, 1/500 s
“Lioness in Maasai Mara”
Maasai Mara is home of the largest population of African big cats, not only in Kenya but in Africa.
Females do most of the hunting, helped by males in taking down large animals.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/lioness-in-maasai-mara/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/11, 1/340 s
“Lioness on the lookout”
Maasai Mara is home of the largest population of African big cats, not only in Kenya but in Africa.
Females do most of the hunting, helped by males in taking down large animals.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/lioness-on-the-lookout/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 640, ƒ/10, 1/500 s
“Maasai Mara National Reserve”
It's not just about the wild animals, landscapes are great too!
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/maasai-mara-national-reserve/
📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/4000 s
“Beautiful Maasai giraffe”
The Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive,…
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📅 26 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/11, 1/350 s
“Ladies”
Female lions are the pride's primary hunters and leaders. They often work together to prey upon antelopes, zebras, wildebeest, and other large animals of the open grasslands. Many of these animals are faster than lions, so teamwork pays off.
Female lions also raise their cubs communally.
Sometimes, they…
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📅 25 février 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/8, 1/90 s
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