Cheetah

Today I was looking through the thousands of photos from this year that still need deleting/sorting/processing and I found this guy just staring at me. Since he looks like a nice guy, and it is my favourite animal, I decided to give him his minute of fame in the blog.

The photo is taken at the Zoo in Krefeld, unfortunately I did not manage to see any wild ones in Africa. The difficult task was to get him to look at me. I think this is the only picture where he really looks directly into the camera, out of a few hundreds.

Luckily he found that Diego was just the perfect size for a healthy meal and became really interested. He came close enough for a good portrait and stayed there, 2 meters away from us, for a while.



P.S: Maybe it is a gal and not a guy, if somebody has more accurate information just drop a comment.

Burgers Zoo, Cats

I just LOVE cats, big or small.

I went on Sunday with Thomas to the Burgers Zoo in Arnheim, Netherlands, and we had a great day. The zoo is just amazing, it is huge and provides great oportunities to see and photograph the animals. And again, I love cats :-D








The rest of the animals will have to wait. I am in a hurry to the airport since the family has finally managed to fly back from Spain and I will be late.

P.S: If you wonder why there is no color, just check the work from Nick Brandt. I am a big fan of him.

Peacocks

A couple of weeks ago we visited a Park in the nearby city Julich. They have a small zoo and had some peacocks walking around. There were 2 males on a roof fighting and I manage to get a couple of half decent shots. The light was quite bad and the trees in the background a bit distracting. I have tried to remove the background but there is still some work to do. I hope you like it anyway, click on it to see it bigger.