Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains: great trekking, unusual wildlife, and a summit

December 7, 2011 Opinion and advice amharas, ethiopia, ethiopian wolf, gelada baboon, geology, giant lobelia, lammergeier, ras dashen, rosita forbes, simien mountains, thick-billed raven, trekking, walia ibex, wildlife, wildlife photographer of the year 4 Comments

Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains: great trekking, unusual wildlife, and a summit

“The most marvellous of all Abyssinian landscapes opened before us, as we looked across a gorge that was clouded amethyst to the peaks of Simyen.” Rosita Forbes, From Red Sea to Blue Nile – A Thousand Miles of Ethiopia (1925)

Swimming with polar bears

November 30, 2011 Reviews and tributes bardia national park, elephants, natural history museum, nepal, photography, polar bears, rhinos, safari, wildlife, wildlife photographer of the year, wildlife photography 0 Comment

Swimming with polar bears

Why great photography takes balls It’s a bit embarrassing to say this, but as far as photography’s concerned I’m still something of a point-and-click man. I have several thousand photos on my website from dozens of expeditions worldwide, and some