by btharp | Jan 11, 2018 | Africa, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, Namibia, nature photography, wildlife photography
Giraffes seen on our Namibia Photo Tour. In colloquial terms, a herd of giraffes is called a journey of giraffes – and it’s appropriate, since they travel over vast areas on a journey to find food in the savannas and bush of Africa. On our photo tours in...
by btharp | Dec 15, 2017 | Alaska, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography, wildlife photography
Celebrating the nurturing of both animal and human mothers the world over. Here’s to a mother’s love and instinct towards her offspring in Alaska! Celebrate...
by btharp | Sep 3, 2017 | Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, photo news, USA, wildlife photography
These birds are doing just what I’ll be doing tonight -flying! Only I’m headed to Victoria Falls, then into Botswana and Namibia’s Caprivi Strip. But this image made me think of the ‘other’ type of flying, the wonderful annual migration...
by btharp | Jul 28, 2017 | Alaska, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography, USA, wildlife photography, workshops & photo tours
We watched this mother bear and her two cubs feasting on the grasses and sedges in the meadow for quite a while. There were so many poses and gestures and moments that we could have filled our cards just with these bears alone that day! I love this one because of the...
by btharp | Jul 18, 2017 | Alaska, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, wildlife photography
I know we’re supposed to not anthropomorphize as wildlife photographers, but how can you not when animals can be just so funny?! Each bear develops its own fishing style, and along Anan Creek near Wrangell, Alaska, this black bear had found her niche –...
by btharp | Jul 6, 2017 | Alaska, Brenda Tharp's Photo Blog, nature photography, USA, wildlife photography
Was I dreaming? Something was tugging on my foot in my bunk aboard the Lindblad-National Geographic Expeditions’ Sea Lion. Slowly as my brain tried to sort out dream from reality, I heard someone say “we have humpback whales bubble-net...