Nature Photography Adventures

Nature Photography Adventures We guide photography adventures to exciting nature photo destinations around the world. Welcome to Nature Photography Adventures.

We are focused on designing and guiding small group nature photography adventures and teaching photography techniques. Nature Photographers Bob Harvey and Diane Kelsay guide small groups of photographers to exciting and unique natural, cultural, and heritage destinations around the world. Our photography adventures strive to create a balance among wildlife, landscape, macro, and abstract photograp

hy, seeking the best each destination has to offer. You will note that we love dramatic light and know how to use it!

One of my favorite herons is the Cocoi Heron I photograph regularly in Brazil's Pantanal. I love the texture and design...
06/01/2026

One of my favorite herons is the Cocoi Heron I photograph regularly in Brazil's Pantanal. I love the texture and design of the feathers. I love the way it can catch a fish by striking just like a great blue heron - but it can also catch a fish on the fly, with maneuvers that are quite comical.

But, I'm sharing this image with you because I want you to look at the bird's left leg (on the right side of the image). This bird, at some point, had a catastrophic injury. It managed to survive long enough for its body to patch up the injury. While I'm not sure the bird can bend that leg, it survived and was healthy at the time I made this image.

Seeing things like this in nature gives me a sense that an injury should not stop an animal or person from life. We may have to do things differently. It may hurt all the time. But we all need to power on.

In nature, quitting puts you on someone else's dinner plate.

I usually like to design kingfisher-with-fish photos with a dark background and sun coming from behind me or to one side...
05/30/2026

I usually like to design kingfisher-with-fish photos with a dark background and sun coming from behind me or to one side. But, I really like this technique with the sun (weakly) coming from behind. I declined to crop tightly as I like the big splash behind.

In going through my existing kingfisher images - to see what I can do better when I head back to Brazil's Pantanal in a few days. This is an Amazon Kinfisher.

We came to photograph the mother, but we heard some growling back in the bushes. This young leopard was attacking the l...
05/29/2026

We came to photograph the mother, but we heard some growling back in the bushes. This young leopard was attacking the leftovers Mom brought back. Fiercely.

Then, it decided to climb a tree to see what we were up to. Curiosity... We repositioned to give it space!

Kenya's Masai Mara.

The endangered Martial Eagle soars above a savanna in Kenya. When it finds a bird, mammal, or reptile below it will div...
05/28/2026

The endangered Martial Eagle soars above a savanna in Kenya. When it finds a bird, mammal, or reptile below it will dive to catch it with its talons!

Its size and strength give it the ability to catch small ungulates and even young cattle. An ability that has farmers and even game wardens sometimes killing these majestic eagles.

As a result of those killings, and loss of habitat, Martial Eagles are Endangered.

Just when you think you know what color everything is... along comes the Somali Ostrich with a blue neck and an orange b...
05/27/2026

Just when you think you know what color everything is... along comes the Somali Ostrich with a blue neck and an orange beak! Don't ever, again, tell a youngster they are using the wrong crayon!

I found these in Kenya's Samburu National Park - the same area that spawned the movie and song "Born Free" many years ago. This area is a pretty harsh desert with some rivers running through it. It has some amazing landscapes and a tribe, the Samburu, which has a culture built around navigating this challenging circumstances.

Early morning light... and this Eastern Chanting Goshawk is looking for breakfast. Lizards are a favorite, but the morn...
05/26/2026

Early morning light... and this Eastern Chanting Goshawk is looking for breakfast. Lizards are a favorite, but the morning may have to warm before they show themselves. Grasshoppers or small birds sound good, too.

The eyes lock onto something...

Kenya!

If you plan on swimming on your vacation to Kenya's Amboseli National Park, we suggest you bring a snorkel.Actually, the...
05/25/2026

If you plan on swimming on your vacation to Kenya's Amboseli National Park, we suggest you bring a snorkel.

Actually, the waters of Amboseli are an oasis in the midst of a really dry desert! The waters come from Mount Kilimanjaro to the south (and in Tanzania). They travel underground and well up into pools in Amboseli, creating an oasis.

In dry times, elephants tend to overnight in a safer area, away from the water and march as families to the pools to drink and feast. This elephant is using its tusks to uproot water plants and dine!

Sometimes elephants leave the water with the lower half wet and the top dry. This one has clearly done the full immersion thing!

One image, so many stories!This is a Rothschild's Giraffe, one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe. ...
05/24/2026

One image, so many stories!

This is a Rothschild's Giraffe, one of the most endangered distinct populations of giraffe. Endangered for two key reasons - first habitat loss and also this is the giraffe that was most captured to populate the world's zoos.

This individual, in Kenya's Nakuru National Park, is part of a population that is being regrown from strong conservation efforts designed to both grow numbers and reestablish them in protected habitats.

If you look closely, you'll see lots of tsetse flies in the air around the giraffe and on his neck. Giraffes are tsetse fly magnets! Spend time around them and you find out!

Look at his back just above the forelegs. See the injury? Similar injuries on other giraffes have been identified to me as "lucky giraffes that are recovering from a lion attack". I suspect that is the case here.

Finally, the trees above are fever trees. Early colonists noted that it was easier to catch malaria when camping or living near these trees. They thought the trees were the source - hence the name. These yellow barked acacia trees, however thrive where water is abundant, which is also a good place for mosquitos to reproduce.

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