Patrick Bentley Photography

Patrick Bentley Photography Patrick Bentley is a photographer and conservationist from Zambia.

Nyayo magazine Volume 3 : Zambia is out now. Take a look at this unique magazine and a feature on my aerial work
20/07/2021

Nyayo magazine Volume 3 : Zambia is out now. Take a look at this unique magazine and a feature on my aerial work

Sky walkers. Black lechwe wading through shallow water in the Bangweulu Wetlands.
20/07/2021

Sky walkers. Black lechwe wading through shallow water in the Bangweulu Wetlands.

As dawn breaks on a cold, crisp morning, mist rises from a waterfall on the Mutinondo river.Mutinondo Wilderness lies on...
14/07/2021

As dawn breaks on a cold, crisp morning, mist rises from a waterfall on the Mutinondo river.

Mutinondo Wilderness lies on a plateau 30 km west of the Luangwa Valley. It is 10,000 hectares of pristine Miombo woodland, massive granite inselbergs and crystal clear rivers and waterfalls.

Mutinondo Wilderness

Every night the herds of black lechwe in the Bangweulu Wetlands move to deeper water for safety from predators, mainly s...
12/06/2021

Every night the herds of black lechwe in the Bangweulu Wetlands move to deeper water for safety from predators, mainly spotted hyenas. At dawn they move back out to the drier grasslands where they will spend the day grazing.

Taken on assignment for African Parks / Remote Africa Safaris

A few hundred of the many thousands of endemic black lechwe that live in the Bangweulu Wetlands.Due to effective park-ma...
09/06/2021

A few hundred of the many thousands of endemic black lechwe that live in the Bangweulu Wetlands.

Due to effective park-management black lechwe, which are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and are only found in Bangweulu, have increased from 35,000 in 2010 to over 50,000 today.

Taken on assignment last week for African Parks /

A hippo mother and calf asleep on a rock in the emerald green Zambezi River. Hippo calves nurse for about 8 months and w...
25/05/2021

A hippo mother and calf asleep on a rock in the emerald green Zambezi River.

Hippo calves nurse for about 8 months and will suckle on land or underwater. They are capable of closing their nostrils and ears to block out water while feeding.

Hippo mothers are highly protective and the calves will stay with them until they are mature at about 7 years.




A pod of hippos pass the day snoozing underwater. While asleep they will automatically bob to the surface, take a breath...
22/05/2021

A pod of hippos pass the day snoozing underwater. While asleep they will automatically bob to the surface, take a breath and sink back down without waking. A hippo calf (whose head is above water in this image) will rarely stay underwater for longer than a minute whereas the adults will stay under for up to 5 minutes at a time.




This image is from the same location as my last post but looking downstream into the Lower Zambezi valley.
20/05/2021

This image is from the same location as my last post but looking downstream into the Lower Zambezi valley.

I recently returned from an assignment in the Lower Zambezi. This is an image of the Kariba gorge at the point where the...
19/05/2021

I recently returned from an assignment in the Lower Zambezi. This is an image of the Kariba gorge at the point where the Zambezi River flows out into the valley.

I sometimes get asked for more information on how I shoot my aerial photographs. This is a an image taken with a wingtip...
17/05/2021

I sometimes get asked for more information on how I shoot my aerial photographs. This is a an image taken with a wingtip camera while flying in a microlight aircraft with John Coppinger

If you look closely at the bottom of the image you will see an elephant drinking from a shallow channel. Swipe to see the image that I took of the elephant.

@ South Luangwa National Park

African wild dogs cooling down in a dried out riverbed after a long hunt. I am very pleased to be one of the contributin...
12/03/2021

African wild dogs cooling down in a dried out riverbed after a long hunt.
I am very pleased to be one of the contributing photographers for the next book - Remembering African Wild Dogs.
This will be the 6th book in the groundbreaking series which through the power of photographers working together has already raised more than $1 million USD for conservation. Its model is to finance the books through a Kickstarter campaign each year with many rewards up for grabs including the books. Please check it out and consider lending your support: https://bit.ly/3qHQ6Dm

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