During my visits to Burgers Zoo it is not always possible to take pictures of the Lions. Photos that are worth the effort. Lions are simply very lazy most of the day. Just like all cats. This time I was lucky. Initially there was little to see and the windows were very foggy. I then READ MORE
Author: Anja Wessels
Wildebeest
Wildebeest or Gnoes in Burgers Safari. When I was editing these photos, I realized that I had never photographed them before. I always thought they were ugly animals. I also never had a good lens to make something out of it. Also, I realized that I actually don’t know anything about these animals. Except that READ MORE
Rhinos
Today I went to Burgers Zoo again. Main reason: now really photograph animals in their environment and if possible on the move. The weather was beautiful. It was cold though. But I was lucky. There was a lot to see in the Safari area. My first post of today’s photos is about rhinos. In Burgers READ MORE
Flowers in Burgers Bush
If people go to a zoo, then of course they mainly go for animals. But what you should also really look at are the beautiful flowers! So many beautiful things can often be seen in butterfly gardens and tropical accommodation for animals. I share a selection of flower photos that I took in Burgers Bush. READ MORE
Zebras in Burgers Safari
Last week I went to Burgers Zoo. While I was there I thought: I’m going to take a different approach to photography. If you follow me longer, then you know that I mainly make many portraits. Sometimes a complete animal is photographed, the environment even less often. The goal on that day was: photos of READ MORE
Barbary macaques
Barbary macaques are macaques that you encounter on the rock of Gibraltar, but also in many zoos. When they are young, they are small wrinkly little men with large floppy ears. Very funny and cute. Then they become romping little teenagers who play wild games. On nice summer days they like to play in the READ MORE
Gorilla portraits
The Apenheul is now closed. Too bad we have to wait so long before it is open. Fortunately I still had a large number of unprocessed photos. This series of portraits was made on October 23, the last visit in 2019. Finally I started getting the hang of taking pictures with the 150-500 mm lens. READ MORE
Yellow-cheeked gibbon in Burgers Zoo
Adult golden cheek gibbons are 60-80 cm long, weigh around 7 kilos and have no tail. Gold cheek gibbons reach an average age of 46 years. The males are black and the females are lighter in color. The young are initially the same color as their mother so that they do not stand out when READ MORE
Nibbling on a straw
Then you finally have a beautiful zoom lens (yes!) And then some animals come very close. Too close, oops 😉 Then you do whatever is possible. I share a number of pictures of prairie dogs that actually came a bit too close. I only just managed to get a clear picture of them. But very READ MORE
Artis in profile
I have made a good start to the new year. At half past eight in the morning I was on the train to Amsterdam on my way to Artis. It was a beautiful day. I have seen a lot, photographed and made videos with my mobile. Unfortunately, the photos were not all successful. In particular, READ MORE