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
Author: Anja Wessels
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
Griffon vultures
Last week I visited Dierenpark Amersfoort. They have some of my favorite animals and birds. I love the huge cage for birds. A flight cage where huge birds like griffon vultures, white pelicans and marabou’s can swim, walk and fly. And the wonderful thing is, that you can go inside and make photos face to READ MORE
“Painterly” Action Set from Adobe Create Magazine
Sharing a post with a lot of photos. Edits of photos I made in 2019. I’m sharing this many to show how I get to one or two very special ones. On December 17 I received the Adobe Creative Magazine in the mail. It’s always full of ideas and often has freebies too. This time READ MORE
Expressions on black
The autumn holiday is over now. I have busy weeks ahead again. I still had time to edit photos in my favorite way. Animal portraits on a black background. The expressions of the animals come out even better, I think. Photos taken in recent months.
Tigers in Naturzoo Rheine
Been on the road for the third time with my new zoom lens, the Tamron SP 150-600mm. And now I am starting to get the hang of it. This time, at Naturzoo in Rheine, I took nice pictures. Finally I was able to take the photos, for which I previously lacked zoom. For example of READ MORE
Monochrome primates
Recently I didn’t have much time to go out and make photos. Today I did have time to edit. So I’m sharing a selection of primates edited in Lightroom, Photoshop and the Silver Efex Pro. I hope you’ll like them.
Faces in the Apenheul
Finally I did it. I bought zoooooooooooooooom! First I wanted to wait till Christmas, but yesterday I went to Urk and bought a Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 Di VC USD G2 Canon at CameraNU. Today I went to the Apenheul to try to make my first shots. Oh my, the camera and the lens weigh READ MORE
Bauwi’s family
Gorilla photos I made in Burgers Zoo about 10 days ago. I love gorilla’s and their beautiful expressions. This time I did not edit much on the photos. What I did do is photoshop a wound on Bauwi’s face. I felt is was distracting and since it is not there normally, I could remove it. READ MORE