Whether I visit a zoo is mainly determined by the primates and/or big cats I can see there. Those are my favourite subjects. But I do photograph every animal. And then I actually find almost everything fun and interesting. Smaller animals can always be seen in every zoo. They often have meerkats, prairie dogs and READ MORE
Author: Anja Wessels
Apenheul Photography: Capturing Enchanting Ape Portraits
The title and text below are taken directly from chat.openai. Another experiment with AI, followed by 6 portraits that I made in the Apenheul on Wednesday. The text is not quite my style, but quite educational 😉 The Apenheul is a unique animal park where you can experience apes up close. Capturing ape portraits READ MORE
Big cats
The term “big cat” is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera, namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard, as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar. All cats descend from the Felidae family, sharing similar musculature, cardiovascular systems, skeletal frames, and behaviour. Both the READ MORE
This was Bauwi
Saturday 13 May another beautiful silverback died. Bauwi was the leader of the group at Burger’s Zoo. Over the years I took a lot of pictures of him. Reason enough for an ode to Bauwi. The first and last photo in this blog have been heavily edited. The last one is a composite. The background READ MORE
Monochrome expressions
Social media is full of pictures of “smiling” dogs, cats, monkeys and many other animals. The shape of the beak then resembles the shape of the human smile. Only, those animals don’t laugh. Their facial features work differently. Even monkeys, closest to humans (we are all primates), don’t have the same facial expressions. The chimpanzees, READ MORE
Born with huge feet.
You see a lot of animals in zoos. Not only captive animals, but also wild animals. They themselves choose a life in the zoo. It is a safe place and they often get a piece of the pie when the animals are fed or when visitors drop food. In Naturzoo Rheine I came across this READ MORE
Ten times tiger Tailor
Tailor was born on December 5, 2022 in NaturZoo Rheine and is already a wonderful guy. He only has a mother. His father Kabus died before he was born on October 17. He wasn’t born under a lucky star, because he is also missing a piece of his tail. After an injury, he had to READ MORE
Gorilla Kiango 2 years old
Photos from Kiango. Kiango was born in March 2021. He is now 2. Unfortunately, his mother Gyasi passed away in July last year. A very sad story of course. A gorilla needs a mother much longer. Fortunately, Nemsi (Kiango’s aunt) has taken over the care. With extra food from the zookeepers and the loving care READ MORE
Primates in ZooParc Overloon
Another series of photos taken in ZooParc Overloon. Only now in color and not heavily edited in Photoshop. Primates are one of my favorite subjects. There is also nothing as beautiful as the light in spring. Last week it all came together. See below, have fun! These photos were taken here:
Big cats in ZooParc Overloon
Last week I visited ZooParc Overloon. And I loved it again. It is a nice not too big zoo. There are beautiful animals and nice spacious enclosures. There are 4 types of big cats. Lions, white tigers, Siberian tigers and cheetahs. This day I was lucky to see them all active. The lions and cheetahs READ MORE