Resting near Benoué river Photo

Photographer’s Note

Cameroon has a number of national parks created with the intention of protecting wildlife and flora. In many parts of Africa it is said the tourists outnumber the animals. Not so in Cameroon, where visitors are limited, and the parks are pristine.
Benoue National Park covers 180 000 hectares, and features a wide frontage to the Benoue River. It has large numbers of buffalos, elephants, lions, water buck, warthogs, monkeys, crocodiles, and is well known for it's hippopotamus colonies.
The WWF has been involved in conservation projects here since the early 1990s.

Deepforest, brevbrev14, gabrielpat, MikiM, zips, imarinopulos has marked this note useful

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katyako (457) 2006-09-13 12:43

Hello, Alberto!
Very nice shot. Good colours and composition. Pity a horyzon isn't straight.

Thank you for sharing!
Katya.

Shelbeesmom (678) 2006-09-13 14:26

I could stand a little rest myself! Nice shot! they look so cute, and I know they would kill me first chance they got!
B-)
Linda

Deepforest (8813) 2006-09-13 18:46

Hi Alberto,
nice picture. I know that they are the most dangerous animals in Africa, more dangerous as lion or rhinoceros. Good colours and useful note, as always.
Best regards,
Andrzej

Silvio1953 (41659) 2006-09-14 16:46

Ciao Alberto grazie per le foto del Camerun che mostri, questa con ben otto ippopotami in relax è fantastica.
Complimenti
Ciao Silvio

brevbrev14 (372) 2006-09-15 3:35

Ciao Alberto!un bel momento di relax per questi animali!!hai inquadrato bene e ci stai mostrando una realtà lontanissima dall' Italia!grazie x per questo Alberto!
A prestissimo

P.S: hai cambiato macchina fotografica?

Ciao

Valeria

gabrielpat (6543) 2006-09-15 20:54

salut Alberto,
ils sont vraiement mignons ces hyppos!!!on dirait qu'ils ont pris un coup de soleil! les voilà roses comme des cochons!

mdetay (4303) 2006-10-23 20:30

Salut Alberto,
Tu as eu de la chance de pouvoir les observer hors de l'eau. Quand j'étais dans le coin cela ne s'est jamais produit.
Bravo. Belle photo.
A l'époque il y avait sur la route près du pont un panneau avec des hippos et un message disant "attention aux vaches". S'il existe encore tu peux faire une photo amusante.
Bien amicalement de Hong Kong, loin des "vaches".
Michel

sergio1 (12150) 2006-10-29 16:55

Hola Alberto,

Me encanta esta toma por su sencillez y relajacion que transmite. Los colores ademas aportan un cierta textura agradable.
Un buen trabajo
Sergio

MikiM (1916) 2006-12-13 1:36

Boun Giorno Alberto,
I like this well composed shot with the resting hippopotamus group. The colors and the sharpness is excellent. I like the reflections too - Well done!
Miklós
(don't worry about the horizon:))

zips (1941) 2007-02-01 20:46

A nice concept here. In a similar situation you may want to move up to the big rock in frame and see if you can capture more of the animals reflections in the water, (if your safety was not compromised).

Your POV would change but you may have that shot as well.

Great Job.
Aloha, JB

asus_gps (305) 2007-03-02 8:53