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Giraffe Gyrations
145mm, 1/250s, f/5, ISO400 Rwanda’s mountain gorillas understandably steal much of the country’s headlines as far as wildlife tourism goes. But Akagera National Park in the country’s east is a wonderful experience of the more “typical” kind with plenty of the usual suspects: giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, lions and rhinos (though the latter two can…
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Dawn at the Edge of the Region
26mm, 0.6s, f/8, ISO640 I may be colourblind, but I still love colourful photography. I have many close-ups from Mt Nyiragongo, and I’m sure I’ll share several of them with you, but this is probably my favourite photograph from the top. Taken just before dawn, it required a tripod, but I kept the shutter speed…
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Three Faces
25mm, 1/200s, f/6,3, ISO1250 My experiences with gorillas are probably reversed from those of most people’s. My first 20 hours or so in the presence of gorillas were all in DR Congo, in Virunga and Kahuzi-Biega national parks. I then had quite a bit of time with them in Uganda, followed by more DRC as…
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Top of the World
24mm, f/13, 1/250s, ISO100 The purpose of travel photography is often not just to make people wish they were there, but to give them an opportunity to truly picture it. Having a landscape like this helps, of course, and those of you who read my previous posts might recognise a half-hearted adherence to the rule…
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Early Light
16mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO250 The Gorilla Highlands region is, as the name suggests, characterised by its rather hilly topography. This is one of my favourite landscape photos from there, taken at around 4,000 meters/ 13,100 ft above sea level during an exhausting hike up Mt Kirisimbi. Miha joined me shortly afterwards, while Izy was wise…
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Edirisa Evenings
19mm, f/6.3, 1/5s, ISO400 I like simplicity in photographs, but sometimes simplicity can be found even in busy backgrounds. Here, the contrasting colors of the fire from the rest of the image immediately brings the viewer’s attention to it and the people sitting around it. This is perhaps my favourite image from Edirisa on Lake…
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Grumpy Silverback
Hi! I’m Marcus Westberg, a longtime Gorilla Highlands collaborator. I’m originally from Sweden, but work as a photojournalist all over the world — though Africa is where my heart is. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be posting a mostly-weekly column focusing on some of my favorite images and experiences from the Gorilla Highlands region, usually…
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Aroma of Fresh Coffee, a Powerful Force
I am Julius Wetala, a coffee experience creator and specialised guide, based in Uganda’s southernmost town, Kisoro. I have lived with coffee for over 30 years, first as a boy working on a family coffee farm, and in recent years as an organic coffee project manager. (If you wish to read more about my background or…
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Weekly Companion — Let It Be Then?
This video has been uploaded to YouTube because countless night attempts using our private solution (Vimeo) haven’t worked out… But, on the other hand, this is also OK. Let’s have it on YouTube and publicly available then. It may not be an ideal representation of a video promoting GHE to the general audience (this version…
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