Post 3 – Chimps The chimps in the region were a little more of a challenge to get to but worth the effort. © Diane Kelsay© Diane Kelsay© Bob Harvey© Diane Kelsay© Bob Harvey Join us in Rwanda and see these cousins for yourself! Link to our Rwanda Gorillas Photography Adventure ..read more

Post 2 – Golden Monkeys, Volcanoes National Park Gorillas aren’t the only ones who like to play. Golden Monkeys also like to do a lot of playing around and with lots of energy. They also like to eat! © Diane KelsayNot only greens, but tasty insects. © Diane Kelsay And they like to share. © Diane KelsayEasily crossed by ground, it’s so much more fun to fly. © Diane KelsayDo I really want to do this? © Diane KelsayWatch me! © Diane Kelsay Crashing sounds in the bamboo forest, monkey after monkey making the leap into the thick bamboo. I never saw one land on a branch. © Diane Kelsay© Diane Kelsay ..read more

Post 1 – Mountain Gorillas, Volcanoes National Park Rwanda is doing a marvelous job protecting gorillas and their habitat. Our visits help fund the effort, strict rules apply. But we get close, feeling like we’ve been invited to their home. After a trek up the mountain, we get close to the location, grab our cameras and quietly enter the group. © Diane Kelsay They play constantly (when they are not eating) © Diane KelsayThe “twins” eating together peacefully, after a brief conflict on who goes first. © Diane KelsayAlpha male Silverback – huge. We don’t get too close to him. © Diane Kelsay Some ..read more

We at Nature Photography Adventures have worked to help scientists protect turtle habitats and love to bring our photography friends and clients to see and photograph these great creatures. © Diane Kelsay© Bob Harvey© Diane Kelsay© Diane Kelsay© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Diane Kelsay© Bob Harvey© Diane Kelsay© Bob Harvey© Diane Kelsay ..read more

New places have been scouted and added to our itinerary! Up close and personal birds, monkeys and more along the Gulf of Nicoya. More trails in the highlands too! All images copyrighted Bob Harvey & Diane Kelsay, Laura Mooney, Nature Photography Adventures. No copying permitted. Join Diane and Laura in January 2022 for a fantastic opportunity to leave the cold winter behind and find fun critters to photograph. Learn some new techniques. Link to our Costa Rica Photography Adventure ..read more

Join us in Belize December 3-12, 2022 for exciting cave photography. Learn multiple flash lighting and natural lighting, designing images of cave formations with Mayan artifacts, using cave openings to frame the green jungle beyond. All images copyrighted Bob Harvey & Diane Kelsay, Nature Photography Adventures. No copying permitted. We have a lot of cave photography on our itinerary, some well-known caves and some of our special secret caves we will have to ourselves. We also visit Mayan sites and other special natural areas. Link to our Belize Photography Adventure ..read more

Drone photography Adventure 2021, spectacular views of a dramatic landscape. © Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey© Bob Harvey Seeing Iceland from above, and from angles one cannot hike to, is both inspiring and liberating! One begins to understand how things are put together – and how little we matter in a geological sense. Bob Harvey Watch our calendar for opportunities to see the world with a drone ..read more

Post 2 – The Three Sisters volcanoes and surrounding lava landscape make a great location to photograph the Milky Way. In Oregon, astronomical twilight ended at 10:45pm. © Diane Kelsay Although the timing was right, the composition was not. The Galactic Center was to the left of the North Sister and most of the Milky Way shot out of the frame. An hour later, the Milky Way lined up just right and 2 meteors entered the scene. It was amazing to watch how fast the position changes when you have a mountain peak as a reference point ..read more

During the dark of the moon in Oregon, one day you can go to the Cascade Mountains for the Milky Way over the 3 Sisters (next post). Then you can go the the Pacific Coast to see the secrets that are revealed when the ocean pulls back at extreme low tides. Here are some colorful tidepool creatures we enjoyed photographing. Anemone underwater using a polarizer. © Laura Mooney© Laura MooneySeastar © Diane Kelsay© Diane Kelsay©Diane Kelsay© Laura Mooney© Diane Kelsay Not all that is revealed is alive. Sometimes the receding water makes abstract designs in the sand. © Diane Kelsay All are fun to ph ..read more

One of my favorite new places in Southern Tanzania is the Ruaha River and National Park. The staff and lodge and scenery are awesome. But there was more! Welcome to Ruaha River Lodge, my name is Camp © Diane Kelsay – shot through the screen with a cell phone, a bit of a surprise! A camp owl © Diane KelsayKudus greeting us as we left for our first game drive. © Diane KelsayHippos were always in the river in front of us and liked to make noises in the night. Footprints were found off the deck the next morning. © Diane KelsayOthers visited in the night, only leaving prints. © Diane Kelsay More to ..read more