nhoizey

@nhoizey@pixelfed.social

I’m a French self-taught amateur photographer. I like shooting landscapes of both urban and nature scenery, but also natural light people portraits, and wild animals. #photography #landscape #travel #fujifilm

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“Small break with the protection of the shade of the tree”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/small-break-with-the-protection-of-the-shade-of-the-tree/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/6.4, 1/450 s

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“Staying close”

Lake Nakuru National Park lies deep in the Great Rift Valley. The park is a rhino sanctuary (both black and white) and a bird watchers’ paradise.

In Kenya, the black rhinoceros population has fallen from 18,000-20,000 in 1970 to 511 in 1987, a decline of over 97 per cent.

These ones are white rhinos, a little less endangered, and a lot less shy.

If you want to know more about rhinos preservation, visit https://www.savetherhino.org/

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/staying-close/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/9, 1/240 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #LakeNakuru #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Red deer in Espace Rambouillet”

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. Although at one time red deer were rare in parts of Europe, they were never close to extinction. Reintroduction and conservation efforts have resulted in an increase of red deer populations, while other areas, such as North Africa, have continued to show a population decline.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/red-deer-in-espace-rambouillet/

📅 24 October 2021

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/7.1, 1/220 s

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“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”

Amboseli National Park is a national park in Kenya that spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. It has great views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

Almost 85 percent of the ice cover on Kilimanjaro disappeared between October 1912 and June 2011. At the current rate, most of the ice on Kilimanjaro will disappear by 2040. 😢

“The Snows of Kilimanjaro” is a short story by Ernest Hemingway.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-snows-of-kilimanjaro/

📅 1 March 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/1100 s

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“At the school of life”

The plains zebra is highly social and usually forms small family groups called harems, which consist of a single stallion, several mares and their recent offspring.

Early on, a mother zebra keeps any other zebra away from her foal, including the stallion, the other mares, and even her previous offspring. Later, though, they all bond. Within the group, a foal has the same rank as its mother.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/at-the-school-of-life/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/9, 1/340 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #MaasaiMara #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Lac de la Cula”

Nestled in a small depression, protected from the wind, Lac de la Cula is a quiet, little-frequented spot.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/lac-de-la-cula/

📅 17 October 2023

📸 Fujifilm X-H2s + 10-24mm
🎛️ ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/20 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #France #ProvenceAlpesCoteDAzur #HautesAlpes #ValleeDeLaClaree #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XH2s

nhoizey, to animals

“Scarlet ibis”

The Scarlet ibis resembles most of the other species of ibis, but its remarkably brilliant scarlet coloration makes it unmistakable.

It inhabits tropical South America and part of the Caribbean. It is one of the two national birds of Trinidad and Tobago.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/scarlet-ibis/

📅 17 August 2021

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 400, ƒ/6.8, 1/400 s

#Animals #Birds #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Close to me”

Elephant mothers carry their babies for nearly two years before giving birth. Then they ensure their babies get the best food, teach their children the most useful skills and show their children how to lead the herd during hard times.

Elephants learn how to pick the best plants for eating, how to defend against predators and how to navigate steep embankments — all from their mothers.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/close-to-me/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/2200 s

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“Nothing to see… or maybe…”

As we drove slowly through the large empty spaces of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, I was fortunate enough to perceive a spot of slightly different color in a small group of bushes.

It was difficult to really see what it was, luckily a little bit of photography gear material can help!

Do you want to zoom (a lot)? 😁

https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/animals/mammals/lions/a-nap-in-the-shade/

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/nothing-to-see-or-maybe/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/2900 s

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“African Fish Eagle in Nakuru”

The African fish eagle is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur, like lake Nakuru.

The adult is very distinctive in appearance with a mostly brown body with a white head like the bald eagle and large, powerful, black wings. The head, breast, and tail of African fish eagles are snow white, with the exception of the featherless face, which is yellow.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/african-fish-eagle-in-nakuru/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/10, 1/240 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #LakeNakuru #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“A nap in the shade”

Some people say lions sleep 22 out of every 24 hours. It's true we often see them lying in the grass, sometimes yawning. But it doesn't mean they sleep when we're not there. “Lions lying sleeping in the shade on a hot day are […] conserving energy during the least energetically efficient time of the day. […] If the energy costs involved in an activity aren’t outweighed by its potential benefits, they simply won’t do it.” Clever.

Read more in this article from James Tyrrell (@(@jamotyrrell) : https://blog.londolozi.com/2018/01/18/are-lions-lazy/

It was not so easy spotting these felas:https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/travels/africa/kenya/maasai-mara/nothing-to-see-or-maybe/

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/a-nap-in-the-shade/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/13, 1/105 s

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“Who is the observer?”

The Masai giraffe is the largest subspecies of giraffe, making it the tallest land animal on earth.

It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania.

It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches which extend to the hooves.

Unfortunately, the Masai giraffe population declined 52% in recent decades due to poaching and habitat loss.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/who-is-the-observer/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/6000 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #MaasaiMara #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT2

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“Spiderman is watching”

This red-headed rock agama (aka rainbow agama) wears the same colors as Spiderman, hence the name it is sometimes given in French.

This is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/spiderman-is-watching/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/13, 1/180 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #MaasaiMara #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Common Ostrich”

The ostriches of the Kenyan savannah have never been so prized: first by jockeys, who ride them to the delight of spectators, and then by meat lovers, their flesh being reputed to be healthy.

These birds, which can reach up to 2.60 meters and weigh a hundred kilos, can kill with a single blow of their legs.

The ban imposed at the end of 2003 on the sale of meat from wild animals, apart from ostrich and crocodile, has led to an increase in demand for ostrich meat, which is high in protein and low in cholesterol. Only the meat of the legs is marketed. Ostriches are slaughtered at the age of eight months to ensure that the meat is tender.

Ostriches have a life expectancy of 70 years and females can lay up to 35 eggs per clutch, some of which are never fertilized.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/common-ostrich/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/10, 1/250 s

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“Masai giraffes like tree leaves”

The Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive, irregular, jagged, star-like blotches that extend to the hooves. A median forehead lump is usually present in bulls.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/masai-giraffes-like-tree-leaves/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 500, ƒ/9, 1/300 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #MaasaiMara #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Follow the path around”

Unlike in urban areas where we cut trees to build roads, here roads turn around trees, this is much better!

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/follow-the-path-around/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/1100 s

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“Juvenile D'Arnaud's Barbets in sunset”

D'Arnaud's barbet is a small East African bird that feeds on insects, fruits, and seeds.

It grows to about eight inches, and is equally at home in trees or on the ground. A vertical tunnel two to three feet into the ground with a sideways and upward turn leads to the nest chamber.

In a striking dance the male and female face each on nearby twigs and twitch, bob and sing like mechanical toys.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/juvenile-d-arnaud-s-barbets-in-sunset/

📅 26 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/10, 1/105 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #MaasaiMara #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Children propelling a tire”

Children love to play, and they don't need much in the way of accessories.

Here, we offer them a thousand sophisticated and expensive gifts, and they sometimes prefer to play with packing boxes...

Over there, in Kenya for example, they don't have the “chance” to have so many gadgets, they make do with what they have, and have a lot of fun!

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/children-propelling-a-tire/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/5000 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“The Mau Escarpment in Great Rift Valley”

Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. It is part of the Gregory Rift, the eastern branch of the East African Rift, which starts in Tanzania to the south and continues northward into Ethiopia.

The Mau Escarpment is a fault scarp running along the western edge of the Great Rift Valley. The top of the escarpment reaches approximately 3000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level, and is over 1000 m higher than the floor of the Rift Valley.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/the-mau-escarpment-in-great-rift-valley/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/9000 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Cité de Carcassonne”

The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne. It is situated on a hill and dominates the banks of the River Aude.

With its castle and ramparts, the city seems straight out of a medieval fantasy novel.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/cite-de-carcassonne/

📅 16 August 2022

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 16-80mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/11, 1/500 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Europe #France #Occitania #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Hard manual work in the fields”

I shot this photo from a very shaky 4-wheel drive vehicle on a bumpy dirt track, so I made sure to have the fastest shutter speed by using my ƒ/1.2 lens…

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/hard-manual-work-in-the-fields/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/30000 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Cleaning the dust”

Dust is omnipresent in Kenya, and Kenyans take great care of their motorcycles, the main means of transportation at their disposal.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/cleaning-the-dust/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/10500 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“Tetris”

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/tetris/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/14000 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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“40°C? No problem…”

It is impressive to see these Kenyans playing soccer in the sun at 40°C, while we could hardly stand the heat even in the shade.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/40-c-no-problem/

📅 28 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2, 1/5800 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Amboseli #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT2

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“If symptoms persist, seek medical advice”

Most stores in small Kenyan towns are like big advertisement billboards, covered with one single intense color and brand or product names.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/if-symptoms-persist-seek-medical-advice/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 56mm
🎛️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/22000 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT3

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