Photographer Builds African Watering Hole to Capture Amazing Photos
Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas built a waterhole in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley and captured a series of stunning wildlife photos.
The Black Leopard: One Man’s Quest to Capture the Ultimate Wildlife Photo
Behind every once-in-a-lifetime photograph is a story. Sometimes these are stories of luck—of being in the right place, at the right time, with the right lens attached to your camera—but more often than not triumph is preceded by years of trial and error. An outlandish "bucket shot" achieved by the sheer force of the photographer’s will and persistence. The Black Leopard by wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas falls into the second category.
Photographer Captures the Ultra-Rare Black Panther Under the Stars
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas has released a set of photos showing an ultra-rare wild black panther under the starry night sky. The photos took him a whopping 6 months to successfully capture.
Photographing Rhinos in Kenya
As I was winding up the fieldwork for Land of Giants, my book about "big tusker" elephants, I shifted focus to another of Tsavo’s majestic inhabitants: the black rhino. Tsavo West is one of the most ruggedly wild and beautiful landscapes I have encountered in Africa, and a fitting bastion for these ancient mammals.
Camtraptions Launches a New Housing for Timelapses and Camera Traps
Camtraptions has unveiled a new weatherproof camera housing that's designed for time-lapse, remote-control, and camera trap applications. It's a universal housing that's designed to fit a wide range of camera and lens combinations while providing convenient access to the gear within.
Shooting the Last Photos of the Rare ‘Queen of the Elephants’
F_MU1 was an incredible elephant. For more than 60 years, she lived a peaceful life in a quiet corner of Tsavo in Kenya. When I first saw her I was awestruck, for she had the most amazing tusks I had ever seen. If I hadn’t looked upon her with my own eyes, I might not have believed that such an elephant could exist in our world. If there were a Queen of Elephants, it would surely have been her.
My Quest to Photograph the Most Elusive Cat in Africa
Since childhood, I have been fascinated by stories of black panthers. For me, no animal is shrouded in more mystery, no animal more elusive, and no animal more beautiful. For many years they remained the stuff of dreams and of far-fetched stories told around the campfire at night. Nobody I knew had ever seen one in the wild and I never thought that I would either. But that didn’t stop me dreaming…
Shooting Infrared Photos of Barn Owls at Night
Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas was recently challenged to recreate his photos of African wildlife in the UK. This 3.5-minute video shows how he went about shooting beautiful nighttime infrared photos of barn owls.
Camtraptions Unveils New PIR Motion Sensor for Wildlife Camera Trapping
Camtraptions, the brainchild of wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, has released the latest infrared motion sensor in its line-up. Used for wildlife camera trapping, these sensors activate a camera should an animal move past it.
Photographing African Wildlife Under the Stars at Night
The low-light capabilities of modern cameras allow us to photograph wildlife in ways that would previously have been impossible. Over the last year or so, I have pushed my cameras to the limits in order to take striking images of nocturnal African animals.
Lion Cub and Supermoon Eclipse Captured in a Single Frame
The photo above is a perfect example of when preparation and luck meet, shake hands, and press down your shutter in unison. Captured by wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas, the photo shows a lion cub in the foreground with last September's supermoon eclipse in the background.
These Rare Wildlife Photos Were Captured with Five Canon DSLR Camera Traps
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas was asked by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) last year to shoot high-quality photos of some of Africa's most elusive animals. It's extremely difficult to stumble upon some of them, so Burrard-Lucas decided to set up 5 Canon DSLR camera traps. Over 3 months, the project managed to capture a large number of beautiful close-up photos of hyenas, lions, leopards, and other skittish creatures.
Herds of Wildebeest Look Like Swarms of Ants in This Engrossing ‘Great Migration’ Time-Lapse
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas -- a favorite of both meerkats and PetaPixel -- recently captured this time-lapse of the 'Great Migration' of wildebeest in Northern Serengeti, Tanzania.
Video: This is What It’s Like to Photograph a Wild, Territorial Silverback Gorilla
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas -- of adorable Meerkat photography fame -- recently went on a trip to the Republic of Congo to photograph a wild silverback gorilla. He came back with some awesome photos, which you can see below, but not without putting himself in a teensy bit of danger along the way.
Photos and Video of Meerkats Climbing All Over a Photographer and His Gear
While out shooting meerkats in Botswana, photographer Will Burrard-Lucas transformed into the most adorable look-out post in the history of human-animal interactions, and if you don't believe us, just take a look at the pictures and his behind the scenes video we've included below.
Close-Up Photos of Wild Lions Captured with an Armored “BeetleCam”
UK-based wildlife photographers Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas got the Internet's attention a couple years ago with the BeetleCam, a special remote controlled DSLR that allowed them to capture close-up photos of animals in the wild that photographers would have difficultly strolling up to. After the success of that experiment, they decided to return to Africa last summer with upgraded (and armored) versions of the BeetleCam in order to photograph lions in Kenya.