Botswana - photos including pangolin!
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Botswana - photos including pangolin!
Hi Everyone,
Here is the link to my photos. I hope it works! And I hope you enjoy them.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2105151737
My trip report is http://fodors.com/forums/pgMessages....mp;keyword=439
jjmb
Here is the link to my photos. I hope it works! And I hope you enjoy them.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2105151737
My trip report is http://fodors.com/forums/pgMessages....mp;keyword=439
jjmb
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Congratulations JJMB
This is the best collection of lion photos I have seen here in the year I've been in the forum. Many other great shots also. Nice crisp clean colors. What photo gear were you using? And this always comes up, what focal length (35mm equiv.) lens for the lions and then again for the birds? Did you flash for some night shots? Thanks for sharing.
regards - tom
This is the best collection of lion photos I have seen here in the year I've been in the forum. Many other great shots also. Nice crisp clean colors. What photo gear were you using? And this always comes up, what focal length (35mm equiv.) lens for the lions and then again for the birds? Did you flash for some night shots? Thanks for sharing.
regards - tom
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Fantastic pix! The variety of lion action shots at Duba and Zib was amazing. Do you know the ages of the lion cubs at Zib?
Great bird pictures too. Lovely Zib sunsets/sunrises. Majestic cheetah poses. Not only did you get a pangolin on film, you got it in good light! A triumph.
Where did you see the aardwolf at Duba Plains? Just running along, in its den?
There was one photo that I think was a landrover going through water at Duba Plains. It looked like the vehicle was well submerged. Did you do a lot of "snorkeling" there?
Thanks for the wonderful pictures. Is image station a free site? I liked their setup.
Great bird pictures too. Lovely Zib sunsets/sunrises. Majestic cheetah poses. Not only did you get a pangolin on film, you got it in good light! A triumph.
Where did you see the aardwolf at Duba Plains? Just running along, in its den?
There was one photo that I think was a landrover going through water at Duba Plains. It looked like the vehicle was well submerged. Did you do a lot of "snorkeling" there?
Thanks for the wonderful pictures. Is image station a free site? I liked their setup.
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Fabulous photos.
Almost too many to take special note but a few favorites:
Really liked the composition of the the elephant with the water bufffalo.
Adored the very young giraffe and the lion portaits.
The birds in flight - the kestrel, the harriar, were special indeed.
Also very much enjoyed all of the smaller animal shots; the squirrel, the frog, fox and mongoose, but ezpecially the genet.
Thanks so much for sharing all these!
Almost too many to take special note but a few favorites:
Really liked the composition of the the elephant with the water bufffalo.
Adored the very young giraffe and the lion portaits.
The birds in flight - the kestrel, the harriar, were special indeed.
Also very much enjoyed all of the smaller animal shots; the squirrel, the frog, fox and mongoose, but ezpecially the genet.
Thanks so much for sharing all these!
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jjmb,
Fantastic pictures!!! Loved them all......nice to see the duba boys, the silver eyed Tsaro lioness and my fav cheetah boys......some stunning light capturing the pics of the two of them.
Thanks for sharing.....now i'm going to read the trip report.
Hari
Fantastic pictures!!! Loved them all......nice to see the duba boys, the silver eyed Tsaro lioness and my fav cheetah boys......some stunning light capturing the pics of the two of them.
Thanks for sharing.....now i'm going to read the trip report.
Hari
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Fantastic photos! Really brought me back to Duba Plains. Great bird shots, I am especially partial to owls and really liked the 2 pearl-spotted owls of which the 2nd at Zib is actually a barred owl identifiable by the white spots going up the wing to the shoulder so you can twitch a new bird if you are into that. The barred is in the same genus as the pearl- spotted and they look very much alike. Also, loved the barn owl. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for all the lovely compliments on the photos. How can one go wrong with such beautiful subjects? And it's nice for me to share them with people that love safari-ing as much as I do. Some of my friends don't get why we keep going back.
Now to answer the questions:
Tom - I use a Canon 10D, with a 75mm - 300 mm Canon lens (with IS). 99% of the birds are at the full 300mm. With the lions it varied a bit. I used a Canon flash for all the night shots (lion kill, springhare, leopard, dikkop, owls, etc.) I also used a monopod on those. I would stand it on my thigh or the seat of the jeep. I found that there were far fewer shaky shots than on previous attempts.
Atravelynn - the lion cubs at Zib were approx 8 weeks old. There was still a faint blue tinge to their eyes. At Duba, we actually saw 2 aardwolves (or the same one on 2 different days?)The first time we were watching a pair of jackals and we noticed another pair of ears, and it was just sitting in the sun outside it's den, very relaxed. Exciting for me, as it was a first. A couple of days later, we saw one trotting along. The water was getting high at Duba; at the point where the guide gets his seat wet, and we have to lift our bags and feet off the floor. And the floods are still coming in. Image station is a free site.
Johan - so right! Thanks.
Happy to share the pictures with all of you.
Now to answer the questions:
Tom - I use a Canon 10D, with a 75mm - 300 mm Canon lens (with IS). 99% of the birds are at the full 300mm. With the lions it varied a bit. I used a Canon flash for all the night shots (lion kill, springhare, leopard, dikkop, owls, etc.) I also used a monopod on those. I would stand it on my thigh or the seat of the jeep. I found that there were far fewer shaky shots than on previous attempts.
Atravelynn - the lion cubs at Zib were approx 8 weeks old. There was still a faint blue tinge to their eyes. At Duba, we actually saw 2 aardwolves (or the same one on 2 different days?)The first time we were watching a pair of jackals and we noticed another pair of ears, and it was just sitting in the sun outside it's den, very relaxed. Exciting for me, as it was a first. A couple of days later, we saw one trotting along. The water was getting high at Duba; at the point where the guide gets his seat wet, and we have to lift our bags and feet off the floor. And the floods are still coming in. Image station is a free site.
Johan - so right! Thanks.
Happy to share the pictures with all of you.
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I, too, would be very interested in any special technique and lighting you used to get this marvelous collection of images. I guess this may be an example of the value staying in one place for an extended time.
Congratulations.
Congratulations.