Mapula Lodge Photos
 

Pictures from Mapula can be found at

WILD DOG
http://sniktawkwild.zenfolio.com/p784410065

BIRDS
http://sniktawkwild.zenfolio.com/p962610307

OTHERS
http://sniktawkwild.zenfolio.com/p714358589

Lovely photos. You are many classes above most of us. Thankyou so much.

Jan

Professional all the way! WOW!!!

Fantastic photos! Loved your wild dogs. Saw wild dogs in Mala Mala in Dec. Have to see them again so I am going back there in Nov. Hope they are still there.

Loved the photos. What were the birds in photo 17, the large flock?
You have caught the elephant's ears particularly well, the texture and movement in them really appeals to me.
Thanks.

Twaffle

The birds are Quelia, the flock was about 10 times as big as those in the picture. I had unfortunately just packed up my body with wide angle, better luck next time!

Wow, those dogs made my day! What beautiful photos. Thanks for posting.

Great photos, whats the raptor in image 10 in the bird gallery?

Juv bateleur

Ken - nice.

I too am a big fan of the queleas!

They are beautiful when they come over in the thousands. Not easy to photograph - well done.

James

Sorry I have been away and unable to comment. Thank you for your kind comments. You have also reminded me that I have forgotten to post details on the Bird and Others galleries. The Raptor was correctly identified as a Juvenile Bateleur (no prizes).
Just out of interest the Lioness at night was taken using a 500 wide open at F4 on a sand bag, illuminated only by spotlight. The ISO was 6400, no noise reduction was used!

Another big fan of both Ken's photos and especially of quelea.

At Lebala in late July the swarm of quelea was breathtaking: Spencer initially thought the dust being raised was from a herd of buffalo: there were certainly tens of thousands (maybe 100s of thousands) of them making their way bit by bit to the river.

It's a sensory progression when you're in the midst of them. There's the cacophony of the chirping, then a massive roll of thunder (at least that's how it sounds) as their wings beat, followed by the massive shape-shifting ribbon that moves across the sky, leaving behind the telltale cloud of dust. Amazing.

GREAT photos, thanks for sharing.
I really like that owl with the orange eyes!

Ken,

Some cool stuff here.

I know how difficult it is to come up with something interesting.

Greetz,

Johan

Oh man, between you and skimmer and some others, I'm giving up photography. Gorgeous shots. Love those pups.