When you look at the image below, what do you see? Yeah, it’s an elephant. But there’s more. It’s an African scene with an African wildlife subject. It’s Africa, or at least a small part thereof. You see, all too often, when we are our photographing wildlife, we only look for the winners. The image [...]
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OMG, it’s a Canon!
I recently entered a photo competition, something I don’t do nearly enough of, and was pleasantly surprised to find out that I won! This was my winning image (which appeared in last months edition of Africa Geographic). The competition was run for people who work in Game Reserves and the idea, I suppose, was to [...]
Daily Photo: An African Moment
An African Moment Madikwe Game Reserve, 14 August 2010, 07h00 Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/640, f/5.6, ISO 400 ____________________________ The in-your-face portraits of Africa’s big cats are special. Very special. But there is more. There are moments, many moments, when you find yourself staring at a scene that is, well, special. Even though [...]
Guest Post: ‘Living the Dream’ by Paul McDougall
When Gerry asked me to write this, I was completely shocked I had actually looked on here a few weeks back in complete awe at the guest posts on here. I commented on David Lloyds post and after reading that thought, I’d love to get this chance. Then the message came, it actually came the [...]
Daily Photo: African Magic
African Magic Madikwe Game Reserve, 19 April 2010, 17h53 Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/2000, f/16, ISO 200 ___________________________ Yeah, yeah I know. African sunsets have been photographed a million times before but I still think they are amazing. If you have ever stood watching the sun go down over the African savannah you [...]
