In wildlife photography you often find moments that you just could not predict. This was one of them. Nikon D7000, Nikon 300mm VR II, 1/160, f/4.5, ISO 800 Now, apart from the fact that it is completely despicable that anyone would just toss a beer bottle out into the bush, this image did bring a [...]
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Was looking for a specific lion image when I found this one. Nikon D3s, Nikon 300mm VR II, 1/160, f/2.8, ISO 2500 We were driving home after an afternoon game drive when we came around the corner the lioness and her two youngsters walked on the road straight towards us and then disappeared off into [...]
Photographing a Lion Cub with a 1DMIV at an ISO of 12,800
The best wildlife possibilities seem to happen around suck and dawn as this is when all the most sought after subjects are out and about. So that bring us to, yeah you guessed it, low light ability and noise. Having equipment that allows you to shoot during these challenging times and still produce quality results [...]
Quick Pic – Lion Cub
Lion Cub Nikon D300, Nikon 80-400 @ 400mm, 1/400, f/5.6, ISO 800 Madikwe Game Reserve Until next time. Gerry van der Walt * * *
Daily Photo: Leopard Cub
Leopard Cub Madikwe Game Reserve, 28 December 2007, 17h53 Nikon D50, Sigma 50-500 @500m, 1/500, f/6.7, ISO 800 ___________________________ The leopard is definitely the holy grail of African wildlife photography. I photographed the above youngster a few years ago and as I was looking through an image for this post it caught my eye. The [...]
