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 [...]
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Daily Photo: Old Elephant
Old Elephant Madikwe Game Reserve, 6 September 2010, 16h12 Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/800, f/5, ISO 200 ___________________________ How do you go about portraying your subjects in a single frame? Difficult thing really. Take the above elephant for example. Large, grey and very wrinkly. If that was all that I wanted to show [...]
Daily Photo: Eyes Wide Open
Eyes Wide Open Madikwe Game Reserve, 31 August 2010, 06h46 Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 135mm, 1/125, f/4.0, ISO 320 ___________________________ One male lion on a mission, eyes wide open staring directly at the camera, a little bit of catch light and golden, early morning light makes for a pretty decent lion image. If you [...]
Daily Photo: Oryx
Oryx Namib-Naukluft National Park, 30 October 2008, 10h32 Nikon D300, Sigma 28-200 @ 135mm, 1/640, f/8, ISO 200 (Click thumbnail for larger view) ___________________________ Two day ago I went on about photographing other animals than just the Big 5. I photographed this Oryx in Namibia a few years ago and, even though it is not [...]
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 [...]
