Welcome to May! It’s the beginning of another month which means it’s time for this month’s free desktop wallpaper downloads! As always, each of the three wallpapers are available in two sizes. The large versions are sized at 2560 x 1600 and small one at 1280 x 800. To download your favorite, without the frames, [...]
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Photo Recipe – Water Shapes
Water Shapes Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 70-200 IS II @ 200mm, 1/1250, f/2.8, ISO 400 Ingredients: Thirsty Giraffe Waterhole Side lighting Low position to shoot from DLSR camera with medium telephoto lens Fast shutter speed Forward planning Recipe: At the best of times wildlife photography requires a decent amount of luck but if you [...]
Photographing Giraffes
Nikon D300, Nikon 80-400 VR @ 400mm, 1/200, f/5.6, ISO 400 Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa ___________________________ I find Giraffe quite difficult to photograph. Portrait or landscape? How to frame the shot? Strange lines? This is what keeps it interesting though. Trying new ways to shoot the same old subjects. Yesterday we came across two [...]
Daily Photo: Giraffes in Rain
Giraffes in Rain Nikon D300, Nikon 80-400 VR @ 400mm, 1/15, f/5.6, ISO 200 Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa _________________________ I captured the above image a few days ago in pouring rain. We were sitting at a watering hole in the Madikwe Game Reserve as the rain started coming down harder and harder. Eventually it [...]
Season’s Greetings!
Thank you for all the comments, Facebook messages, tweets and emails. It is the support and encouragement that keeps me doing what I do and I am very excited to see where things go in 2011. I wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2011. Travel safe, spend time with [...]
