A Quick One
Busy week, busy day so gonna make this a quick one.
Judging by the comments Mitchell Krog’s guest post yesterday was very well received. Apart from truly amazing images Mitchell shares some amazing insights into his approach to wildlife photography – thanks Mitchell! My original post today was going to be on mistakes, or missed shots, [...]
Daily Photo: Lion Feeding on Young Zebra
Lion Feeding on Young Zebra
Madikwe Game Reserve, 26 February 2010, 17h19
Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/160, f/5.6, ISO 640
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If you have ever watched lions feeding you will know that it is a very clinical scene. The lions go about finishing their meal in a very step-by-step fashion. I am not referring to the actual [...]
New Images Added: Hein Welman
Hein Welman has just added new images to the Photo-Africa Stock Library.
Male Lion by Hein Welman
Black Backed Jackal by Hein Welman
To view more of or purchase any of Hein’s images click here.
More soon.
Gerry
African Moments
First off a big thanks to Hilton Kotze for his guest post yesterday where apart from a killer sequence, excuse the pun, he share some solid advise for aspiring wildlife photographers. Make sure to go and check out his blog or, if you are keen on improving your wildlife photography, join him on a photographic [...]
DOF in Wildlife Photography
Even though photography is a creative craft, a certain amount if technical knowledge is required to lift that craft to the next level.
For me, one of the most important skills any aspiring wildlife photographer should learn is the understanding and control of the depth of field (DOF) in their images. The ability to isolate your [...]
Bad Boys
Sometimes things just work out and when you have options it’s just so much better.
Yesterday morning we spent almost two hours with a pride of lions consisting of two large males, two females and five cubs of about 4 months of age. Great sighting which included lions feeding on a wildebeest, lions roaring, cubs playing, [...]
New Images Added: Gavin Tonkinson
Gavin Tonkinson has just added new images to the Photo-Africa Stock Library.
Male Lion Up a Tree (B&W) by Gavin Tonkinson
Big Yawn by Gavin Tonkinson
To view more of or purchase any of Gavin’s images click here.
More soon.
Gerry
Watermarking Your Images
Since yesterday’s post I have received a few interesting wildlife photography questions so I will definitely do another Q&A post in future. Feel free to keep asking away!
I had a recent request for a quick run through on how you can add text or an image watermark to your images. I decided on this image [...]
Seeing Double
It’s quite strange to look through older images and then see the same composition pop up again and again.
Yesterday I was looking for a specific lion image when I noticed a couple of images which looked very similar. The two images were shot about four years apart. Different lions, different cameras, different light but very similar [...]
Heavyweight Fight
Seeing two male lions have a go at each other is an amazing sight!
Yeah yeah I know I said that I am going to try and photograph other subjects rather than lions! The thing is that I quite like the following sequence of two fully grown male lions having a fight and I also kinda [...]
Lion Portraits
A while ago I did a post on African icons and which animals stand out as truly African.
Some of the other species that was mentioned as possible icons included giraffe, cheetah and elephant but by looking back at Photo-Africa over the last few weeks it seems that lions still rank up there as some of [...]
Shoot Something for the First Time
The last few weeks have been crazy but what a ride!
After a fantastic three week break it’s back to work and with new ideas, mixed feelings and a whole lot of inspiration there is no doubt that 2010 is gearing up to be quite an interesting year. The break away from wildlife and lodges was [...]
Five Wildlife Images
As you have seen, and read in yesterday’s post, I change the five slideshow images at the top of the blog every month.
It’s always an interesting exercise to go through my images to choose five for the slideshow. Here are the images I chose for February and a few thoughts on each.
I shot this image [...]
Take a Moment
Something we all do a lot too little of is to take a moment for ourselves. I know I don’t.
Adele and I have just returned from an absolutely amazing trip to Bangkok. Now this place must be the furtherest thing from wildlife and nature you can imagine. It’s insane! It is an overwhelming attack [...]
Until Next Week
Even though the year is just beginning, tomorrow my holiday officially starts!
I was going to do a few posts in advance and have them upload automatically during the time while I am in Thailand but then decided against it. It would have been very easy to just go through my older images, select a few [...]
New Images Added: Gerry van der Walt
I have just added 14 new images to the Photo-Africa Stock Library.
White Rhino in Black & White
Male Lion in Black & White
To view more of or purcahse any of my images click here.
More soon.
Gerry
Daily Photo: Intense Lion Portrait
Intense Lion Portrait
Madikwe Game Reserve
Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 200mm, 1/60, f/2..8, ISO 1250
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This was another one of those great sighting, poor light situations. The Kgala male, probably one of the best looking lions in the Madikwe Game Reserve, was giving us a fantastic roaring exhibition as the sun was going down. An absolutely awesome [...]
Share Your Work
Today has been insane but I finally found some time to make a cup of coffee, sit down and do today’s post.
You see, even though I spend the most of my time on the African bush it is still nice to get away every now and then. Tomorrow my wife and I head to Johannesburg [...]
Daily Photo: This is Mine
This is Mine
Madikwe Game Reserve
Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 100mm, 1/60, f/2.8, ISO 3200
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Last night we sat watching two male lions on a kill. As it is, that makes for a fantastic sighting but as with many predator sightings, you normally find yourself shooting late in the evening as the light is disappearing – fast. [...]
Guest Post: “Wildlife Photographs That Work” by Chad Cocking
Greetings Photo-Africa readers!
My name is Chad Cocking, and for the last three years I have been working at a field guide in the northern Timbavati Private Game Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger Park. I was based at Motswari Game Lodge, a warm and welcoming camp that allowed me to live a dream and be [...]
The Ready-or-Not Shot
This last weekend has been pretty good for wildlife photography.
This does not necessarily mean that the sighings were mind blowing, but there was always something special. Great light, a certain body position or great natural composition. That special ingredient is what we, as wildlife photographers, look for when photographing animals in the wild. I must [...]
January 2010 – Free Wallpaper Downloads
New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on [...]
Seven African Wildlife Images (for your iPhone!)
Right, after a bit of tech-talk with yesterday’s iPhone applications back to wildlife photography.
Before carrying on, I have to however mention I was informed that there is in fact an iPhone application called Sit or Squat which can find you a restroom anywhere in the world. So there you go. An application for absolutely anything.
I [...]
New Images Added: Gerry van der Walt
I have just added 18 new images to the Photo-Africa Stock Library.
Lion Silhouette by Gerry van der Walt
Elephant Portrait by Gerry van der Walt
To view more of or purchase any of my images click here.
More soon.
Gerry
