Re: GESO: Unusual wildlife images.

2024-09-16 Thread Alan C

Thanks, John & Larry.

I don't bother much with the usual run-off-the mill game shots any more 
- they tend to get rather overdone!  John, South Africa is a cheap 
destination with the current exchange rate. The Kruger Park with 
self-drive is very affordable compared with the posh private game 
reserves & lodges. Much cheaper than East Africa & Botswana. In fact, 
all organised tours are very expensive.  We get a lot of tourists 
particularly from the Netherlands coming through Phalaborwa every year 
in hired Campervans, sometimes in mini-convoys.


Much cooler today after 3 days of almost 40°C - unheard off in Sept. 
Hopefully we won't hit 50 in Summer.


Alan C

On 15-Sep-24 07:32 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Yes, nice images, I particularly like the zebras because it is unusual.




On Sep 15, 2024, at 10:20 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:

Nice. I don't think I'm ever going to get to Africa to photograph.



I want to, but life isn't cooperating ...

This sentence describes so much of what is going on in my life.





On 9/14/2024 3:54 AM, Alan C wrote:

We decided to drive north in the Kruger Park yesterday. Unfortunately it turned out 
to be a very hot, uncomfortable day. The first image is a distant shot at 300mm of 
a Maribou Stork apparently arguing with it's shadow at Pioneer Dam below Mopani 
Camp where we had lunch. With the very dry prevailing conditions, the Dam is a 
magnet for parched wildlife. Many Elephants, Wildebeest, Zebras & Impalas were 
in evidence with a smattering of others plus a lot of waterfowl. The other image 
(Scroll R) is of Zebras drinking from a waterhole dug by Elephants in a riverbed. 
Elephants have the advantage of a trunk!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53993570671/
K5 & DA 55-300 WR
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Re: GESO: Unusual wildlife images.

2024-09-15 Thread Larry Colen
Yes, nice images, I particularly like the zebras because it is unusual.



> On Sep 15, 2024, at 10:20 AM, John Sessoms  wrote:
> 
> Nice. I don't think I'm ever going to get to Africa to photograph.


> I want to, but life isn't cooperating ...

This sentence describes so much of what is going on in my life.


> 
> 
> 
> On 9/14/2024 3:54 AM, Alan C wrote:
>> We decided to drive north in the Kruger Park yesterday. Unfortunately it 
>> turned out to be a very hot, uncomfortable day. The first image is a distant 
>> shot at 300mm of a Maribou Stork apparently arguing with it's shadow at 
>> Pioneer Dam below Mopani Camp where we had lunch. With the very dry 
>> prevailing conditions, the Dam is a magnet for parched wildlife. Many 
>> Elephants, Wildebeest, Zebras & Impalas were in evidence with a smattering 
>> of others plus a lot of waterfowl. The other image (Scroll R) is of Zebras 
>> drinking from a waterhole dug by Elephants in a riverbed. Elephants have the 
>> advantage of a trunk!
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53993570671/
>> K5 & DA 55-300 WR
>> Alan C
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> these ads" ... I *AM* on Flickr Pro. Stupid computers! 😕
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Re: GESO: Unusual wildlife images.

2024-09-15 Thread John Sessoms
Nice. I don't think I'm ever going to get to Africa to photograph. I 
want to, but life isn't cooperating ...




On 9/14/2024 3:54 AM, Alan C wrote:
We decided to drive north in the Kruger Park yesterday. Unfortunately it 
turned out to be a very hot, uncomfortable day. The first image is a 
distant shot at 300mm of a Maribou Stork apparently arguing with it's 
shadow at Pioneer Dam below Mopani Camp where we had lunch. With the 
very dry prevailing conditions, the Dam is a magnet for parched 
wildlife. Many Elephants, Wildebeest, Zebras & Impalas were in evidence 
with a smattering of others plus a lot of waterfowl. The other image 
(Scroll R) is of Zebras drinking from a waterhole dug by Elephants in a 
riverbed. Elephants have the advantage of a trunk!


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53993570671/

K5 & DA 55-300 WR

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