Author Topic: Namaqualand Spring  (Read 1341 times)

armando_m

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Re: Namaqualand Spring
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2017, 15:13:43 »
Great images of such a beautiful place

My favorite is 5519 with the big antelope (?) in the middle of the blue/violet field of flowers
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Re: Namaqualand Spring
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2017, 20:09:14 »
Frank pin-pointed exactly why a Forum like NikonGear is so much fun, so interesting and also so educational: we all see a situation differently, react to it differently and treat it differently photographically as well. Then we have NG on which to share our vision.

Armando mentioned the antelope: he is a Blesbok with dramatic brown, black and white markings.

The Blesbok and another closely-related breed, the Bontebok, were heading for extinction some years ago but major efforts of conservation have succeeded in reversing that.

There is a small National Park near Swellendam that has been created as a Bontebok Reserve. I have taken a lot of photographs of Bontebok there.