Author Topic: Blutkuppe, Namibia (Read 4620 times)

Peter Connan · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2019, 15:30:42 »

Just a few of the birds and animals seen along the way:

From first to last:
Blue Wildebeest
Black-backed Jackal
Communal Weaver
Crimson-breasted Shrike
Crowned Lapwing
Lion
Elephant
Black-faced Impala

Øivind Tøien · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2019, 21:14:16 »

Very nice wildlife images too, Peter. I like the straws sticking out of the mouth of the wildebeest. Keep them coming.

Thomas Stellwag · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2019, 22:01:31 »

exceptional pictures and story - thx for sharing this with us

Peter Connan · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2019, 04:57:16 »

Thank you very much Øivind and Thomas.

Peter Connan · « **Reply #19 on:** March 19, 2019, 17:39:42 »

A few more night sky shots.

armando_m · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2019, 22:09:48 »

I hope one day I have the opportunity to shoot the southern night sky

Thanks for sharing !

golunvolo · « **Reply #21 on:** March 19, 2019, 22:19:08 »

Your skies thorough the series are spectacular, day and night. How close were you to those animals?!

Peter Connan · « **Reply #22 on:** March 20, 2019, 04:17:46 »

Thank you very much Armando and Golunvolo

I don't know if this helps, but pretty much all the animal and bird photos were taken with a 500mm lens, and probably cropped to some extent as well

tommiejeep · « **Reply #23 on:** March 20, 2019, 07:11:48 »

Peter, I am still enjoying all. I really like what you've done with the lion cub, or is that dust

. When I was in Kenya my longest was to 70-210 f4 E series

Tom

Peter Connan · « **Reply #24 on:** March 20, 2019, 11:08:23 »

Thank you very much Tom

That is actually a screen of thorn bushes. I only had a very small hole through which to photograph.
Fortunately the 500 f4 has pretty good isolation qualities!

tommiejeep · « **Reply #25 on:** March 20, 2019, 15:03:20 »

Cool , Peter. Yup, Nikons are good for that. Cannot really use Sony for picking out a small bird in a bush. I hope the Z6 can with the new single point. I do not use the 500 f4 G much these days. I just hate it when I make the effort to hump the lens, tripod and gimbal only to have nothing show up worth shooting. Just getting old

. It was great when I could shoot from the jeep using bean bag

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Thanks,
Tom

Frank Fremerey · « **Reply #26 on:** March 20, 2019, 18:54:58 »

I love your wildlife shots. They are so environmental "real life"

Peter Connan · « **Reply #27 on:** March 20, 2019, 19:24:15 »

Tom, here in South Africa most shooting is done from the car with the beanbag. Primarily because we are not allowed out on foot in the game reserves due to the presence of dangerous animals.

Frank thank you very much