Zambia, 3 weeks (many pictures)

We have just returned from a 3 week tour through Zambia.
Most of the time we have done walking safaris, which gives you a very different experience than sitting in a (save) car.
It has been a very intense experience.

I hope you enjoy the some of the pictures we have made.

Zambia is a beautifull country, in several areas you will not find any other tourists and there is an ambudance of wildlive. Since wildlive is not as used to humans as in Tanzania or Kenia, you'll need to work harder to find it and to approach it.

In these 3 weeks we have visited the:
- Kafue NP (Mukambi area and the Busanka Plains bush camp),
- South Luangwa (Kafunta and Kafunta Island Bush cam),
- North Luangwa (Kutandala bush camp),
- Livingstone.

We made +2100 photo's and almost 6 hours of HD video.
My standard setup was:
- K-7 & DA* 60-250mm combination, during daylight often complemented with a Kenko 1.5x TC.
- K10D & DA* 16-50mm.

Let's start with a few cats from the Kafue NP:

Leopard at night:



Lion at night:



Chetaahs:



Male lion (there were 4 males lying next to the road):



A cerval:



I'll put more pictures in responses to this thread.

- Bert

[bymy141]

A few birds in the Kafue NP:

Yellow billed stork:



A few vultures:





Crown cranes in flight:



Black Ibis in flight:



African Fish eagle:

[bymy141]

Mating in process:

[68wSteve]

Originally Posted by bymy141

Mating in process:

Shouldnt this have NSFW ??? haha

Sidenote: i really like the first 2

[OrenMc]

Originally Posted by 68wSteve

Shouldnt this have NSFW ??? haha

Sidenote: i really like the first 2

Nice shots. I would love to have the K7 and Da* 60-250 combo.

Here is another NSFW shot on my last safari in Wyoming

[68wSteve]

Originally Posted by OrenMc

Nice shots. I would love to have the K7 and Da* 60-250 combo.

Here is another NSFW shot on my last safari in Wyoming

gives new meaning to "hung like a horse"?? hahahahahha

[bymy141]

I wonder what kind of humor these photos will trigger....
By the way, I'd rather have a Pentax DA* implementation of Tokina's 80-400mm, instead of a DA* 60-250 and an 1.5x TC.

- Bert

A few sun rises:







And some sun downs:

[Jonson PL]

You got some really good ones, in between. Thanks for showing

[the swede]

Fantastic sunset shots. Realy love the first one there!

[fredg]

To answer your question, I really like these

Especially those where I added comments in the quote :

Originally Posted by bymy141

I wonder what kind of humor these photos will trigger....
By the way, I'd rather have a Pentax DA* implementation of Tokina's 80-400mm, instead of a DA* 60-250 and an 1.5x TC.

- Bert

A few sun sets:

>> My favorite for the 3D effect : I'd like to wake up with such sight


>> I like the reflection on this one, may be with upper square crop ?


And some sun downs:

>> Beautiful too. I should crop and keep the left square but I'm too much obsessed with my old Yashica these days


>> Good night

[bymy141]

Originally Posted by fredg

To answer your question, I really like these

Especially those where I added comments in the quote :

Oops, I guess I was wrong in the text, the first 3 pictures were taken just before / after sun rise.
Actually the first was taken at the Busanga Plains, you can see the Lechwe antillopes in the mist. Although tropical it is cold there in the morning (frost on the grass), because of the average hight of the plains.
I've got a whole series of photos of that morning, it was very hard to decide which one to post here, they are all magical.

The light in Africa in the morning and late afternoon is so different, so good from Europe. I've taken most of my best pictures between 5:30 - 7:30 am and 17:30 - 18:15 pm.

No, all pictures are as is, no crops.

- Bert

PS I've added 2 more pics to that reply.

[Ash]

Remarkable safari pics Bert.
You have many classic captures from these - all shot to perfection.
The wild cats at night are quite a treat.
How were these guys lit for the photos?
Sunrise/sunset ones are all lovely.
Well done with them all and thanks for sharing.

[Nels]

Very much like your shots. Thanks for posting and sharing them as well as insights of your k-7

[Trig]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing.

[Taff]

few good ones