[TDvN57]

Elephant sand bath (shower).

645z 28-45mm@28mm cropped

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[TDvN57]

I think this is a kingfisher.

645z 150-300mm@150

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Elephant brotherhood with cousin hippo watching.

645z + 150-300mm @150

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Leopard resting after dragging kill into a tree.

645z + 150-300mm @ 300mm

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[Franc]

I think this is a kingfisher.

645z 150-300mm@150

no, its more like a Lilac-Breasted Roller

[sugus]

Black rhino mother and calf. 645z + FA 400mm

A 35mm would be better. Much better

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The king of the jungle.

I thought thats me .....

[dsmithhfx]

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Great wildlife pics! Thanks for posting.

[From1980]

Black rhino mother and calf. 645z + FA 400mm

These African wildlife shots are great. I was hoping someone would show medium format could do more things if one were patient enough. Even if these animals are on a preserve and accustomed to people you have shown the techniques required are not limited to the use of smaller cameras. Come to think of it, some Canikons with a grip and long lens are pretty close to the size of your equipment anyway.

[TDvN57]

These African wildlife shots are great. I was hoping someone would show medium format could do more things if one were patient enough. Even if these animals are on a preserve and accustomed to people you have shown the techniques required are not limited to the use of smaller cameras. Come to think of it, some Canikons with a grip and long lens are pretty close to the size of your equipment anyway.

My wife has a D810 and she did not have any advantage. As long as you have autofocus, it works. Haven't tried bird shots with a long lens yet, but I can see manual focus will be a disadvantage on those long 645 lenses. My most favorite lens was the 150-300 because of the zoom to recompose the shot from a fixed location.

Some shots were taken in the Timbavati where some animals cross over from the 'deep' Kruger and have not encountered many humans. This is an advantage because they seem indifferent and ignore you. Real wild elephants on the other hand are very distrusting of anything they don't recognize, including humans.

[TDvN57]

This elephant is part of a 'wild' herd that came out of the 'deep' Kruger. Our guide and pro photographer told us the small tusks is a phenomenon they see as the big tuskers are poached, the small tuskers start to dominate the gene pool.

The difference in behavior towards us from this herd compared with a resident herd was noticeable.

[sculptormic]

FA 45-85

[Reggie1958]

5 minutes before and after sunrise over the foggy English marshes...experimenting with something different, and breaking all the rules of composition.....these JPEGS are also much softer and paler than the TIFFS on my editing monitor....

Me like, well done
what rules did you break?

[sugus]

645D, SMC Pentax-A 645 35mm

[Ristretto]

Pentax 645D with 2.8/90mm MACRO

[mikeSF]

Two fresh ones from yesterday before the rain hit.

Cataract Falls
A75/2.8 on 645Z. Multi-frame pano

Cataract Falls
A120/4 Macro on 645Z. Multi-frame pano