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07-24-2017, 04:02 AM
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What a beautiful and diverse country.
And it's really a truth, when another person says: "When you come to Africa and you get the virus in your body, you'll be back as soon as possible.:)"
This is how it happened with us. Since 2013, we visit this beautiful country for the third time.
The first time we started our trip from Cape Town, drove along the coast from the Garden Route and spent 5 nights near the Kruger NP.
The whole trip was self-booked, - flights, hotel, B & B and the car for our self drive.
And believe me, there are so many places to discover things and nature, there that would suffice for so many journeys.
For us Europeans, it is always impressive to be able to experience this wide range of landscapes.
So again, my invitation to discover this country.
I will not always appear in chronological order.
But now, we are starting ,- January 2013
1. Amazing view: from the Table Mountain, down to Cape Town City
2. Another Place : on the way to the Cape of Good Hoop
Cape of Good Hope - Wikipedia
Look to Hout Bay, from the Chapman's Peak Drive
Chapman?s Peak Drive ? Wikipedia
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10-12-2017, 08:15 AM
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Dragonfly at egg laying - planing the next generation :)
Botanical garden in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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10-12-2017, 08:50 AM
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10-06-2017, 12:47 PM
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10-11-2017, 05:18 AM
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03-09-2017, 01:53 AM
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looks different.
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02-08-2017, 03:38 AM
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Early mornings can sometimes let you down and others times make your day
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01-27-2017, 10:48 PM
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(x posted on the 300mm club)
Got out today (finally after a couple weeks !) and found a lifer!
Good Light was not there, but at least the snow adds a little plus!
Pentax K-1 + FA*250-600 @ 250mm, f6.3, 1/1250s, 4000 ISO
Chouette lapone / Great Grey Owl [Strix nebulosa] by Sylvain Cote, sur Flickr
Thanks for watching (larger size on Flickr)
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01-28-2017, 01:35 AM
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First out of 2017! Ok, almost the first month have passed, but sometimes editing and posting takes time.. Second time working with Alicja, hope you like them! Also, I found the FA100 F2.8 Macro to work very well as a portrait lens. On with the focus limiter for safety, then its fast AF, sharp, good focal length for portrait work. A bit on the heavy side perhaps, and while not slow not super fast either.
Pentax K-3 II, SMC Pentax-FA 100mm F2.8 Macro, 1/180 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100
Pentax K-3 II, SMC Pentax-FA 100mm F2.8 Macro, 1/180 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100
Pentax K-3 II, SMC Pentax-FA 100mm F2.8 Macro, 1/180 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100
Pentax K-3 II, SMC Pentax-FA 100mm F2.8 Macro, 1/180 sec at f/6.3, ISO 100
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01-06-2017, 12:15 PM
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Best of 2016 - "Frozen forest"
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01-21-2017, 08:54 AM
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K-1 and Tamrn SP AF 300 ƒ2.8 with HD DA 1.4 TC.
400 ISO ƒ4, AV mode.
I was out there doing this routine in Algonquin Park, at the Cameron Road parking lot off of Opeongo road, a favourite destination for those who like to hold their hands out with a few seeds on it and have bird land on it.
This images is really taken a few kms down the road, at the Costello Creek picnic area. But I digress.
I was actually there to try and photograph the Grey Jays, who never turned up.
A lot of what you do is sit there with your eyes scanning the area looking for movement.
I'm also getting images of other birds coming to the seed I'd placed in strategic locations.
When looking for Gray Jays who are often carrion feeders, I often mix in small chunks of cheese, chopped dog kibble, chopped nuts and small chopped up bread cubes and peanuts in the shell.. Often there are other shooters in the parking lot, with their own seed mixes. I try and make sure mine is the best. I find, even though it's a mix for the Jays, Chickadees and nuthatches will also eat every part of this mix
There was a little movement off to the side and there was this guy.
This is a shot, but it's not "the shot" After this he moved back off into the bushes and while looking at other things I noticed the sun had moved enough that I was no longer getting the angle I wanted. my shadow was no longer pointing at my little pile of bird feed in the snow bank,
I left that pile to the Blue Jays and Chickadees, and set up a new pile in a snow bank on the other side of the plowed road.. There is a tree where when the Grey Jay pair come they often sit in the branches and check out the scene before diving in. I set up where if the Jays landed in that tree I'd have a good angle to the sun for some great pictures of them in a natural environment, and decent bokeh.
7 minutes later the young pine marten came out of the forest near my new food pile and started eating. He didn't seem to care, even when I moved slowly, changing position for better angles. He even stayed there when at one point a car drove between us.
Some direct light, dark background and bokeh, that's what I go for.
Images like this are determined by feed pile placement. He's not going where you want him to go unless he has incentive. This placement gave me the bokeh I wanted, after about 3 tries.
A bunch of birders turned up and he slowly retreated into the forest. He seemed fine with just one photographer, if there was going to be 5 that was too much. After he left the Jays came and took what was left. They had an interesting strategy. Half of them sat up in the tree to see if the pine marten was coming back, the other half pigged out at the feed pile. Pine Martins prey on small birds, I've seen Jays fly off into the woods tailing one, making sure everyone knew exactly where he was.
A guard Jay.
The Grey Jays never did come. Sometimes you just take what you can get.
Earlier in the day I did get some Grey Jay images by crashing another photographer's set up. I personally wouldn't have done what he did, but he was doing it his way, so nothing to stop me from moving up beside him. His whole focus was back lighting for that little bit of highlight you see outlining the jays, and a dark background with good bokeh. There was only one part of the parking lot that was good for him. Personally I prefer a dark background as he does, but direct lighting, for truer colour and contrast.
I didn't even have to put out any peanuts.
All these images require layered clothing that will allow you to sit comfortably out in the cold and wait it out.
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01-22-2017, 07:04 PM
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After four days backpacking on the Lost Coast Trail in California the fog finally cleared and we were gifted a sunset. You can't see it in the picture but there were whales blowing their spouts a little ways out. A truly perfect ending to a great trip!
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12-31-2016, 06:10 PM
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01-19-2017, 03:11 PM
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A quickly changing January sunrise over the Piedmont of North Carolina.
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12-31-2016, 01:31 PM
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01-10-2017, 01:32 PM
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A 30 shots HDR panorama of the Charterhouse of Trisulti, a monastery located in Collepardo (central Italy), on the slopes of Monte Rotonaria at about 900 meters above the sea level. It was consecrated in 1211 and now it is still active and operating.
The name Trisulti could derive from latin tres saltibus, meaning "At the three jumps": this was the name of a castle of the baronal Colonna family which commanded the three passes ("jumps") leading to Abruzzo, Rome and Ciociaria.
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01-04-2017, 10:34 PM
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01-15-2017, 07:02 PM
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01-12-2017, 01:53 PM
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 Spotted in Cape Town
---------- Post added 01-12-17 at 01:59 PM ----------
Sorry forgot to add the photo
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01-12-2017, 06:07 PM
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An amazing early morning shoot of lava fields at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, shot from a helicopter at a height of probably 20-25 feet. One of the coolest experiences of my life.
Link to original size (with different watermark placement): Lava Creatures: The Claw (Flickr)
I incorrectly entered the lens as 150-450. It was actually taken with D FA Pentax 24-70 (I had 2 bodies with me, one with the long lens and one with the shorter).
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01-10-2017, 03:33 PM
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01-10-2017, 10:36 PM
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it makes me feel cool!
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01-10-2017, 11:53 PM
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After Living in New Zealand for a year this has been the first and only time I have been able to see the Southern Lights and capture them. It's times like this when the camera doesn't impact the experience. Entry-level camera, killer results. Happy New years
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01-09-2017, 09:14 AM
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A few of the locals out for a ski.
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01-09-2017, 09:15 AM
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