Monthly Archives: March 2010

African wild dog pup

African Wild Dogs.

 An endangered species, African Wild Dogs are extraordinarily effective hunters. Hunting as a pack, they rely on endurance and teamwork for success.

Final image

The Francolin – What lurks in the shadows

Eking the most out of a horribly under exposed image using Photoshop Lightroom.

Baby Elephant with twigs.

A Baby Elephant adorns itself with twigs. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Elephant, a low viewpoint

Early morning light, the framing flexibility of a zoom lens and a low viewpoint, provide for a dramatic image.

When titans meet

One of the nice features in Adobe Lightroom is its monochrome processing capability.

Giant Eagle Owl, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Verreaux’s Eagle Owl – Bubo Lacteus, also known as the Giant Eagle Owl. Early morning, in fact about 20 to 30 minutes before sunrise, so really low light levels. It’s a testament to digital technology that we were able to get useful photographs of these birds at all.

African Darter in tree, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Photographed as it was drying its wings in a tree, darters are a common sight in the Okavango Delta region. The darter (Anhinga rufa), is sometimes called the snakebird because of its habit of swimming with only its head and neck, snake-like, above the water.

Wounded Leopard

Leopards are territorial and will attack or even kill other leopards that enter their vicinity.

Palmtrees, Okavango Delta, Botswana

essentially the same subject material can be approached and photographed in different ways to give quite a different effect or feel.