Giraffes Have Long Necks

 Africa, Animals, Botswana, Travel  3 Responses »
Apr 012013
 

I’m Time-lapsing

I’m writing this from an interesting location tonight, perched on top of a rock at the far end of Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda. I’m making use of the Digicel Hotspot here while shooting a timelapse. I took the photo to the right on my Blackberry, a few hours ago.

I decided to timelapse Horseshoe as the time moves from early evening to night. It was a beautiful sunset tonight. Unfortunately, I think I overexposed the whole thing. Not too bad though, I can come back here again. Assuming I find a way down off this rock.

Today’s Photo: Giraffes Have Long Necks

Well… they do!!

There’s no trickery involved in today’s shot like the one from a few days ago of two giraffes grazing in Botswana.

Close-up of giraffe face and neck with small bird resting on the mane in Botswana.

 

 

 

Two Giraffe in Botswana

 Africa, Animals, Botswana, Travel  5 Responses »
Mar 252013
 

We’d come through rain, a lot of rain, to get to this spot. Soaking wet, pools of water collected in my guide-provided poncho. We came round a corner to discover about twenty giraffe, spread across a broad flat landscape. I carefully pulled my camera from beneath he puddle-filled poncho, spilling water all over my travel buddies in  the process, and began to fire away.

When I saw these two giraffe, I knew exactly what I wanted. Both of them with their heads up, pointing towards the center of the photo. I didn’t actually manage to get this in the same photo. So when it came to producing this image, I wound up using two sets of bracketed photos. So I had two with regular exposure, two at -2 and two at +2.

I used Photomatix’s ghosting removal tool to pick the images of each giraffe I wanted and voila, the image I had in my head in Africa was now on my screen in Bermuda.

Two giraffe eating leaves in Chobe, Botswana

Elephant in Botswana

 Africa, Animals, Botswana, Travel  2 Responses »
Mar 182013
 

We spotted this guy on our way to safari in Botswana’s Chobe National Park. We were driving along a paved road prior to turning off onto the dirt tracks we’d spend the next few hours exploring. All of a sudden, the paved road became lined by elephants, munching away, not the least bit bothered by all the cars driving past.

Elephant with white tusks eating in botswana

Penguins at Boulders Beach, South Africa

 Africa, Animals, Cape Town, South Africa, Travel  2 Responses »
Mar 102013
 

I could spend days on end watching the penguins waddle about at Boulders Bay. These two had left the masses on the beach for a higher local atop the boulders. The one on the right seemed to be battling with a bit of an itch.

Two Penguins on top of boulders in front of clear blue sky at Boulders Bay, South Africa

Valentines Day Penguin

 Africa, Animals, South Africa, Travel  5 Responses »
Feb 142013
 

I thought this little baby penguin with a pink heart painted on his chest was fitting for today. He lives on Boulder’s Bay, in Simonstown, South Africa, along with a colony of African Penguins. They used to be called Jackass Penguins because of the noise they make.

No other penguins were marked like this, so I really have no idea why he’s got this little heart painted on him.

A baby african jackass penguin with a pink heart painted on it's chest on the beach at Boulders Bay South Africa

Basking Croc, Upper Zambezi, Zambia

 Africa, Animals, Travel, Zambia  1 Response »
Feb 102013
 

While on a booze cruise just above the Victoria Falls in Livingstone Zambia I spotted this guy resting on the bank. He’s actually a baby, which is probably why his teeth are such a bright white. Even at his age he’s got that menacing, sly look crocodiles are so good at it.

Close up of a young menacing looking crocodile resting on a bank above Victoria Falls in Zambia.

Drinking Giraffe, Chobe National Park, Botswana

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Feb 092013
 

Our jeep rumbled down the dirt road towards the river. Then, as we entered the flat lands surrounding the water we saw dozens of giraffe milling about. I really wanted to see one drink. As the truck pulled away I thought I wasn’t going to be that lucky. Then this guy decided to take a sip.

Giraffe drinking in the flat lands next to a river in Chobe National Park, Botswana

Back from Africa and Two Love Bird Penguins

 Africa, Animals, Cape Town, South Africa, Travel  1 Response »
Jan 112013
 

I’m back from a great journey through South Africa, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. I know I’m loads of pictures behind, but I’m going to make up for it, as soon as I’m over this jet-lag. For today, here’s a photo of a penguin couple at Boulder’s Bay, near Simonstown, South Africa.

Two African Penguins or Jackass penguins and their shadows on a sandy beach at Boulder's Bay, South Africa.

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