I have a few pictures from a recent photo/hunting trip to RSA that I thought some of you might enjoy. I have some hunting photos to post once I get copies of them.

Great STUFF!

Now I know how kudus do it. Tick bird is a dick bird.

Keep'em COMING!

Fantastic pictures!

May I ask what camera and lense you used?

Great pic's!

The Ox "Pecker" no pun intented! is getting a little too!

I too would very much like to know the camera outfit!

Wow!

I knew the croc wth the impala looked familiar -- I saw your PBase gallery. Nice shots.

Great Kudu mount

Very good pictures. You have captured things that most Africans never dream of seeing.

Thanks for the comments! It sure was a fun trip.

The first picture is taken with the Canon S2-IS P&S camera.

All the others were taken with either Canon 20D or 10D.

Here are the specs on the second picture
300mm canon lens
300 mm
Subject dist: 12.5m
1/800 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 200

Third picture
Canon 500mm lens with 2.0x teleconverter
1000mm
1/500 sec, f/8
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 200

Fourth picture
Canon 70-200 lens with either 1.4x or 2.0x teleconverter
225mm
1/320 sec, f/6.3
Mode: Manual
Metering: Partial
ISO: 200

The fifth picture
Canon 300mm lens plus 1.4x TC
420mm
1/2000 sec, f/10
Mode: Program
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 800

The last picture
Canon 70-200
85mm
1/500 sec, f/5.6
Mode: Manual
Metering: Partial
ISO: 800
White balance: Aut

If you like birds, this is the first picture I took with the 500mm lens.

Incredible pictures! The lilac-breasted roller is incredible.

Thanks for posting.

Well done! Extremely well done. Do you have an online gallery?

Thank you, I do believe you have made my day with something special. That is what AR is all about! Well done and I hope the pictures and the memories never fade.




Could the Oxpecker have been that oblivious?

Great photos! Especially the action shots of the leopard.

Truly great photos, and what makes AR stand head and shoulders above the rest.

Thank you very much, cjw.

Punsters too.

Well done!

I like to see someone else that uses the Canon S2 IS. It's a great little point and shoot for the money. It will take some very nice video clips in a pinch too. These clips are better than alot of camcorders. This is a great Sportsman camera just tuck it in a daypack and go.

My brother has the Canon 20D. It's an outstanding SLR. I wish he would let me borrow it

Simply outstanding. Nice job.

Awesome pictures, Cindy! They are simply breath taking.

Wow! GREAT photos. Thank you posting these wonderful shots.

John

Great Photos!

Thanks for all the comments!

TheBigGuy - quite a number of people take the Canon S2IS on photo safaris and get some great shots.

The 1st 2 leopard shots was of a male leopard in a tree. There was a female higher in the same tree and our guide thought the female probably killed the duiker and the male stole it. Here is another picture made with the S2IS of the whole tree with both leopards.


john e - I do have a photo album on line if you want to see more of them. The rest of the photos from this trip (that I have processed) are here http://www.pbase.com/cjw/africa_2006&page=all
The photos I took last year in Botswana are at the same website. Just click "All Galleries" and you can see the albums from different trips.

CJW,

Did you use any filters on your SLR lenses? UV, Polarizer?

Erik, the 2 larger lenses do not. The smaller lens does - maybe a UV? I can't remember. When I was in Botswana in October, one of the guys dropped his 70-200 and it broke the glass in his filter. Don't know if his lens would have broken if he didn't have the filter but I sure wouldn't want to find out. The lens hoods on the 2 larger lenses protect that glass.

I have watch your page and all I can say is WOWW !! Increadible pictures.

I really like the bird pictures, I am a disaster taking photos but one thing I will really like to learn is taking pictures to birds, I always dream with making a catalogue with pictures like yours with the birds of my country, but when I started asking prices of the equipment necessary for such thing I run away

If you have any more bird pictures please post them.



L

Super pictures................Thanks for sharing.....................hlr

Cindy

As usual wonderful photos.

Thanks for the great pictures!!

cjw

I am looking for a digital SLR and you have helped me. Any regrets or caveats on your equipment? Thanks in advance for your advice and your shots are stunning.

kudu4u - I love my camera and lenses. I have the 10D and the 20D. I like the 20D the best (much faster). I have been watching for a good used 20D to replace the 10D. If I could only have one lens it would be the 70-200 f/2.8. Then the 300. I got the 500 less than a week before this trip so I haven't used it as much as the other two (bought them in 2003).

In buying used equipment, I go first to Allen's Camera in Pennsylvania (I'm in Texas) because he is honest and deals in used equip. I buy new from him also, and from B&H in NYC. The 500 I bought used from a guy at naturescapes.net (where I participate in their forums).

Good luck!

Also - be careful buying new or used equipment. A guy at another forum just bought $5k in cameras and lenses from Butterfly Photo in NY and it was shipped Fedex. It arrived damaged and the clerk in his office signed for it anyway. Turns out there is a lens missing from the box. He shipped it all back and is having problems with Butterfly. They are charging him a 10% restocking fee and charging him for the missing lens, $2k total. Fedex claims to only deal with the shipper. Be sure to check seller's ratings before buying. If you read the ratings on Butterfly you would never have ordered from them but I guess this guy didn't know to do that.

CJW,
What wonderful photographs. I sent a "copy" of your lilac breasted roller to my brother, who loves the bird. He was enthralleld by it (and every one he ever saw!) I really enjoyed your work. Kudude

Those are GREAT - thanks for sharing them.

Fantastic photographs! Really appreciate you sharing them with us!

cjw
Thanks so much for you response!

Excellent photographs and thank you for sharing. Were the Leopard pictures taken in a hunting area or a photo only area?

MAU MAU - all of these photos were taken at a "photo only" private game reserve outside of Krueger Park.

We did not get close to anything on the hunting property. It was real windy and everything was running away as soon as they saw us/smelled us.

This is the best animal picture I got at the hunting farm. The PH said the female zebra was semi-tame and in a pen. Anytime the workers went into the pen the zebra attacked them so they let her loose. A few days later they saw her and one of the stallions mating so they penned here again. This is the result.

I took a look at the web link of your photo collection. Some nice work there, for sure!

I wonder if you've tried the S2 IS macro function? For close ups of insects, small animals and flowers I've found, it's quite good.