My two daughters and I went on a photo safari in July. Here are some of our photos. We did hunt in namibia two years ago and my youngest daughter has her wildebeest hanging on her bedroom wall. This trip we only have photos to hang. But I have to say I've never been able to get photos like these on a hunting trip.

Eland


Hoopoe


Leopard


A 12' python they told us was killed and partially eaten by a honey badger


Kudu


Buff


A few ellies


End of the day


And this isn't Africa but in September I went to British Columbia and was lucky enough to see some Spirit Bears. Here are a couple of those pics.



You can see the fish he's trying to catch is right in front of his right paw.

Thanks for sharing. They're all good, and that last picture of the bear is outstanding.

Those were terrific pictures. What is you camera equipment and how did you copyright them? Again, very nice! Thank you.

I've shot 3 of those Hoopoes with a 12 guage.

C, could you tell us where you were on the photo safari and what camera you used...

Mike

Thank you for the nice comments

The leopard, kudu and buff were taken at MalaMala in South Africa. All the others were taken at Mashatu Tent Camp in Botswana (love both places).

I used a Canon 40D and a mark IIN with either a 100-400mm or a 500mm lens. My oldest daughter used a Canon 10D and 20D with a 70-200mm and a 300mm and her pictures turned out great also (her first trip).

My daughters and I flew to Johannesburg and met up with an internet friend from California. We rented a car and drove to the Pont Drift Border and were picked up at the border by a ranger from Mashatu. We stayed there 6 nights. Then we drove from the Botswana border to MalaMala in the Sabi Sands (next to Kruger Park). It's an 8+ hour drive so we spent the night in between so as not to miss game drives at either camp. We thoroughly enjoyed the drive and it's very scenic. It did take an extra day but saved $$$ and was oh-so-worth it. We stayed at MalaMala for 4 nights. All in all it was an excellent trip and I wouldn't have changed a thing.

We saw many lions at MalaMala and the last day we got in on the tail end of 6 lionesses trying to take down an old buff. By the time we got there the lions were very tired and had stopped to rest and the buff got away.

One of the lion prides had some young cubs. This mom had six 10-week old cub.


We also stopped to spend the night between Johannesburg and the Botswana border (still tired after the long flights in). The place we stayed had a lion breeding program. They didn't tell us that's what it was but I'm pretty sure it was. We didnt' see any young females there but did see many males with these big manes. They had 7 or 8 mature females they were breeding with an old male that they said had been in 300+ movies and films. He was a stunner with a big, beautiful mane. I'm sure they sold the young males for hunting. I didn't bother asking about it. Here are 3 of the young males.



Copyright on photos - I've used Photoshop Elements, Photoshop CS and Adobe Lightroom. All of those let you add a copyright. I'm sure other programs do too but I haven't used them. I have googled to find out how to add the copyright for all 3 of those progams. I just started using Lightroom (I'm still using the 30-day trial version) and I will be buying that one. It's very easy and versatile.

kudu4u, if I remember correctly, for photoshop you use the Text Tool (or type tool) and click on the image where you want the text. Hold the Alt key down and type 0169 (with the number keyboard, not the numbers above the querty keyboard). That makes the copyright symbol. Then type your name or whatever.

Here is an article that fully describes a longer process. http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Watermarking-your-pho...n-Photoshop-7-and-CS

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Originally posted by shootaway:
I've shot 3 of those Hoopoes with a 12 guage.

Bravo. You might want to avoid doing that when visiting Israel.

Those are great photos! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Bob

Wow, those are awesome photos. You are quite an accomplished photographer.

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Originally posted by shootaway:
I've shot 3 of those Hoopoes with a 12 guage.

Don't tell anyone about it! It's illegal! {At least in South Africa!]

cjw,

Those sure are nice pictures! Thanks for sharing.

In good hunting.

Andrew McLaren

In good hunting