On one of the days I spent at Lake Nakuru the sky was cloudy, fog and mist in the early morning, it rained a bit, sometimes the sun shined through holes in the cloud ceiling. All in all, terrible conditions for photography since most of the photographs had different white balance issues and complicated exposures. But sometimes they come out pleasantly in a way you don't expect.
























Just because the weather gets dismal doesn't mean you have to stop taking pictures. In fact, the diffuse light and lack of harsh shadows can create some very nice effects.

Lovely pictures, thank you for posting for us.

Saeed, thank you for the compliment. I enjoyed taking them and appreciate membership in a forum whose members love Africa and its wildlife. Also, your forum seems to have better on-screen quality than some others I have seen. Whatever it was that you did to make it so, it was a good decision.

Most people who go to Nakuru want to see the flamingo flocks, and take pictures if they can. This is a situation where you can reach the limits of your equipment really fast. IMHO bird photography requires very good and very long lenses, super steady camera holds (a tripod is best) and the best and fastest autofocus you can find. I have none of the above, which of course didn't stop me from me trying anyway.







There is just no way a Nikon D90 with an 18-200mm attached can compete with the high end gear in terms of image quality on these subjects so far away and you have to crop some portion of the image for any pleasing composition. Still, it's better than an iPhone.

Lake Nakuru is also a good place to follow rhino around.






Just for fun, in B&W

Thanks for posting Wink, the photos are stunning,sure do appreciate your time and, effort!

Butch

Stellar photos...Thanks for sharing

Wink:
I got fairly deep into photography in the '70's.
Never as deep toward wildlife as you though by far. Amazing quality, top gear and experience I never had the chance to gain.
Do appreciate seeing your fun work.
George

Very nice! You have inspired me to take more, and better quality pic's for my trip in three weeks!

Truly awesome pics.

Wow are you lucky to be able to visit such a special place! Thanks for sharing, beautiful!

cheers

Great pictures Was in Lake Nakuru in 2012. Great place, saw a lot of rhinos, black and white. Where really looking for the leopard, but they eluded us!

The recent posts got me thinking that I should go back and look at the dozens of pics I never posted. Here's one:





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I love it when I manage to get the Titian Clouds effect.

Excellent images! Love seeing all of the rhino. And your flamingo shots are very good. Really enjoyed seeing all of them.

Very nice Wink...Love the baboon environmental

Love them all. The one place I always wanted to go but don't think I'll make it. One of my nephews just came back from his second photo safari and brought some super photo's with him. A year ago July he brought home close to 15,ooo shots and this year another ton of them.

Beautiful pictures. They remind me of Lake Natron minus the rhino.