a pictorial diary of experiences
Today’s image is from our 2009 trip to Mala Mala in South Africa. This was the first time that we’d seen giraffes necking, an odd looking battle where the giraffes swing their necks as a weapon. I like the abstract crop on this image (taken with a Nikon D700, 80-400 mm F/4.5-5.6 lens) This “battle” was among three males on the airstrip at Mala Mala....
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Back in November, we headed off on our much anticipated trip to Madagascar. It sounds a little strange even saying that you are going to Madagascar. Most people responded with “wait, that’s a real place?” or “why?” or “how the heck do you even get there?” Madagascar is pretty far away from Houston, even farther if you are trying to use United frequent...
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Now that I’ve processed the 500ish images that I shot in St. Petersburg, I can get back to the almost 6000 images from South Africa. I’m through Andy’s lions, my lions, Andy’s leopards, my leopards, and pics from the spotted hyena den. So what’s left? Well this post is dedicated to three creatures that we’d seen on previous trips, but only briefly. Bushbabies...
read moreBushbaby (a small nocurnal primate) at Mala Mala in South Africa.
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I wound up with 444 leopard pics (but again, I shot a lot of video, but I’ll get to that later…). Leopards are truly, TRULY beautiful creatures. Like most cats, leopards spend the majority of time sleeping. Frequently when you find them on safari, they are either crashed out in tall grass, or walking away from you. I was actually concerned that we might drive over one because they are...
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Moving on to probably my favorite cat…the elusive leopard. During our first several trips to Africa, we became painfully aware of the appropriateness of this nickname. We saw leopard tracks, leopard scat, leopard kills in trees, but rarely the actual spotty cat. For comparison purposes, our first three trips to East Africa produced the following sightings: Spotted this guy about 100 yards...
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As I mentioned in a previous post, our journey home took positively forever. When our flight from Polokwane was landing in Johannesburg, I randomly decided to take a picture using the “starry night” setting on my camera and wound up with this wacky image. The streaks that you see are lights along the runway, in the airport, etc. and the squiggly-ness is due to the motion of the plane....
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Yesterday’s entry featured a few of the best lion pictures from Andy’s 967. I shot a mere 171 photos of lions, but then again, I was also shooting video. One of the Styx pride cubs at Mala Mala. Again, animals in Mala Mala are named after their territories, so this is one of the offspring from the pride in the Styx territory. They do not name individual animals within a pride, but...
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As I mentioned in a previous post, we’ve been on safari before. We’re probably a ranger’s nightmare. Don’t even THINK about stopping at that herd of impala unless the light is great or they are doing something interesting The rangers usually ask about your interests, and in a word, it is cats. Andy’s camera shoots 6 frames per second, and let’s just say that...
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The good thing about jet lag is that it gives you time to create blog entries:) After what we think totals just under 30 hours travel, we are back home with our two very needy domestic cats. If you aren’t connected with us on Facebook, the journey went something like this: 45 minute open air Land Cruiser transfer from Mashatu Main Camp to the Bostwana / South Africa boder Short cable car...
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