hi all
some of you wanted to see photos of my recent trip to South Africa. I have just finished the album dedicated to the wild animals I saw.
here is the link
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1389828&a=10833141&f=0&sp=1&vt=vpall
coming soon will be a photo album of the flowers I took photos of.
South Africa photo album
Wow!! What great photos! What kind of camera did you use? It looks like you were able to get pretty close to the animals. Thanks for sharing.
Debbie
Patty
Apr 28, 2001
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the camera I use is a Canon EOS 600 AF SLR. Attached to the front was a Sigma 100mm macro AF with a x2 coverter. This gives me a good all round lens for taking animal shots and very close shots of flowers and bats. The macro facility along with the x2 converter lets me go as close as .5 inch from the subject. After I have breakfast I'll scan a shot of a bat's face to let you see how close I can get.
The animals were in a park/reserve which is the same size as the whole of Ireland. approximately 300 miles north to south and 50 miles west to east. For any Europeans in Dave's place that's about 180km X 75km.
glad you liked them.
FYI my albums have had over 8000 hits since I made them in early December 2000.
Mark
here are links to 2 photos I took while I was away looking at bats in South Africa
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1389828&a=10417649&p=47409293&f=0
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1389828&a=10417649&p=47409294&f=0
This message was edited Saturday, Apr 28th 7:23 AM
hi all
I have just updated my safari animal photo album with more shots.
the link below is of a brilliant dawn sky I saw one morning while out watching bats coming home to roost.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=1389828&a=10616248&p=47604955&f=0
I'm working on the flower album as I write. I'll let you all know when it's done.
Mark
Mark, that photo is just incredible! How lucky you are! Lisa
hey Justme
I'm not lucky! It's just that my interests can take place over 24 hours. Dawn to see bats come home, day time for gardening and taking photos, evenings watching bats leave their roost and into the night looking for feeding bats with my bat detector.
I'll have to try meet with you next time I visit New Orleans or it it way to far?
Mark