It's sad that in the last year and a bit rhino poaching has taken a sharp rise. South African National Parks has lost 152 rhino this year alone, an alarming figure. At this rate it's likely that their destiny will be in Zoo's if we lucky and museums if we continue to ignore this threat.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Big Guy
It's sad that in the last year and a bit rhino poaching has taken a sharp rise. South African National Parks has lost 152 rhino this year alone, an alarming figure. At this rate it's likely that their destiny will be in Zoo's if we lucky and museums if we continue to ignore this threat.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Kruger day 1
first full day in the park today, the start of an 11 day trip. The day was a little slow but to be honest we let it be a little bit slow. It's just a pitty that the rest of the visitors don't take the same attitude, speeding is still a major problem in the park.
Sightings on the first day consisted of the usual suspects. Elephant, buffalo, Kudu, Waterbuck, Zebra, giraffe, Impala, Wildebeest, hippo and crocodile. The highlight of the day was probably the sighting of a Pearl spotted owl. This bird is only around 15cm and is seldom seen out in the open.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Sony Alpha A290 emerges online
Happy news in my opinion, not so much the fact that the A290 has emerged but rather the fact that the Sony Alpha range has a future on the A-Mount. This leak or rumour actually couldn't have happened at a better time for Sony as many users were questioning the commitment of Sony to the A-Mount. The rumoured specs for the A290 are as follows;
- APS-C image sensor resolution of 14.2 megapixels BIONZ image processor.
- maximum sensitivity of ISO 3200
- 2.7 inch LCD screen
- sensitivity optimized DRO range
- speed 2.5 fps continuous shooting
- user interface with visual images, like the A230
- memory card or MemoryStick Pro Duo SD / SDHC
Monday, May 3, 2010
Horse
Image taken with Sony 300mm F2.8, what a lens. I will be writting a little more about this lens this coming weekend. What an experience
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Amstel
A little bit of fun painting with light... this is how it was done. Simple infinity curve created with green card board. 1 X Amstel larger fom SA (note Amstel here is in a green bottle and not a brown bottle). Ensure the room is dark enogh to slow down your shutter speed to about 5sec. Then take a maglight and move it around the bottle. It's really good fun and I would recommend trying it
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