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rickmck

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Wow, what lucky timing, what a shot!

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africapurohit
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Romance in the Lamai Wedge - Northern Serengeti, Tanzania, August 2013  

Rainbirder
Rainbirder

Dare to be different! As the wildebeest migration proceeds through the Mara the herds graze on the move creating a low envelope of dust that seems to settle around head-height. One beastie dared to

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africaaddict

africaaddict

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Thanks Ken

 

It's my favourite as well.

madaboutcheetah

madaboutcheetah

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Lovely Marc. Awesome sighting, too!!!

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africaaddict

africaaddict

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Two juvenile male Lions on a Sitatunga!!

 

We came across 2 sub-adult males that had just taken down a Sitatunga

and were trying to drag it under some cover out of the midday sun.

This is a very rare occurrence for Lion to prey upon this water based antelope.

Our guide Ewan,(Masson's mob camping) with 27 years experience in Botswana had never seen this before.

Perhaps, as Ken believes, this maybe the first time this has been photographed. I would have

preferred a portrait orientation, but there was a lot of brush just below the frame.

A special and very memorable sighting indeed! (A shame the lighting conditions were against me.)

Xakanaxa region- Okavango Delta. Sept 09

 

D3 500VR 1/750s ISO200 f/5.6 +0.3EV

 

Cheers

Marc

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Guest sniktawk

Guest sniktawk

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Marc,

 

Very well done if I were from a place that desecrates English I might say "almost unique".

 

Actualy as an aside the image quality here seems better than when posted on BPN.

twaffle

twaffle

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Actualy as an aside the image quality here seems better than when posted on BPN.

 

Ken, do you think that may be because everything is changed to sRGB on BPN? Maybe images appear here in Adobe RGB, or whatever profile you select. I find sRGB a bit horrible to work with and struggle to get my images on BPN to appear as I like, even taking into account your very good suggestion to change profiles before working on the image. Just lacks something. Don't know what others think.

twaffle

twaffle

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Sorry Marc, meant to say excellent image of a great subject. You have some delightful photographs from this last safari, I've thoroughly enjoyed them.

Geoff

Geoff

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Incredible sighting indeed and a very rare capture. Congrats.

Geoff

Geoff

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Actualy as an aside the image quality here seems better than when posted on BPN.

 

Ken, do you think that may be because everything is changed to sRGB on BPN? Maybe images appear here in Adobe RGB, or whatever profile you select. I find sRGB a bit horrible to work with and struggle to get my images on BPN to appear as I like, even taking into account your very good suggestion to change profiles before working on the image. Just lacks something. Don't know what others think.

 

Doesn't make sense to me Twaffle. sRGB is the standard for WEB display.

 

If used Adobe RGB for WEB dispaly the image would look flat.

twaffle

twaffle

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Doesn't make sense to me Twaffle. sRGB is the standard for WEB display.

 

If used Adobe RGB for WEB dispaly the image would look flat.

 

Then why do images on BPN look flat but the same image posted here doesn't? My images I'm talking about, not Marc's.

africaaddict

africaaddict

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Marc,

 

Very well done if I were from a place that desecrates English I might say "almost unique".

 

Actualy as an aside the image quality here seems better than when posted on BPN.

 

Then why do images on BPN look flat but the same image posted here doesn't? My images I'm talking about, not Marc's.

 

Appreciate the comments guys.

Both of you must have better eyesight than me, have split the pages to find a real difference and if anything BPN looks (just slightly) better. ;)

I gather both of you have calibrated monitors?

Mine is a 24" WS Dell HD cal monitor (if that makes any difference?)

Sorry to throw a cat amongst the pigeons.

 

Cheers

Marc

Guest sniktawk

Guest sniktawk

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Mine is a 24" WS Dell HD cal monitor (if that makes any difference?)

 

Snap!!

Geoff

Geoff

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Doesn't make sense to me Twaffle. sRGB is the standard for WEB display.

 

If used Adobe RGB for WEB dispaly the image would look flat.

 

Then why do images on BPN look flat but the same image posted here doesn't? My images I'm talking about, not Marc's.

 

No idea. Try posting an image saved as sRGB and then post the same image saved as Adobe RGB on here.

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Game Warden

Game Warden

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Nice one. Were you just driving by and saw it? Or was the shot planned?

madaboutcheetah

madaboutcheetah

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Lovely shot, Ken

Alex The Lion

Alex The Lion

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Bird sits really well with the vegetation!

madaboutcheetah

madaboutcheetah

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So, you carry your camera with you all the time?

africaaddict

africaaddict

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Fresh from the cutting room floor, Cape Sugarbird taken on the road between Elim and Napier, Western Cape 2nd December

 

 

Very nice indeed Ken, lovely colors, sharp with beautiful BG. ;)

madaboutcheetah

madaboutcheetah

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So, you carry your camera with you all the time?

 

 

No we were on a day out to visit a local Cape Nature Park, called Samonsdam.

 

 

Sounds like a lovely place to visit!

Bugs

Bugs

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I am not sure if this is a new week but here some kudu photos.

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I am not sure why I like this one...

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Isn't this a beautiful animal?

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Guest sniktawk

Guest sniktawk

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Are these your Kudus?

Damn twigs!

Bugs

Bugs

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Are these your Kudus?

 

Damn twigs!

I have given up on twigs with kudu and decided to make it part of the photo.

 

BTW Ken - great shot of the humming bird.

madaboutcheetah

madaboutcheetah

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Damn Twigs, but, lovely horns ..............

twaffle

twaffle

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Dikdik, I can see why you like the second photo, the symmetry is well seen.

Guest sniktawk

Guest sniktawk

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BTW Ken - great shot of the humming bird.

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