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 by radar on Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:29 am
Hi,
You will probably get tired of my Africa pictures  . I'll make this my last post in the Africa series for a while.
Africa also has more then just the big animals, plenty of birds. I didn't really have the best of lens for taking bird shots, but when I was close enough, I managed to get some reasonable ones. That 80-400VR that Nicole used in Namibia would have been perfect.
Most of these were taken at Lake Nakuru in Kenya, big sign at the National Park gate that says "Bird Watcher's Paradise". There is a wide variety of birds in this park, just a few here. It is also known for the pink flamingos that line the whole lake.
Lots of these Superb Starlings around the lake.
We were lucky to see the Grey Crowned Crane close up
From the Masai Mara, the elusive Secretary bird was found on the way back from a visit to a Masai village.
Cheers,
Radar
(I'll be posting more of my photos to my pixspot area, so if you want to see more of my Africa pictures - birds, lions, elephants, giraffes, etc, have a look there:
( http://www.pixspot.com/index.php?cat=10248) Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. Ansel Adams
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by leek on Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:04 am
radar wrote:You will probably get tired of my Africa pictures
Not at all... keep 'em coming...
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by MATT on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:20 am
MOre pics Radar ,love em all 
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by Alpha_7 on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:26 am
These are great, I for one doubt I'll ever visit africa, and these shots are the next best thing to visiting!
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by the foto fanatic on Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:49 am
Don't shut up shop radar! These pix are great, and we deserve to see more. 
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by Nicole on Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:42 pm
That extra reach really helps. However with the smaller birds I could have done with even more reach! 
Given the constraints I think these are pretty good. I won't complain if you post more! 
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by pippin88 on Wed Sep 28, 2005 7:30 pm
Great pictures Andre.
Though the first seems a little out of focus (might be this monitor? - it's getting old).
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by radar on Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:51 pm
Thanks for the kind words,
I'm still very happy with my results. As pippin mentions, that first one may look out of focus, probably due to cropping, just couldn't get quite close enough.
I'll probably post some more pics of larger animals, I didn't have to get quite as close  . On pixspot, I did put on a few more bird shots, the bigger birds didn´t come out too bad, Marabou storks, fish eagle. The smaller ones end up a bit grainy unless I got really close with the 4x4, just too much cropping, even after some sharpening.
I've also got some colourful pictures of the Masai people that I'll post for review.
Cheers,
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by birddog114 on Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:57 pm
radar,
If you're going to show these to the tour operator, they may employ you and give you a job overthere!
Keep 'em coming.
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by Manta on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:04 pm
Nice work Radar. No complaints here about the number of shots. It's the closest many of us are going to get to the Dark Continent for some time, maybe a lifetime.
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by Manta on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:05 pm
Sorry - I had to ask: Was it you or the secretary bird that was on the way back from a visit to a Masai village??
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by Slider on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:08 pm
Great shots. Certainly a lot different than we see here
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by radar on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:15 pm
Birddog114 wrote:radar,
If you're going to show these to the tour operator, they may employ you and give you a job overthere!
She already wants some pictures for her presentations. A discount on my next trip sounds good to me
Simon, I was on the way back from the village
For all I know, the secretary bird may have been there earlier, forgot to ask
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by marcotrov on Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:35 pm
Congrats Radar. They are great and I'm very jealous. Keep 'em coming because its as close as i'll get to Africa.
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