Recent content by delboysafa

What about lens rental? I imagine you are going for 2 weeks? How about renting the 200-400mm FR VR. I went back home to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in May last year and rented a 500mm F4 IS (Canon) at the time. I stayed for just over 2 weeks and it cost me around £400 to rent the lens -...

Over the weekend, I was photographing the deer rut in Bushey Park in the UK. I got charged by a big stag who took offence to my 500mm and thought I was going to take his ladies away. He knocked me back and my camera/lens/tripod onto the ground and luckily didn't pursue any further. Got up...

Hi, I have been watching the weather for Haverford West for the last 2 and a half months and it does not seem to have stopped raining in that time there. I have just checked the weather forecast for the next 2 days and it seems clear. I am considering driving up from London, but just...

Leopard shots added from previous posts

Bluelion - thanks. I rented the 500mm F4 IS L from Stuart at Lensforhire - On that note, I got fantastic service and communication for him, he even turned up at Heathrow airpork to deliver the lens - used the 1.4 TC. That combination accounted for about 50% of my shots. Rarely used the 70-200mm...

Some more Mongoose Another mongoose Springbok in action Ground Squirrel Wildebeest in a bad mood Just one of the troop - springbok Leopard in environment - purely an environment shot

thanks all. left the background in on the wildebeest shot due to the description i.e. environment.

In May, I spent two weeks in the KTP Park in South Africa. Please see some of the pics from my trip below. I will continue to post after these first few shots (I have posted some Leopard shots in a recent post) On a separate note, if anyone wants any advice/tips etc about KTP or S.A., please...

Techno_Geek - comment like that, really make my day and realise why I love doing it. Thank you

thanks all

Thank you all for the very kind comments. KTP is an amazing place. For those that dont know, its in South Africa on the border of Botswana and Namibia. Cannot recommend it enough

Sure, all shot with MK II and 500MM F4 IS L with 1.4 TC. I always shoot in AV and they are all around F4-F8. Shutter speeds were in excess of 800 and ISO between 200-400. Thanks for the kind comments

Taken near Mata Mata in mid May at the Kgalagadi

Thanks. looking at JPEG's at the moment

Hi, I need to develop my processing skills. I have Elements 6. I have had a look through this great site and found some good bits and pieces, but really wanted to focus on two areas. The two things I want to focus on first are 1) Saturation - making the colours really pop. What are the...