botswana

Hi all Just a few early post processed ones from the Chobe River in Botswana A few early PP's for the Botswana trip Lilac Breasted Roller in flight Jacana....My what big feet you have! Malachite (Kingfisher in flight) this might be better with a slightly tighter crop?

Photographed a gang of meerkats in January at Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana. This portrait was taken with the Nikon Z 135mm Plena. For subjects that are close enough, or wildlife scenics where 135mm would be an appropriate focal length, this is an excellent lens. It’s not a lens that can be...

This image is a bit outside of my usual style. However, we were on the Chobe River watching elephants at dusk. While watching, a mother and her baby walked into the stream from the river's edge and took a drink. Because we were on a boat with a very low gunnel, I was able to lie down and...

BOTSWANA - Red-billed francolin and African hawk-eagle Full size picture here

I just really like how this elephant turned out.

Sony a1 with 200-600 G OSS handheld shot from vehicle. Botswana. This large raptor, biggest in Africa, has remains of a Francolin or Spur Fowl (size of a Chicken) in his talons. Blah sky required sky replacement. Shot on Halloween 2021 so appropriate he gives me a scary look.

Elephant mud bath I've been playing a bit with black and white and high key. It has been fun!

Martial eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus, the largest bird of prey in Africa. Preys on small antelope, monkeys, birds, using it's powerful long legs and 7' wingspan. It's all business. Shots taken with Sony a1 200-600mm G OSS ISO (auto) 400-500 1600sec f/8 580mm handheld.

What an array of birds of prey in Botswana and Zambia! Unreal variety including these strikingly beautiful black and tawny eagles with scarlet faces. Took a ton of shots and just now getting through them. The 200-600mm G OSS 5.6-6.3 performed like a champ and in our vehicles the 600mm f/4 would...