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Tuesday 18 August 2009

Kruger wildlife. the joys of digiscoping

Gotta love them baby hippos

Up close and personal. the joys of digiscoping.

baby chacma baboon drinking at sunset

just a few more minutes in the sun and I'll have the perfect tan!

sunset grazing

All digiscoped with a Swarovski ATS80HD straight scope and Canon EOS1000D
The camera came compliments of Whysalls

9 comments:

Chris said...

Wow, very impressive shots Dale. i love the close-up on the zebra!! But the baby hippo is cutest. I guess you are enjoying your time over there...

Dale Forbes said...

enjoying it would be a silly understatement!

Africa - and in particular the savannas of Kruger National Park - are a digiscopers dream!

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

yes, I DO love those baby hippo's. :) They seem so cute!! I think I need one for the pool just as long as mama isn't with. :)

The others are fantastic close-ups too Dale. I like the colours in the sunset one.

I had a fantastic trip with Andrea the following week to Pilansberg and made his dream of seeing a caracal come true. I was so pleased for him that he was able to see one at last.

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

Sorry, forgot to say the one of the lizard is best of all. LOL!! What a great shot!!

Gaelyn said...

I'm loving these. Such a great tease for me and exciting to think I may get to see these amazing animals in March with Joan at Kurger. The lizard is marvelous.

Anonymous said...

The others are fantastic close-ups too Dale. I like the colours in the sunset one.
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Arija said...

What is there to say but WOW, WOW, WOW!

Dan Huber said...

Wonderful photos

dan

Dale Forbes said...

thank you for all the wonderful comments, guys.
you are right, I am having a ball here. every nature lover should visit africa at least once in their life. it is like a pilgrimage!