HarveyG

Thought I’d do a motivational poster. Hope it pulls the heart strings about your country! Humans need good news. Discover South Africa. A world in one Country.

The Gautrain - Midrand Station - Gauteng | © HarveyG Photography

The Gautrain Project took 4 years to complete. It is a world class 80km new rail link between Pretoria and Johannesburg and our International Airport and Sandton hewn from virgin ground with many underground sections through some of the hardest rock and under existing cities. No-one believed this African country could do it. We did.

I love trains and train travel and have been collecting Märklin since the late 70′s.

Contact me for tuition and tours as well as event photography!

Gear I use: Bodies: Nikon D-SLR’s / Lenses: Nikon, Sigma, Tokina, Vivitar /
Filters: Hoya UV & Polarizing / Flash: Nikon Speed-lights / Bag: Lowe Pro /
Tripods & Heads: Manfrotto / Grips, Triggers, Timers, Batteries: Phottix /
Editing Plug-in: Topaz Labs Noise Reduction, HDR, B&W Conversion & more!

Those people who zoom drive past a bird in a tree in a park (like the KNP) don’t know what they are missing. Sure Rollers are relatively common, like the Lilac-breasted Roller, that is. This Roller is different. It’s the first time I’ve seen a Purple Roller. I parked the car at an angle so that I could get comfortable with the cameras, idled for 30 seconds, switched off the engine after he got accustomed to us/the car. He took off after a few minutes and caught himself lunch. He then returned to the same spot and gave us a wonderful display. Next time you see a bird in the KNP, hang around a bit…

Shot with a Sigma 170-500mm f/5-6.3 APO Aspherical for Nikon

Purple Roller - Coracias naevius (c) HarveyG Photography 2010

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Subtle Africa - © HarveyG Photography

I took this photo in the Kruger National Park (KNP) on the way out after a week of shooting.

It had intentional dead space between the moon and silhouette barren winter trees that I hoped let the viewer wander from top to bottom experiencing the magical dusty African sky gradations at that time of year. Those colours are accurate and un-enhanced. It is by no means a definitive or formulae sunset shot, with glowing sun, reflections on water, birds in the sky across the sun etc. This is the kind of thing you see almost every winter in Africa, if the sky is cloudless. Shot with a Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.3-4.5

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