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22Jan

African Jacana (Actophilornis africana)

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A beautiful African Jacana (Actophilornis africana) who entertained me the entire day however light was dull and I only got a small window of about 10 minutes of sunshine where I patiently got this shot. Sore bums and full bladders in a hide but it can be worth it!

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KNP, Phabeni, Lake Panic

African Jacana on African Water Lilly with seed pod in beak © Harvey Grohmann 2013 All Rights Reserved

Shot details: Nikon D90 and Sigma 70-200mm F/2.8 EX IF HSM.
ISO-800 | f/5 | 1/1250s | EV -0.0 | Post Processing in part with Topaz Labs.

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 etc: BandH
Editing Plug-in: Topaz Labs Noise Reduction, HDR, B&W Conversion & more!

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22May

Lake Panic. White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)

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White-fronted Bee-eater at Lake Panic, KNP © H Grohmann

White-fronted Bee-eater at Lake Panic, KNP © H Grohmann

I’ve never had a chance at getting this ‘close’ to them so this was a first. The 500mm Mirror (750mm effective) was used as I wanted to rekindle my manual shooting prowess. I deliberately left the 150-500mm at home. The (enlarged) image is a bit noisy but acceptable for a 30 year old lens design (but manufactured 2009)…and a 2006 sensor (D80) that’s quite noisy at 400 ISO never mind the 1000 ISO I have to be at to get an exposure with at least double the focal length in shutter speed to get a sharp(ish) image, and then cropped in by at least 50%. Whew…Breathe!

A number of 18-270, 100-400 and 150-500mm (Nikon) photographers came and quizzed me about the mirror :) The 400, 500 and 600mm (Canon) prime users ignored us…and they call “us” snobs! LOL.

Read about the Mighty Mirror here.

White-fronted Bee-eater at Lake Panic, KNP, RSA © H Grohmann

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leopard Look © Harvey Grohmann

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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!