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Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) Hauben-Zwergfischer oder Malachit-Eisvogel
South Africa November 2018
Kruger NP
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We'll return to my collection of bird-photos. The more photos I edit, the more I realise, my bird-photography is more of a "documentation", than it is a story-telling exercise. When I go back to the Kruger, I will strive to find more opportunities where there is movement, action, and thus a more compelling story to tell, than just a bird sitting in a branch :) More improvement work to be done, more to learn !
That said, I am very pleased with how well the super early mornings, and late afternoons produce this beautiful soft light, and let me play with a variety of bokehs, that I hadn't had the eye for in the past.
Layers of light - Dawn on top of a flat-topped mountain with clouds below and above. A small group of Black Wildebeests grazing on the table mountain. The Black Wildebeest has horns that are different than the Blue Wildesbeest (of East Africa...and those associated with the migrations in Masai Mara and the Serengeti) and they have light colored, almost white, tails. Facing East with clouds below (these were indeed clouds and they were high above our cottage when we began the drive up the mountain, we then passed through the cloud and came out on top of the mountain). Mountain Zebra National Park in southeastern South Africa (an often overlooked NP but one that is really worth visiting!).
“Not many people are lucky enough to have ridden in the cab of a locomotive but it’s this kind of unique experience that inspired RailCruising. You can experience rail like never before. Imagine sitting in your own rail car, with nothing ahead of you but the unobstructed curve of the rail stretching out into the distance, the scenery drifting by and the clickety-clack of the rail beneath you.
Groups of Rail Cars spaced well apart, travel together in one direction from Ngongotaha Station or Mamaku Railway Station. At their destination (Either Mamaku Railway Station, Tarukenga, or Ngongotaha Station), Rail Cars are then turned and head back to their starting Station. One way trips between Ngongotaha Station and Mamaku Railway Station are also available on demand. Cruising along at 20km/hr, you can listen to the audio tour and discover a unique piece of New Zealand railway history. This is the ultimate way to experience a railway.
RailCruising allows people just like you the ability to travel along railway lines in your own powered self-drive, 4-seat Rail Car.”
Lion in the Pilanesberg National Park - SouthAfrica. And have you spotted the curious wildebeast in the background?
“Not many people are lucky enough to have ridden in the cab of a locomotive but it’s this kind of unique experience that inspired RailCruising. You can experience rail like never before. Imagine sitting in your own rail car, with nothing ahead of you but the unobstructed curve of the rail stretching out into the distance, the scenery drifting by and the clickety-clack of the rail beneath you.
Groups of Rail Cars spaced well apart, travel together in one direction from Ngongotaha Station or Mamaku Railway Station. At their destination (Either Mamaku Railway Station, Tarukenga, or Ngongotaha Station), Rail Cars are then turned and head back to their starting Station. One way trips between Ngongotaha Station and Mamaku Railway Station are also available on demand. Cruising along at 20km/hr, you can listen to the audio tour and discover a unique piece of New Zealand railway history. This is the ultimate way to experience a railway.
RailCruising allows people just like you the ability to travel along railway lines in your own powered self-drive, 4-seat Rail Car.”
No zoom here, just taken with my cell phone. And yes, I was crazy to be thinking of photos at this time. Thankfully he passed to my left, but trumpted loudly as he did.