Lensaholic

New England autumn

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:17:00 +0000

New England autumn, originally uploaded by mosilager.

Sun down

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:47:00 +0000

200mm, ISO 400, f/11, 1/80 sec

Hyena [45]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:39:00 +0000

ISO 400, 200mm, f/8, 1/200 sec

Baby gazelle [44]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sun, 08 May 2011 02:56:00 +0000

ISO 400, 200mm, f/8, 1/500 sec

Flock of crowned cranes

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sat, 07 May 2011 00:50:00 +0000

ISO 400, 200 mm, f/8, 1/500.

Best viewed large here.

Carlos the jackal?

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Thu, 05 May 2011 12:46:00 +0000

He's definitely up to no good.

ISO 400, 200mm, f/8, 1/500 sec

Crowned Crane

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:17:00 +0000

ISO 400, 200mm, f/8, 1/500 sec

Bummed!

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:28:00 +0000

ISO 400, 200mm, f/8, 1/800 sec

Painting ?

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:32:00 +0000

ISO 400, 125 mm, f/8, 1/640 sec

Ngorongoro [38]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:26:00 +0000

200mm, ISO 400, f/8, 1/500 sec

Corrie Bustard

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:00:00 +0000

The largest flying bird. I have not seen it fly yet but it does if it desperately has to

Mother and Son [36]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 04:44:00 +0000

This was an unusual sight - a mother hyena with a cub. Normally the moms try to keep the cubs well hidden as they are a magnet for predators. I've been on safari for 23 years and have never seen something like this before - neither had our guide.

ISO 400, 185mm, f/8, 1/640 sec

Ostrich and gazelle [35]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:30:00 +0000

ISO 400, 85 mm, f/13, 1/400 sec

So many places, so little time

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:12:00 +0000

...but I'd rather stay where I was when I took the pic, because I was looking down at the Ngorongoro crater in Tanzania.

ISO 400, 28mm, f/16, 1/160 sec

Just before sunrise [33]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:43:00 +0000

No better place to watch it than on the river, in a boat, with hippos and birds for company.

ISO 400, 18mm, f/6.3, 1/200 sec

Red Dragon 2 [32]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 02:42:00 +0000

Red Dragon 1

ISO 400, 100mm, f/20, 1/200 sec, onboard flash

I was using the 100mm in macro mode, that's why the aperture had to be so low. The effective aperture really goes down when you are that close to the subject so have to really go down to get everything in focus. Or I could have done a focus stack and put it all together... hmmm.

Musanga [31]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:58:00 +0000

Musanga's a great tracker. He can read the movement of animals based on the imprints and spoor they leave as they pass... and figure out where they might be likely to be. He taught us a lot about identification and tracking on our walking safaris in Kafue National Park.

ISO 400, 100mm, f/4.5, 1/400 sec

Happy Flower Friday [30]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:53:00 +0000

Taking a break from the archived photos - this is a more recent one. Love the fresh flowers!

ISO 100, 50 mm (Yay for the nifty fifty!), 1/40sec, f/4

Don't step out of the archway [29/365]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:26:00 +0000

Lake Kariba again, I loved the framing. Also a film shot. Well worth waking up at 6 and walking around with the camera. It was such great light.

The best dawn [28/365]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:16:00 +0000

Another one from the film archives... early morning on Lake Kariba. This was a Fujicolor ISO 200 film. Just something amazing about composing with film... you know you just have the one shot and have to take it very carefully. Maybe I should have waited till the boat was closer to the centre of the frame so we could see more of the wake.

A little red morning [28/365]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:12:00 +0000

Taken with a Nikon FE, 100 mm f/2.8 lens. I think it was f/4. ISO 100 fujicolor film.

It's really nice running around with a film camera. I think a lot more about each shot before taking it.

Jah Rastafarai [27/365]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:42:00 +0000

ISO 400, 100mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, Flash used.

Taken at the Bob Marley memorial concert. Every year on / around Bob Marley's birthday reggae bands come to perform in Lusaka. Quite a fun evening, and (for those interested), I only indulged in the music and the photography.

Sleep [26/365]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:55:00 +0000

ISO 400, 135 mm, f/4, 1/200 sec

Puppy of the doggies seen here.

We serve with pride

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:59:00 +0000

ISO 400, 55mm, f/16, 1/320 sec

So much evil done by people who were 'just doing their jobs.' According to our guide (who was a former political prisoner) some guards treated the prisoners well, and some eventually understood why they had rebelled against the government, others were neutral and some were downright nasty.

It's amazing how Mandela decided to forgive the people who enforced apartheid, but that is the only way to bring unity after so much hatred.

The University [24/365]

noreply@blogger.com (Mosilager) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:25:00 +0000

This is the guard tower at the limestone quarry on Robben Island in South Africa where Nelson Mandela and other prisoners had to dig out limestone. The reflection of the sun from the limestone rendered the prisoners' eyes very sensitive to light. Even today, one can't take photos of Nelson Mandela with flash. The prisoners called this place "The University" as the freedom fighters among them tried to teach the others about the anti-apartheid movement.

ISO 400, 200 mm, f/14, 1/400 sec