A few from Kenya (56k Torture)
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Evil-Penguin said:
I do.
Original scan was 118mb in size. 
It does. And thank you.
Seriously though, although I'm only an unprofessional photographer I am still quite protective of originals and high res versions of my images. I understand the realities of posting any images on the net, so although the 200k images are usable for many things I do not allow high resolution versions out into the public domain. If there appears to be enough residual interest in these, and the larger part of my collection that I consider not quite as good, I'll create a gallery and get a link posted in the Galleries sticky.
For everyone else who's still remotely interested in this virtual safari, I still have a few more to scan after my short break. I'll select a few more for here and then retire from scanning ANYTHING for at least a month.
Colin_da_Killer said:
Well, that East Africa birds/lizards/mammals book I ordered is still winging it's way towards me and I have a little bit of a self imposed deadline in the production of a small book for the local travel agents. If I can kindly ask our kind bird expert Colin_da_Killer to pop in and id the following two birds it would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.
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The first one is a von der decken's hornbill and the second one is a bea-eater although I'm not 100% sure I think it is a white throated bea-eater.
Anymore?
Anymore?
Ah cheers for that. I knew you'd come up trumps.Colin_da_Killer said:
I might have the odd one left in the last few rolls of film, I'll let you know.
Hey, instead of wandering over to your desk and transfering it by USB stick, I'll e-mail one to you.G.O.A.T said:
And because I always feel guilty about posting replys and not adding any pictures, here is a couple from tonight's batch for those still checking in.
The first is Kike from the Big Cat Diaries, doing what she's partly famous for.
I hadn't posted any hippos so here's a small group from a larger pod we found relaxing in the river.
Puz said:Me 2, this was particular fat one I found in kenya...
lol !
Was that taken in the Mara like your other picture? Fat lions seem to only exist in the Mara in Kenya because they have so much to eat. The ones in Samburu and Tsavo were much slimmer.
Kike looks very chilled out there - are you sure she's a real cheetah and not just the latest fashion accessory for safari vehicles
Relaxed hippo pod maybe, but not sure I'd like to get too close to them. Judging by the scratches it looks like a few of them have been fighting.
Puz - that is one REALLY fat lion!!
Relaxed hippo pod maybe, but not sure I'd like to get too close to them. Judging by the scratches it looks like a few of them have been fighting.
Puz - that is one REALLY fat lion!!
Never fear, for those fed up of this thread floating about we are approaching the end!
For those I know are still patiently checking in every now and then, and I think there may be at least one of you left now, here is possibly the penultimate picture posting.
A mix of African White Backed Vultures and at least one Lappet-Faced Vulture.. I think! Help! Mr Colin_da_Killer! Oh.. a Zebra as well.
The Maasai Giraffe.. Marked differently from the one at the beginning of this thread.
And a general thanks for everyone's patience and comments!
For those I know are still patiently checking in every now and then, and I think there may be at least one of you left now, here is possibly the penultimate picture posting.
A mix of African White Backed Vultures and at least one Lappet-Faced Vulture.. I think! Help! Mr Colin_da_Killer! Oh.. a Zebra as well.
The Maasai Giraffe.. Marked differently from the one at the beginning of this thread.
And a general thanks for everyone's patience and comments!
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MacX said:
born in johannesburg, lived in knysna and east london, left SA when i was 16 (8 years ago). moved here, now i`m moving to australia in a months time. so i`m gonna capture some ozzie wildlife, wish i`d bene into photography when i was IN SA.
Mohain said:Wow, that shot of the vultures is truly superb. You don't normally see that sort of thing on in safari pics. You've posted some awesome pics MacX, I've really enjoyed looking at them. Thanks for sharing
Cheers Mohain!
I have a few final pics to post before signing off. If there are still no objections I have more of that Zebra being pulled apart by a hyaena. Slightly gruesome for some, but it's just the natural world for me.Diskbox said:born in johannesburg, lived in knysna and east london, left SA when i was 16 (8 years ago). moved here, now i`m moving to australia in a months time. so i`m gonna capture some ozzie wildlife, wish i`d bene into photography when i was IN SA.
That's great! Slightly envious here.
I suspect you'll be packing some heavy duty photo kit for Oz then. As the scanning marathon is now over (for this trip anyway), this is possibly the last posting of animals now. Unless there's an encore requested. Or is the pain too much?
Saddle billed stork (male)
Something I'll have to look up.
Another White backed vulture again (I think)
Saddle billed stork (male)
Something I'll have to look up.
Another White backed vulture again (I think)
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Those 3 are great!
Nice way to end the show, I liked them all, although it amde me home sick.
I wish I could post some of my uncles photos, but he is religously against posting photos on the internet. So that's not going to happen anytime soon.
Nice way to end the show, I liked them all, although it amde me home sick.
I wish I could post some of my uncles photos, but he is religously against posting photos on the internet. So that's not going to happen anytime soon.
Post Production Post!
This virtual safari was brought to you by.
The Photographer
Me, carrier of big camera and even bigger ego.
With thanks to the Driver, Warrior guide, and helper.
Without their help we wouldn't have found all these wonderful animals.
Financed by
This person, with out whose great Christmas present none of these pictures would be possible. Like all charitable people, she wishes to remain anonymous.
Thanks to everyone else
who looked into this thread and left very kind comments. I hope you all enjoyed it.
In the meantime, I'm off to pack for the next trip. I'm not totally kidding either, I'm back out there this November coming.
This virtual safari was brought to you by.
The Photographer
Me, carrier of big camera and even bigger ego.
With thanks to the Driver, Warrior guide, and helper.
Without their help we wouldn't have found all these wonderful animals.
Financed by
This person, with out whose great Christmas present none of these pictures would be possible. Like all charitable people, she wishes to remain anonymous.
Thanks to everyone else
who looked into this thread and left very kind comments. I hope you all enjoyed it.
In the meantime, I'm off to pack for the next trip. I'm not totally kidding either, I'm back out there this November coming.
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Colin_da_Killer said:
Thanks again Colin_da_Killer. I also really appreciated your help with identifying those birds (and putting a few people right about certain animals as well).
Any reason why he doesn't allow that?
And for anyone that's interested and not totally sick of animal pics, I'll try and get some kind of gallery up in the next month and have a link posted in the sticky.