OK let's get going. Below is one of my favourite resident birds. Commonly known as the greyheaded bush shrike, the locals call it the "spookvoel" Afrikaans for "ghost bird" because of the eerie call it makes. The male, seen here in the photo, is a real loner, calling out for a suitable female to breed with. You can see here that he also offers gifts to try and entice her. You can tell this is one of my first photos. Off centre and a bit blurred in some spots. I was still getting the feel of my camera, so please bare with me, they will improve as we go on!
This photo below was a particular hard one. I think it was about 40+ photos taken to capture just this one!I used a macro lens zoomed to 55mm for this. It still is one of my favourites.
Below is a small spotted genet, a nocturnal feline. My dogs were going ballistic the one night so I strapped on my headlamp to investigate. I heard a commotion in the trees so I quickly ran in and got my camera. I was really excited to get a night shot of whatever was lurking in the trees! With the help of my headlamp I managed to focus on it, using a 300mm lens. I took quite a few good ones, but one uploaded picture should suffice.
Well that's it for now. More photos to follow shortly!
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