Category: quota photo

Got a shot

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I know that I have probably missed the zeitgeist for last night’s lunar eclipse. People have moved on to politics, record-breaking cricket scores and other such nonsense, and so this is clearly old news.

But just for the record, the clouds did clear, making for a good view of the moon (although it cunningly tied to hide). In fact, the only real issue was the wind, which made long exposures rather difficult, and thus getting a photo required some patience, some perseverance and some ISO twiddling.

Still, I’m relatively happy with this shot, and as documentary evidence of what the event looked like from Cape Town… well, it looked like this.

Job done then, and now back to editing horse photos.

Quota Green Belt

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A nice few kms through the Green Belt in the sunshine after yesterday’s misery.

And the weather wasn’t great, either.

Busy day ahead tomorrow with at least one roof being replaced Chez 6000.

I need to go to bed.

Quota Kestrel

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A long but fun day celebrating Mrs 6000’s birthday. There were gifts, there was a really good lunch, there was even a bit of time to chill out this afternoon.

Oh, and there was incredible wind, as well.

We – like the UK – are in for a rough day or two.

But now I’m knackered, so here’s a quota Rock Kestrel – a Rooivalk – from Agulhas last month.

Obliging little guy sat on an old telegraph pole very patiently for just as long as I needed to shoot him.

Thanks for that.

Monitoring the situation

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I played football last night, and consequently, I found myself absolutely broken today.

And yet I’ve still had to do a whole day of stuff.

Eina fok.

So here’s a Water Monitor from Kruger National Park.

He has nothing to do with my predicament today. But he will suffice in being a quota photo, allowing me to get on with going to bed.

Only just started

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We’ve been back from Kruger for almost two weeks, and I’m only just getting started on editing some photos. There a lot of them and it’s not going particularly well.

Here’s how far I’ve got so far:

This is the sunrise on our first morning game drive. Not even light enough to get any photos of anything else, and – being honest – a bread and butter shot because I was still a bit asleep.

But the sunrises and sunsets up North are pretty special, and this one was no exception.

Coming soon: some pictures of actual animals.

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