A month in Ruaha & Serengeti Nat Parks- Tanzania. Pt1
My first post for over 3 months, my apologies, have been quite busy editing large numbers of images for work projects.
This recent month long Ruaha/Namiri TZ trip has been one not easily forgotten.
With lost bags, escaping a fatal plane crash by 24hrs, a smashed D5 & 400 f/2.8E long lens combo (on only my 4th day!!) which saw my 70-200 +1.4tc become my long prime and how one quickly must adapt to such setbacks, always a good reason to carry 3 bodies.
Highlights were four ........yes 4 amazing Caracal sightings, a zebra birth, great close encounters with a cheetah mum and sub-adult to a magical last day sighting of a lioness walking & carrying her 3 x four week old cubs over 4 km from their birthplace in the marsh to their new Kopje home to join the rest of her 10 other siblings.
Can't wait to return here again for the Gnu calving in 6 weeks time.
I"ll try not to bore you with an overload of images, so here are a selection of 8.
"Yawning for attention"
Here a very relaxed sub adult female cheetah approaches my vehicle, lies down to stretch and yawn under an early evening sky on the open plains of Namiri/Serengeti.
Her mother was also just feet away. Such a treat! (captured with monopod/flipped ballhead & L bracket @ ground level + Camranger remote)
Nikon D810
Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 G2 (love this new VC equipped lens, every bit as good as the twice as expensive Nikkor VR version plus it's 41mm shorter!)
f/6.3
1/400s
ISO1250@ 68mm.
"Golden hour ascent"
6.19am and the 3 yr old male leopard known as "Moyo" climbs a tree to a beautiful golden hour sunrise, opportunities like this happen very rarely and was thrilled to capture him in such an iconic pose and soft golden light.
Ruaha Nat Park- TZ.
A magnificent dark maned male from the Vidimbuni pride struts his stuff whilst on early patrol on the grassland plains of Namiri, Central Serengeti- TZ.
A young lioness (possibly her fiirst litter) carries her 3 x four week old cubs over 4 km from their birthplace in the marsh to their new kopje (rock outcrop) home to join the rest of her 10 other siblings and taking the total pride number to 23. What a joy to witness and document!
Namiri plains- Central Serengeti, TZ.
A wonderfully camouflaged male leopard known as "Ghost" descends from inside a beautiful Sycamore fig to grab his warthog prized kill below.
Ruaha Nat Park- TZ
4 x six month old lion cubs from the Mdyona Ju pride seek the shade and shelter of a rock outcrop at the foot of Kimilamatonga Hill in Ruaha's Nat Park- TZ
A month in Ruaha & Serengeti Nat Parks- Tanzania. Pt1
My first post for over 3 months, my apologies, have been quite busy editing large numbers of images for work projects.
This recent month long Ruaha/Namiri TZ trip has been one not easily forgotten.
With lost bags, escaping a fatal plane crash by 24hrs, a smashed D5 & 400 f/2.8E long lens combo (on only my 4th day!!) which saw my 70-200 +1.4tc become my long prime and how one quickly must adapt to such setbacks, always a good reason to carry 3 bodies.
Highlights were four ........yes 4 amazing Caracal sightings, a zebra birth, great close encounters with a cheetah mum and sub-adult to a magical last day sighting of a lioness walking & carrying her 3 x four week old cubs over 4 km from their birthplace in the marsh to their new Kopje home to join the rest of her 10 other siblings.
Can't wait to return here again for the Gnu calving in 6 weeks time.
I"ll try not to bore you with an overload of images, so here are a selection of 8.
"Yawning for attention"
Here a very relaxed sub adult female cheetah approaches my vehicle, lies down to stretch and yawn under an early evening sky on the open plains of Namiri/Serengeti.
Her mother was also just feet away. Such a treat! (captured with monopod/custom bracket/rigged @ ground level + Camranger remote)
Nikon D810
Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 G2 (love this new VC equipped lens, every bit as good as the twice as expensive Nikkor VR version plus it's 41mm shorter!)
f/6.3
1/400s
ISO1250@ 68mm.
"Golden hour ascent"
6.19am and the 3 yr old male leopard known as "Moyo" climbs a tree to a beautiful golden hour sunrise, opportunities like this happen very rarely and was thrilled to capture him in such an iconic pose and soft golden light.
Ruaha Nat Park- TZ.
A magnificent dark maned male from the Vidimbuni pride struts his stuff whilst on early patrol on the grassland plains of Namiri, Central Serengeti- TZ.
A young lioness (possibly her fiirst litter) carries her 3 x four week old cubs over 4 km from their birthplace in the marsh to their new kopje (rock outcrop) home to join the rest of her 10 other siblings and taking the total pride number to 23. What a joy to witness and document!
Namiri plains- Central Serengeti, TZ.
A wonderfully camouflaged male leopard known as "Ghost" descends from inside a beautiful Sycamore fig to grab his warthog prized kill below.
Ruaha Nat Park- TZ
4 x six month old lion cubs from the Mdyona Ju pride seek the shade and shelter of a rock outcrop at the foot of Kimilamatonga Hill in Ruaha's Nat Park- TZ
A month in Ruaha & Serengeti Nat Parks- Tanzania. Pt1
My first post for over 3 months, my apologies, have been quite busy editing large numbers of images for work projects.
This recent month long Ruaha/Namiri TZ trip has been one not easily forgotten.
With lost bags, escaping a fatal plane crash by 24hrs, a smashed D5 & 400 f/2.8E long lens combo which saw my 70-200 +1.4tc become my long prime and how one quickly must adapt to such setbacks, always a good reason to carry 3 bodies.
Highlights were four ........yes 4 amazing Caracal sightings, a zebra birth, great close encounters with a cheetah mum and sub-adult to a magical last day sighting of a lioness walking & carrying her 3 x four week old cubs over 4 km from their birthplace in the marsh to their new Kopje home to join the rest of her 10 other siblings.
Can't wait to return here again for the Gnu calving in 6 weeks time.
I"ll try not to bore you with an overload of images, so here are a selection of 8.
"Yawning for attention"
Here a very relaxed sub adult female cheetah approaches my vehicle, lies down to stretch and yawn under an early evening sky on the open plains of Namiri/Serengeti.
Her mother was also just feet away. Such a treat! (captured with monopod/custom bracket/rigged @ ground level + Camranger remote)
Nikon D810
Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 G2 (love this new VC equipped lens, every bit as good as the twice as expensive Nikkor VR version plus it's 41mm shorter!)
f/6.3
1/400s
ISO1250@ 68mm.
"Golden hour ascent"
6.19am and the 3 yr old male leopard known as "Moyo" climbs a tree to a beautiful golden hour sunrise, opportunities like this happen very rarely and was thrilled to capture him in such an iconic pose and soft golden light.
Ruaha Nat Park- TZ.
A magnificent dark maned male from the Vidimbuni pride struts his stuff whilst on early patrol on the grassland plains of Namiri, Central Serengeti- TZ.
A young lioness (possibly her fiirst litter) carries her 3 x four week old cubs over 4 km from their birthplace in the marsh to their new kopje (rock outcrop) home to join the rest of her 10 other siblings and taking the total pride number to 23. What a joy to witness and document!
Namiri plains- Central Serengeti, TZ.
A wonderfully camouflaged male leopard known as "Ghost" descends from inside a beautiful Sycamore fig to grab his warthog prized kill below.
Ruaha Nat Park- TZ
4 x six month old lion cubs from the Mdyona Ju pride seek the shade and shelter of a rock outcrop at the foot of Kimilamatonga Hill in Ruaha's Nat Park- TZ
Cheers
Marc
Jan 28, 2018 at 12:00 PM
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