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Roan in the mist.


(Chelinda Airstrip, Nyika Plateau, Malawi, on a very cold morning in May 2010)


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~ @@Photo-Kiboko

 

What an evocative photograph.

I like everything about it — the subjects, the location, the atmosphere, the composition.

Although I'd never yet visited Africa when your image was made, it feels somehow ‘real’ to me.

Thank you for posting it.

Tom K.

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Sunset in Northern Serengeti - November 2015
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Sunset in Lamai area of Serengeti - November 2015

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Namibian sunset (near Okaukuejo, Etosha, September 2013)

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Two more sunset shots:

After a long Safari day, we left the Serengeti around sunset.
I had packed the camera in my photo bag.
The sun was perfect behind the tree and the silhouette of the Massai and their cattle.
Unfortunately, our guide needs some time to stop the car and move backwards.
Then, the sun was almost gone …
… and the Massai close to home.
I still like the picture; even I have missed the “perfect” shot.



July 2008, on the gate of the Massai Mara, Kenya
D300 with 200-400/4 + TC17 = 650 mm (equivalent 975 mm) + additional crop.


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We have encountered many clouds during our Tanzania Safari in August 2011.
There were not many opportunities to photograph a sunset.
On one day in the Seronera, Serengeti we had luck.
The dark dots in the sun are solar storms, not sensor dirt.
I still dream about it, to have a group of Giraffes or Elephants walking through the sunset.
I have to go again to Africa.



August 2011, Seronera, Serengeti, Tanzania
D300 + 500/4 + TC17 = 850 mm (equivalent 1275 mm) + additional crop

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I still like the picture; even I have missed the “perfect” shot.

I still dream about it, to have a group of Giraffes or Elephants walking through the sunset.

I have to go again to Africa.

 

~ @@Photo-Kiboko

 

After having already made such outstanding images, your next African safari is sure to yield more fine images.

I like both of your African sunset images.

May your next visit to Africa be sooner than you imagine!

Tom K.

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Sunrise seen from the campsite of the Camdeboo national park, near Graaf Reinett.

 

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Nikon D750 + Tamron 15-30mm f2.8 @ 15mm, 1/3-1/2 second exposure @ f11 and ISO 100

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Sunset on the Zambezi. Lower Zambezi park, Zambia

 

 

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~ @@davidedric

 

A beautiful “taken at exactly the right moment” image.

I hadn't realized that there were mountains beside the Zambezi.

Thank you for posting it.

Tom K.

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Peter Muigai.

Date: 13/2/2015

Location: Nairobi National Park

Camera: Nikon D3200

Lens: 18-55mm AF

 

I have always admired sunrise and sunset images, This deep interest forced me to consult about it. After some few lessons, I decided it was time to practice. This was the result of my third try.

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Date: 13/2/2015

Location: Nairobi National Park

Camera: Nikon D3200

Lens: 18-55mm AF

 

I have always admired sunrise and sunset images, This deep interest forced me to consult about it. After some few lessons, I decided it was time to practice. This was the result of my third try.

 

~ @@Peter Muigai.

 

With a result as fine as that, you're on your way to becoming the Rembrandt of Nairobi National Park.

The intense contrasts and deep hues are arresting. Who knew that Nairobi National Park could appear so dramatic?

Your camera and lens have brought out the beauty of sunset, with an intensity that's beguiling.

Thank you for posting it here.

I'm delighted that your sharing images with Safaritalk from your ongoing experience as an Emakoko master guide.

Tom K.

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Ben mosquito

An early start , Ndutu, Tanzania.

 

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These were taken late evening in Amboseli Kenya.

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A beautiful sunset is the dream end to a day in Africa.

These were taken in the Masai mara.

FinePix S8000fd.

f/4.5. 1/400. ISO 100. 84mm

f/4.5. 1/420. ISO 64. 84mm

f/4.5. 1/350. ISO 100. 44mm

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Game Warden

Pass me a G&T stat!

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Sunrise at Selinda 3 weeks ago

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Game Warden

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Catalina Bay, iSimangaliso, KZN, South Africa.

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KaingU Lodge

Sorry guys, I have been really quiet on here since December! But anyway, I have had a few words from the Game Warden and promise to pull my socks up and pull my finger out and raise my game. Detention was tough, Matt gets quite vocal. Anyway, I will be posting as usual from now on. Including Kaingu news, Kafue news, gibberish of all sorts. Game on.

 

A few from the other evening:

 

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Game Warden

@@KaingU Lodge You see that last photo would look even better had there been a few Safaritalkers in it :)

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KaingU Lodge

Should have taken my selfie stick along eh!

 

Jokes aside, I know of at least a couple of STers coming here this year...

 

@@KaingU Lodge You see that last photo would look even better had there been a few Safaritalkers in it :)

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Botswanadreams

KaingU November 2012

 

It is a fantastic place.

 

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Peter Connan

Those who follow the Big Year threads will have noticed that I visited Cape Town recently.

 

I managed once again to visit Strandvlei, but arrived a little early. No matter, it gave me the opportunity to do this:

 

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And this:

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A little less nature-orientated, this is the view from Bloubergstrand toward Cape Town itself just after sunset:

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