Nkaya Pan lookout

[Flutterby]

Nice pics!

[Richprins]

More pics from PB:


https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... =46&t=1292

I discovered a place called Nkaya Pan and it was brilliant for early morning photography as the sun was right behind me

At Nkaya pan early in the morning animals would appear at the far end and the ONE disadvantage of a full frame /non crop factor camera is that in situations like this you are normally undergunned so I would have to put on the 500 lens plus a 1.4 x convertor = 700 f5.6 but sometimes after their far end drinks they would walk around and pass quite close resulting in some great low angle opportunities

There must have been a kill nearby Nkaya Pan as a few vultures came for a wash anda clean...I tried an experiment to test how my camera handles a moving subject,,,I set the shutterspeed to slow but I suppose blurred wing tips add to the impression of movement...again in golden light at sunrise

[Richprins]

Elephant emerging:


http://v8.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=67twg9&s=8

[Richprins]

The pan in summer, by Pumbaa 2013:

On our way to Nkaya pan we spotted on the road two crested francolins



and although very much overgrown Nkaya pan was lovely and as the pan itself was not that large as the just visited Leeupan or Kumana lots of birds in an acceptable distance could be spotted but first the two resident hippos had to take a look.



It would have been a great motive if one of them was wearing some of the green on its head but this was today wishful thinking.



A pity was that a group of hadeda ibises was busy in feeding and none of them even raised its head for a picture but a beautiful black crake appeared between the long grass on the search for food.



Another grey heron could be spotted and was it in the South the sightings of green-backed herons in the central part of the park up to now the grey herons predominated. Out of the dense vegetation suddenly three waterbuck ladies arrived to quench their thirst at the pan



and on their coat-tails a lone wildebeest.



We really enjoyed this peaceful spot and the whole time we parked here we were alone and with some cookies we carried on observing the surroundings. The waterbuck ladies were extreme alert and each of them looked into a different direction to scan the area and only one of them drank whilst the other two were still on the look out.

https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 1&start=40

[Richprins]

Some 2017 pics by Ratel:














https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic. ... &start=170

[Richprins]

steamtrainfan 2018:

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
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17h17 hours ago

2:30 pm
1 Steenbok on the move
H1-3, at Nkaya pan, 8m off the road
5/5
Near Satara
Tinged by Don for Love God’s Creation
(Photo)

[Lisbeth]

No flies

[Richprins]

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Kruger Sightings‏Verified account @LatestKruger · 23h23 hours ago

Update
Photo of 20 Wild dog stationary
H1-3, Nkaya Pan
5/5
Near Satara
Tinged by Zaheda
(Photo)

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
12:30 pm
A whole pride of lions on a kill
Nkaya pan, 1km W of the H1-3
Near Satara.
5/5.
Tinged by Koos.
5:03 PM · Sep 30, 2020