Africa Wild

Great pics guys

We have vervet monkeys every day, hence the reason I get irritated when hordes stop for them in KNP . Mongoose and owl on the odd occasion and a Bushpig at our gate around a year ago. (They hang out in the coastal bush and often make an appearance in the neighbourhood late at night)

Flutterby wrote:BT, you obviously need endless amounts of patience to get pics like these!

A certain amount of patience is required but not endless, depending on the weather, there are usually plenty of different insects around; the patience comes in when I try to get close enough to get the shot. Sometimes I can get in close first time and sometimes I end up chasing the bug(gers) around the garden.

The pictures I have posted on this thread so far were all taken with the Nikkor 55-200 kit lens that came with the camera plus a set of extension tubes. All of these pictures use natural sunlight which requires that the ISO be increased in order to get any sort of depth of field; this leads to grainy/noisy pictures.

I've since acquired a macro lens and I now use an external flash gun mounted so that it is right next to the end of the lens. Even at 1/16 power, the flash gives enough light to shoot at F22 or smaller at ISO 100.

Thanks for that info BT!

BC, with all the wildlife in your backyard you don't need to go to Kruger!

Flutterby wrote:Thanks for that info BT!

BC, with all the wildlife in your backyard you don't need to go to Kruger!

Dunno what BC's garden is like but I have to get away from the Elephants and Hippos that keep invading my garden.

Do tell!!

The imaginary wildlife that I don't have to go to Kruger for

If they are pink and flying you need to change your tipple of choice!

Here are some pictures I took over the weekend

Honey Bee.


Digger Wasp



Mosquito.


Flowerpot Wasp.



Lizard.


Carpenter Bee.



A Spider carrying its egg-sac.


And my personal favourites, a Jumping Spider with Banded Blowfly prey.

Stunning BT, all of them! awesome shot of your backyard bugs!

Super Mongoose wrote:Stunning BT, all of them! awesome shot of your backyard bugs!

Thanks SM, I think I'm getting the hang of this Macro stuff!