{"id":1128,"date":"2013-03-03T15:18:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T21:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2013-12-19T08:12:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:12:05","slug":"springtime-in-the-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/springtime-in-the-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Springtime in the Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/African_Sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1142\" alt=\"African Skies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/African_Sky.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/African_Sky.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/African_Sky-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Part III in the Series of My African Photo Safari<\/h2>\n<p>November and early December are a fantastic time to be in bush in the Okavango Delta. It&#8217;s special to see all the babies . . . zebras, elephants, impalas, tsessebe, lions, baboons, \u00a0etc. The vibrant colors of migrant birds are present, and most importantly, the skies are so dramatic with thick, puffy white clouds reaching high in the sky. 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They also display signs of grief, joy, anger and play.\u00a0They form deep family bonds and live in tight matriarchal family groups of related females called a herd. The herd is led by the oldest and often largest female in the herd, called a matriarch. 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Early Light\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Danger in the Early Light<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- A bull Cape Buffalo in the morning light<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:capebuffalo1-4ca9.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Dangerous Prey\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Dangerous Prey<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- A Cape Buffalo looks on with caution<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:kneeling1-4cae.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Kneeling\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Kneeling<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- Warthog eating his way - kneeling<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:runninghog-bw1-4caf.jpg:960:641:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Running_hog\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:641px;top:40px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Running_hog<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- Male Warthog running for his life<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:warthog1-1-4cb0.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Arn't I Pretty\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Arn't I Pretty<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- Warthog - Botswana<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:tsessebecalf1-4cb1.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Tsessebe_Family\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Tsessebe_Family<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- A family of Tsessebes<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:tsessebe-calf1-4cb2.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Tsessebe and calf\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Tsessebe and calf<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- Female Tsessebe with her small calf<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:reedfrog1-1-4cb4.jpg:540:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Reed_Frog\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:540px;height:720px;top:0px;left:210px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Reed_Frog<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- A colorful Reed Frog in the reeds on the Okavango Delta<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:reedfrog1-4cb9.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Reed Frog\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Reed Frog<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- Macro of a reed frog on a reed - Okavango Delta<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:reeffrog-lily-oil1-4cb6.jpg:960:720:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Water Lily in Oil\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:720px;top:0px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Water Lily in Oil<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- A small Reed Frog in the petals of the water lily<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div style=\"display:block;padding:0;margin:0 auto 25px auto;width:960px;background-color:#C9CC20;border:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden;width:960px;height:720px;position:relative\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/blogshow-resample.php?q=4ca3:lily1-oil1-4cb3.jpg:960:641:1:jpg:90,0,0:1:0:kandphoto-avatar-4c7f.png:78:78:37:0:FFFFFF:100\" alt=\"Colorful\" style=\"display:block;border:none;padding:0;margin:0;position:relative;width:960px;height:641px;top:40px;left:0px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<p style=\"font-size:12px;margin:0;padding:15px;color:#444444;background-color:#C9CC20;border-top:1px solid #CCCCCC\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Colorful<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<span>- Colorful water lily floating on the Okavango River<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/noscript>\n<!-- BlogShow Code End -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Our Feather Friends of Africa<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Coppery-tailed-Couceal1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1205 aligncenter\" alt=\"Coppery-tailed Coueal eating a centipede\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Coppery-tailed-Couceal1.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Coppery-tailed-Couceal1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Coppery-tailed-Couceal1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I started researching what lens would be best for an African photo safari, most professional photographers recommended the 200-400mm lens as their powerhorse on the African plains. I had the new Nikon 500mm, f4, VRII, which always serves me well . . . its a super sharp fast lens for all of my field adventures . . . Alaska, Winter in Yellowstone, and for shooting hummingbirds, whooping crane, sandhill cranes, and migrating birds in South Texas. Super telephoto lenses are expensive, and I could have rented a 200-400 lens but, mostly, its the weight restrictions hauling another big lens around that squashed that idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lilacbreasted_Roller1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1204 alignright\" alt=\"Lilacbreasted Roller - African Bird\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lilacbreasted_Roller1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lilacbreasted_Roller1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Lilacbreasted_Roller1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I brought my 500mm lens. Boy, was that the best decision I made\u2014it gave me that extra ump I needed when the subject was not as close as I liked, i.e., the zebras. But, for bird photography, it\u00a0was the big jewel in my box of \u00a0diamonds. Birds are not easy to photograph even when your in a blind but to get them in the field, in a loud Land Cruiser, well, it&#8217;s all most impossible.<\/p>\n<p>At Nxsbega Tented Camp, we drove out each day pass a good sized pond. This particular morning, the pond was full of birds so we decided to stop for awhile to photograph birds. We had kingfishers, storks, hamerkops, shore birds, herons, and a few hippos. Bee, as always, manuvered us in without getting stuck in the mud to a nice spot.<\/p>\n<p>The hamerkop is an interesting shaped bird with a lethal beak. He picked up this poor frog who was literally beaten to death. This bird threw this frog around, pounded it, pecked at it for at least 30 minutes. And, Bee told us this is how the hamerkop kills and eats its prey. Next to be eaten alive by hyenas or wild dogs, this would be a horrible way to die. Of course the Yellow-billed stork was actually just as bad . . . he took, it seemed forever. to eat the fish. I had my 500mm lens focused on this stork just waiting for him to swallow whole this fish he had caught. With finger on the shutter, waiting, waiting, watching, watching, and what does Bee decide to do\u2014<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">MOVE THE FRIGGING CRUISER<\/span> just as the stork takes his big gulp!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Check-Mark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1222\" alt=\"Check Mark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Check-Mark-150x141.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CHECKED . . . another lost shot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1208 alignright\" alt=\"Hamerkop killing a frog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop_reflection1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1207 alignright\" alt=\"Hamerkop and his Dinner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop_reflection1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop_reflection1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop_reflection1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hamerkop_reflection1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Green_Bee-Eater1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1206 alignright\" alt=\"Green Bee-eater -African Bird\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Green_Bee-Eater1-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Green_Bee-Eater1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Green_Bee-Eater1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Green_Bee-Eater1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Swallowing1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1215 alignleft\" alt=\"Yellow-billed Stork swallowing a fish - Botswana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Swallowing1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Swallowing1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Swallowing1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Swallowing1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Stork1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1214 alignleft\" alt=\"Yellow-billed Stork catching a fish\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Stork1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Stork1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Yellow-billed_Stork1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wings-Yellow-billed1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1213\" alt=\"Wing flapping of Yellow-billed Stork\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wings-Yellow-billed1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wings-Yellow-billed1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Wings-Yellow-billed1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Red-billed_Hornbill1-fx1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1212 alignleft\" alt=\"Red-billed Hornbill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Red-billed_Hornbill1-fx1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Red-billed_Hornbill1-fx1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Red-billed_Hornbill1-fx1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Juvenile_Saddle-billed_Stork1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1210 alignleft\" alt=\"A juvenile Saddle-billed Stork near a pond in Botswana\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Juvenile_Saddle-billed_Stork1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Juvenile_Saddle-billed_Stork1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Juvenile_Saddle-billed_Stork1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hornbill2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1209 alignleft\" alt=\"Red-billed Hornbill\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hornbill2-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hornbill2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hornbill2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hornbill2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Hornbill2.jpg 1508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Giant_Kingfisher1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1232 alignleft\" alt=\"Male Giant Kingfisher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Giant_Kingfisher1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Giant_Kingfisher1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Giant_Kingfisher1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Malachite_Kingfisher1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1233 alignleft\" alt=\"Malachite Kingfisher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Malachite_Kingfisher1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Malachite_Kingfisher1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Malachite_Kingfisher1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>How I Photographed in Botswana<\/h2>\n<p>And, for all those times that the subject was too close for the 500mm lens, I grabbed my 70-200mm lens. It&#8217;s a zoom lens with all the features of a prime lens. You can attach a teleconverter to it for one. Its fast, its not as heavy as a super prime lens, and it gives you the zooming capability without losing quality. IMHO, I believe that Nikon makes the best glass (cameras debatable), and there is no argument when it comes to the Nikon 70-200mm, f2.8, VRII lens. It should be in every photographer&#8217;s camera bag who is serious about wildlife photography.<\/p>\n<p>For Africa, since I had such back issues, I was permanently staged in the front seat next to the driver. Being in the front seat came with its own set of problems . . . Yes,\u00a0\u00a0I was lower to the ground but I lacked the mobility that the other photogs had with a row all to themselves. Of course, there was the shrub\/weeds problem as well. Oh, and did I mention the antenna? For stablity\u2014my husband strapped in the tripod to the door with the bungie cords. I used pads and blankets between the two seats for support so that I had my 500mm and my 70-200mm right beside me and always ready to go.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Recap of Photographic Lens and Cameras for a African Photo Safari<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nikon 500mm, f4, VRII, lens attached to a Nikon D3<\/li>\n<li>Nikon 70-200mm, f2.8, VRII, lens with a 1.4x teleconverter attached to a Nikon D600<\/li>\n<li>Nikon 24-70mm, f2.8, VRII, lens or the Nikon 16mm Fisheye or the Nikon 12-24mm lens, attached to a Nikon D7000<\/li>\n<li>Nikon 1.7x teleconverter<\/li>\n<li>Wimberley WH-200 Ballhead<\/li>\n<li>Gitzo GT3540LS 6X Carbon Fiber Tripod<\/li>\n<li>Nikon SB-900 Speedflash with fash extender<\/li>\n<li>various bungie cords<\/li>\n<li>Singh-Ray Grad ND filter (3-stop), B+W polarizer<\/li>\n<li>Gura Gear Camera Bag<\/li>\n<li>Gura Gear Computer Bag<\/li>\n<li>13&#8243; MacBook Pro<\/li>\n<li>2-1TB External Portable Hard Drives<\/li>\n<li>Portable Sensor Cleaning Tool Kit\/Blower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Part III in the Series of My African Photo Safari November and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,156,46,157,178,161,153,158,159,2,8,160,52,11,21,50,26,49,63,176,177,175,162,103,104,35,155,39,1,89,42],"tags":[3,308,4,179,6,7,73,180,297,181,298,12,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,22,27,28,31,105,33,34,38,43],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-adventure-blog","category-africa","category-african-blog","category-african-photo-safari-blog","category-african-safari-blog","category-african-wildlife-photography","category-blog-on-africa","category-blog-on-botswana","category-blogroll","category-botswana","category-botswana-safari-blog","category-categories","category-dangerous-animals","category-landscape-photography","category-landscapes","category-migatory-birds","category-nature-photography","category-photography","category-photography-equipment-tips","category-photography-of-africa","category-photography-tips","category-pixel-safari","category-stock-landscape-photography","category-stock-photography","category-travel","category-travel-blog-2","category-travel-photography","category-uncategorized","category-weblogs","category-wildlife-photography","tag-african-photo-safari","tag-african-photo-safari-blog","tag-african-stock-photography","tag-african-wildlife","tag-andy-biggs","tag-big-cats","tag-blog","tag-blog-on-african-photo-safaris","tag-botswana","tag-botswana-wildlife","tag-dangerous-animals","tag-eyes-on-africa","tag-kalahari-desert","tag-kandace-heimer","tag-kandace-heimer-nature-photography","tag-kandace-heimer-photography","tag-kandfoto-com-photography","tag-landscape","tag-landscape-photographer","tag-landscape-photography-2","tag-nature","tag-nature-photography-2","tag-photography-2","tag-stock-photography-2","tag-stock-pictures","tag-texas-photographer","tag-travel-photographer","tag-wildlife-photography-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1584,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128\/revisions\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandfoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}