Crunchy Meat Pie and other culinary delights!
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Sprocky
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Really like your moth pics BT!
Sometimes it’s not until you don’t see what you want to see, that you truly open your eyes.
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Thanks Sprocky, time to use my bug pics to reapply to Shutterstock I think.Sprocky wrote:Really like your moth pics BT!
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Great bird photos 
Your moth photos are as always more than excellent and it is always very interesting to see those close-ups
Wahlberg's Eagle?
Your moth photos are as always more than excellent and it is always very interesting to see those close-ups
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Thanks for confirming my ID LisLisbeth wrote:Great bird photos
Wahlberg's Eagle?
Your moth photos are as always more than excellent and it is always very interesting to see those close-ups
And thanks for the kind comments about my photos
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My fav is the Retz then I love also the hare, the chin view of the frog and the Phiala
Lovely photos all around
then I love also the hare, the chin view of the frog and the Phiala Lovely photos all around
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As always your pictures are brilliant, BluTuna
In the last installment my favourite is the Retz's Helmet-Shrike and all the moths
In the last installment my favourite is the Retz's Helmet-Shrike and all the moths
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Thank you TokoToko wrote:My fav is the Retz
Lovely photos all around
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
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And thank you too Pumbaa!Pumbaa wrote:As always your pictures are brilliant, BluTuna
In the last installment my favourite is the Retz's Helmet-Shrike and all the moths
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
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Day 4 Tuesday 12 November : Maroela -> Balule.
We were originally booked into Maroela for 3 nights but we decided to go to Balule a day early; not such a great idea as it turned out but you win some and you lose some!
As usual on a moving day, we got up when we felt like it and did a leisurely pack up.
The Lions were still at Nsemani Dam.
A few minutes later, a Martial Eagle.
About 500 metres from the H1-4, a lioness stepped into the road in front of us. She was calling and we got quite excited because we thought there might be cubs. Not this time, she was trying to locate the pride who were hidden in the bush about 100 metres away.
We hadn't finished with Lions yet, we found some following a small herd of Buffs on the S90 near Balule. Impossible to photograph as they were deep in the bush.
After we had set up at Balule.
We headed off for the afternoon drive down to Bangu Waterhole, where we found some more Lions.
From there we headed for the Olifants high level bridge which is our usual place to be in the late afternoon when we are staying at Balule.
on the way, a Red Crested Korhaan.
At the bridge, a Croc.
Then something happened that we have been waiting to see again for many years.....
The bats came out of the bridge...
This is quite a spectacle, there are thousands of them and they come pouring out of the bridge expansion joints.
I took a slightly out of focus video of the action. Taken from directly above the exit point.
As the sun set we headed back to camp and it was......
time to try out my new secret weapon.
Introducing The Scorpion Torch
I'd bought this from Take-a-lot a few weeks before and this was the first time I'd tried it out. It only cost R100 so I thought it would be rubbish. I was wrong; Scorpions shine like they have a light bulb in them.
This is what they look like when the fluoresce. The light isn't very bright - this pic was hand held at 1/13 @ F3.5 ISO 6400 using my Tamron 90mm Macro lens.
This is what they look like without the torch.
We were originally booked into Maroela for 3 nights but we decided to go to Balule a day early; not such a great idea as it turned out but you win some and you lose some!
As usual on a moving day, we got up when we felt like it and did a leisurely pack up.
The Lions were still at Nsemani Dam.
A few minutes later, a Martial Eagle.
About 500 metres from the H1-4, a lioness stepped into the road in front of us. She was calling and we got quite excited because we thought there might be cubs. Not this time, she was trying to locate the pride who were hidden in the bush about 100 metres away.
We hadn't finished with Lions yet, we found some following a small herd of Buffs on the S90 near Balule. Impossible to photograph as they were deep in the bush.
After we had set up at Balule.
We headed off for the afternoon drive down to Bangu Waterhole, where we found some more Lions.
From there we headed for the Olifants high level bridge which is our usual place to be in the late afternoon when we are staying at Balule.
on the way, a Red Crested Korhaan.
At the bridge, a Croc.
Then something happened that we have been waiting to see again for many years.....
The bats came out of the bridge...
This is quite a spectacle, there are thousands of them and they come pouring out of the bridge expansion joints.
I took a slightly out of focus video of the action. Taken from directly above the exit point.
As the sun set we headed back to camp and it was......
time to try out my new secret weapon.
Introducing The Scorpion Torch
I'd bought this from Take-a-lot a few weeks before and this was the first time I'd tried it out. It only cost R100 so I thought it would be rubbish. I was wrong; Scorpions shine like they have a light bulb in them.
This is what they look like when the fluoresce. The light isn't very bright - this pic was hand held at 1/13 @ F3.5 ISO 6400 using my Tamron 90mm Macro lens.
This is what they look like without the torch.
Hunting cannot be considered a sport as all contestants in a sport should know they are playing the game!
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Sprocky
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Those bats are fascinating to watch. What is also fascinating are the scorpions under the "black light".
Sometimes it’s not until you don’t see what you want to see, that you truly open your eyes.