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Hmm yes Lisbeth..I think we disturbed his siesta...


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wow nice ^Q^
and you went to Tankwa O/\
there is a TT here about this NP... here... seems not so far from CT ;-)


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Just a little Cape Wagtail catching bees - one must keep practising these shots though...in the event of a Fish-Eagle swooping down to catch a fish. :-) Thank you little Wagtail...you kept me entertained for quite a while...

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Incredible details ^Q^ ^Q^ \O


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^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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A Whitethroated Swallow at Rietvlei kept flying off and coming back to the same perch. I pointed the camera at the perch, focused then switched off autofocus. I didn't have a tripod with me so I rested the camera on the opening of the hide, carefully aimed the camera at the perch then took my eye away from the viewfinder so I could see when the bird approached. As it did, I fired a burst of 4-5 pictures, one of which came out quite nicely :-)

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I think that birds in flight are some of the most difficult pictures to get - then I tried insects in flight.


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Some more of my successes. I don't get enough practise at this type of photography so most of my efforts are blurds.

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I really like this shot, the light on it is perfect.
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I have more but I have to load them to Photobucket.


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Not bad for one who is still practising =O: These are fabulous photos, love the swallow and the vulture, BluTuna.


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love the Cape Wagtail... in action \O
and well done for all the others
^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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I find all the smaller ones rather hard to get. They always end up in blurds for me.
So I'm very fond of the wagtail and the swallow. \O


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