Morkel Erasmus
07-13-2012, 02:19 PM
I was booked off for 2 days due to flu, during which time I could catch up on some overdue 2011 image processing and archive cleanup (when I wasn't sleeping off the sinusitis). :w3
This is from a trip in April 2011 to the Mountain Zebra National Park, in the Karoo desert of South Africa. This park has been instrumental in saving the Cape Mountain Zebra from extinction, and also provides a safe harbour for other species whose numbers are dwindling, like the White-tailed Gnu. Cheetahs have also been re-introduced (from the Kalahari) to the park with great success.
This was taken at dawn on top of the Rooiplaat Plateau. The park is surrounded by mountains and valleys which provide lovely backdrops for wildlife photography.
Techs:
Canon 7D with 70-200mm f2.8 L IS USM @ 90mm
f2.8 @ 1/160 SS @ ISO-1600
taken before sunrise
I was purposefully light on applying noise reduction as I wanted to retain detail in the BG mountains and the clouds in the sky...
This is from a trip in April 2011 to the Mountain Zebra National Park, in the Karoo desert of South Africa. This park has been instrumental in saving the Cape Mountain Zebra from extinction, and also provides a safe harbour for other species whose numbers are dwindling, like the White-tailed Gnu. Cheetahs have also been re-introduced (from the Kalahari) to the park with great success.
This was taken at dawn on top of the Rooiplaat Plateau. The park is surrounded by mountains and valleys which provide lovely backdrops for wildlife photography.
Techs:
Canon 7D with 70-200mm f2.8 L IS USM @ 90mm
f2.8 @ 1/160 SS @ ISO-1600
taken before sunrise
I was purposefully light on applying noise reduction as I wanted to retain detail in the BG mountains and the clouds in the sky...