Morkel Erasmus
06-15-2009, 12:01 PM
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I took this recently at the bottom of the Fish River Canyon in Namibia (we were doing the famous 5-day 80km hike). Time of day was noon but what can you do? The little bug (called a 'Toktokkie' in colloquial Afrikaans) put up quite a struggle and had to be stung 3 times before succumbing.
Canon 1000D with Tamron 70-300 Di Tele-Macro on Macro setting
f11.0 @ 1/250 SS @ ISO-800
All crits welcome! This is full frame. Click on the thumbnail to view large.
I took this recently at the bottom of the Fish River Canyon in Namibia (we were doing the famous 5-day 80km hike). Time of day was noon but what can you do? The little bug (called a 'Toktokkie' in colloquial Afrikaans) put up quite a struggle and had to be stung 3 times before succumbing.
Canon 1000D with Tamron 70-300 Di Tele-Macro on Macro setting
f11.0 @ 1/250 SS @ ISO-800
All crits welcome! This is full frame. Click on the thumbnail to view large.