Category Archives: Botswana The ancient Greeks and Romans knew of giraffes and according to rumors on the internet, thought that they were a cross between a camel and a leopard, hence the scientific genus name of ‘camelopardalis’. Not sure how they envisioned a camel and a leopard mating, though – probably after copious quantities of wine!  Later in the day the remains had been taken over by some lions. A male lion dozed in some grass nearby while four females were snacking on the neck and legs.  While to some this may seem sad, I view it more as nature recycling. In it’s death it’s providing sustenance to the host of creatures devouring it. 
[...] yesterday’s photo, Lunching Hyena, you might make out the snout of this fox in the lower right [...]  This shot of two giraffes at dusk was captured at Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Again, the is a scan of a slide.  Again, this is from a scan of a slide. Were I shooting this today I’d be very tempted to capture it in HDR and then use Photoshop to blend the layers but I don’t know I’d like the result any more than this. 
Great picture
[...] this giraffe is anyone’s guess. This was the scene when we first happened across it in the Chobe National Park in [...]  I’m guessing from this guy’s attire that neither crocodiles nor hippos get excited at the color red.
[...] shot of two giraffes at dusk was captured at Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Again, the is a scan of a [...]  I took this picture of an Impala as we were driving towards a watering hole to watch the animals arrive at dusk. Like a lot of animals, they stop to check you out before deciding whether to run away or ignore you. Shortly after this photo, it decided to run away.
[...] with yesterday’s photo, the shallow depth of field of the 500mm f/8.0 mirror lens is clearly evident in this [...] |
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by Richard Davis