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Nice photo, love the colours! What camera are you using?
Aaron
Posted By Aaron Schubert on January 11, 2010, 4:31 AM
Of all the slid shows I have viewed, the wildlife photos are the best. These pictures should be on a calendar.
Posted By Caroline on January 11, 2010, 10:55 AM
Wish my Africa pics looked like these. Since I don't know guidelines you used to pick, I only mention this concern. To me the subject(s) in a wildlife photo should at least be alive. #4 slide appears to be of stuffed animals in a natural history museum's diorama.
Posted By Ann Meisel on January 11, 2010, 11:33 AM
Dear Ann,
Thanks for bringing our attention to the curious look of the photo of the elands. We're double-checking it.
Regards,
Sean
Posted By Blog editor on January 11, 2010, 12:59 PM
Nice photos of wildlife, and one pretty good photo of a museum exhibit, namely, the "Partners on the African grasslands" shot!
Posted By D. morris on January 11, 2010, 1:46 PM
Absolutely SPECTACULAR!!!
Posted By suellen on January 11, 2010, 4:02 PM
Number 4 is a nice shot of an exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, if my memory of the African Hall there is accurate.
Posted By SA on January 11, 2010, 4:15 PM
The photo in question is in fact a diorama in the AMNH of NY (American Museum of Natural History New York). My sons and I recognized it immediately!
Posted By Scott C on January 11, 2010, 5:14 PM
Actually, the antelope in question are hartebeest, not elands. I agree that the photo appears to be of a museum diorama but I don't know that the guidelines specifically stated that the animals had to be alive.
Posted By Rick George on January 11, 2010, 5:32 PM
My husband has been a zoo director for over 30 years and he, too, says the animals in #4 are hartebeests. They would need to be in a diorama to be photographed in the manner in which they are posed. You would never find that in nature. They are found in the eastern part of Kenya near Somalia. Dry, but not nearly as arid and desert like as presented.
Posted By Joyce Glazier on January 11, 2010, 6:17 PM
Great photos and I know you are a "travel" site but not enough photos from North America. It would be nice to include some from the wide diversity of wildlife like antelope, bear, mule deer, moose, bobcat, mountain lion, caribou etc. One elk is not sufficient for me. Thanks for the great photos from Africa. Randy
Posted By Randy on January 12, 2010, 5:58 AM
Thanks for your help, everyone. We sheepishly (sorry for the pun) withdraw photo #4, which does appear to be taken in a museum. While we love the photo, we don’t think it belongs in our wildlife slide show, which was meant to focus on living animals in their natural environments.
--The Editors
Posted By The Editors on January 12, 2010, 2:40 PM
I have never been able to photograph zebras as well as the photographer did in Etosha. Perhaps only East African zebras turn away when approached. :) Would love advice from the photographer on catching such a great portrait.
Posted By Ann Meisel on January 14, 2010, 10:55 AM
Exquisite. Makes you feel like you were the one who took the pictures or were at least present when they wer3e taken. Congratulations!
Posted By John Embry on January 18, 2010, 9:06 PM
Aaron, the butterfly picture was taken with a Canon EOS Rebel XTi with the standard lens and a Quantary +10 Macro lens. Patience is required because you have to get very close to the subject with the macro lens. I had the best luck by focusingt on a particular flower at a set distance beforehand and then waiting for the butterfly to settle.
Posted By Tom B. on January 21, 2010, 3:06 PM