PhotoShare: You scratch my back

Hey guys...I know I am WAAAY overdue for a proper blog post...bear with me and I should be able to squeeze one out sometime this week. 

I do have a few thoughts on the use of various wide-angle lenses for landscape photography after our recent stint in the Drakensberg mountains...so watch this space!

Meanwhile, here is one dug from the archives of a 2010 trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa. A pride of lions were just waking up for the night, and this female was scratching the back of her sibling. The low angle was possible due to their relative position to ours on the dune they were lying on.

Take care now!

Morkel Erasmus

10 Must do’s for a successful remote photographic expedition

Renowned wildlife and culture photographer Piper Mackay has posted a very insightful post on her blog entitled:

10 Must do’s for a successful remote photographic expedition

You can check it out HERE


Cheers!


Morkel Erasmus

PhotoShare: He went that way!

I just love photographing the beautiful, shy and lightning-quick Malachite Kingfisher. This one was preening in gorgeous early morning light at the Marievale Bird Sanctuary in Nigel, South Africa.

(Nikon D3s, Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II)  f5.6  |  1/5000 SS  |  ISO-1600

Morkel Erasmus

Featured on Google+

Well, I jumped onto Google+ quite early, but it took me a while to really get the hang of it and start sharing content in a meaningful way.

I was honoured to be notified today that I am now a "verified" user and that Google South Africa has placed me on the "Featured User List" (or "Suggested User List") for South Africa.


You can check out my profile HERE.
You can also check out the featured "circle" HERE


If you are not yet part of Google+ and would like to check it out, drop me a message and I'll send you an invite! It's quite an interesting social network and very much geared towards us photographers.


Until later!


Morkel Erasmus