Back in April, for the first time in my life, also at Rietvlei, I saw the European Bee Eater. I immediately fell in love with this beautiful bird. At the time, I only had a 55-300mm lens, and the birds were fairly far away from where I was, and unfortunately, I couldn’t get closer. I took a couple of photographs, and that was it! By the end of April these migratory birds had left, and at the time there was no chance to see them again. Then, one day (I think it was somewhere in October), while I was outside in my garden, making sure the swimming pool was in good order, I suddenly heard this sound that I knew so well. Prrrrt, prrrt, prrrt! I looked up, and there I saw a whole flock of these Bee Eaters flying right over our house. They were coming in from the north, on their way to Rietvlei.
That very Saturday, after this event, I took my camera and the Sigma 150-500 lens that I had bought in the meantime, and headed for the reserve. I couldn’t find the birds. It took me a couple of visits before I eventually saw them on 22 Nov 2014. I was very happy. When I saw them, I was actually heading out, since it threatened to rain and some drops had already started to fall. For a short while the threat subsided and I could sit in the car just watching them and waiting for an opportunity to photograph them. I was very happy.
Anyway, here are some pictures of them, and some other creatures that I photographed.
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| European Bee Eater |
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Sony SLT-A37 |
| Lens: | Sigma DG 150-500mm 5-6.3 APO HSM |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/9 |
| Shutter: | 1/1250 |
| ISO: | 800 |
| Focal Length: | 500mm (35mm Eq = 750mm) |
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| Zebra Foal |
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Sony SLT-A37 |
| Lens: | Sigma DG 150-500mm 5-6.3 APO HSM |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter: | 1/1600 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Focal Length: | 150mm (35mm Eq = 225mm) |
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| Blesbuck family |
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Sony SLT-A37 |
| Lens: | Sigma DG 150-500mm 5-6.3 APO HSM |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter: | 1/4000 |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Focal Length: | 500mm (35mm Eq = 750mm) |
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| Whiskered Tern |
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Sony SLT-A37 |
| Lens: | Sigma DG 150-500mm 5-6.3 APO HSM |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter: | 1/3200 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Focal Length: | 500mm (35mm Eq = 750mm) |
More pictures can be found in the slideshow below. There are more photographs of the European Bee Eater, a Pied Starling, and African Darter, a White Throated Swallow, more Zebras, etc.
Created with flickr slideshow.
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