I arrived at Rietvlei at about 6am, but hardly got to see any animals this day. I saw a few springboks, blesbucks and black Wildebeest in the distance, but nothing up close. I got close to zebras, but they were on the wrong side of the car, exactly in line with the sun behind them. The landscape photographs were as a result of testing out a new 2nd camera.
For some time now I’ve been wanting a second camera. My main camera is the Sony A37 with the Sigma DG 150-500mm 5-6.3 APO HSM lens. This is almost a permanent configuration. I really don’t like to have to change lenses when the big lens is just to big for closer subjects.
Here in South Africa, our First National Bank (FNB) has a loyalty points system called eBucks. The more you use your credit and cheque cards the more points you get. Then, when you have enough points, you can use them to purchase stuff from partner stores nation wide. eBucks also has its own store through which you can buy all kinds of stuff. Then a couple of weeks ago I wanted to check the status of my eBucks. While I was on their website, I decided to browse around their online store and found that they sold cameras and lenses. Because of my good rating with them, I could also get 40% of anything I bought using eBucks alone. I realized that I could buy one of the cameras with the eBucks I had at the time. They only had Canon and Nikon cameras in their store. So, I ordered the Canon EOS 1200D.
Feeding Bee
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 1200D |
| Lens: | Canon EFS 18-55mm |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter: | 1/800 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Focal Length: | 55mm |
Amur Falcon
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Sony SLT-A37 |
| Lens: | Sigma DG 150-500mm 5-6.3 APO HSM |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/6.3 |
| Shutter: | 1/1250 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Focal Length: | 500mm |
Landscape
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 1200D |
| Lens: | EFS 18-55mm |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/5.0 |
| Shutter: | 1/1600 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Focal Length: | 46mm |
B&W Landscape
Hardware | |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 1200D |
| Lens: | EFS 18-55mm |
Photo Settings | |
| Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter: | 1/4000 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Focal Length: | 27mm |
Created with flickr slideshow.
Rietvlei Nature Reserve - 2015-02-07
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