Kenya Pics are ready

As some of you know I have just returned from Kenya.

Having just sorted through over 800 pics here are some of the better ones - excluding the wife, pool and other such family shots.

All comments greatfully received.

The main link to all of them is http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/rfphotos/thumbs.htm
Click on any image for larger pic.

but here are a couple of my favourates to keep you going



Suckling Monkey
270mm f5.6 1/250 ISO1600 (yep 1600 and little noise)



African Wood Owl
400mm f6.7 1/180s ISO800 AF360
Re-worked in PS as red-eye reduction doesn't work on Owls

Because of the great variances in light conditions many of the shots were taken with spot metering.

I particularly like the bat, the owl and the fish (a marlin?). From the red elephants I see you went to Tsavo! No big cats? Looks like you had a great time anyway.

Glad you like them Gwyn.

Fish was a 60Lb sail fish (tagged and released alive) , big cats are 7th line down, not brilliant but you only get glimpses of them normally and they wouldn't turn towards us at all.

Pics were from Tsavo East and Shimba Hills (the wodden building like treetops). Other pics from around the hotel.

Glad you like to Owl - Shows that the AF360 can work well with a long lens.

Should get the prints back today, be interesting to see how they compare with screen shots.

missed the lions when I looked - must have missed out that whole line.
Can't wait to get back to E. Africa!