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  1. 30th July 2012, 09:33 AM #1
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    Safari Pics

    Just got back from 2 weeks in South Africa, where we spent a few days at some game parks on the edge of the Kruger National Park. It was an unbelievable experience, and I took plenty of pics as you can imagine, so here's a few!






































    I'll add more later!

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  2. 30th July 2012, 11:08 AM #2
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    Thank you Sean for the nice series.
    Which telephoto you have used? Need to be 500mm +?
    How close to the animals you can get?
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    Hi Chucaro,

    I wish I had a 500mm lense! Most of these would have been take on my 70-200mm, some may have been on my 24-105mm.

    If you're in one of the open top Landy or Toyota safari trucks, you can get very close - we were literally within touching distance of Elephants on some occasions, and within a couple of metres of Lions and Leopards. They pretty much ignore the car and go about their business. Some of the others keep their distance a bit more, but generally you can get fairly close. These pics should give you some idea!

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  4. 30th July 2012, 01:16 PM #4
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    Sean, that elephant in the second pic does not look very happy
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    Yeah, every now and then one of them would seem to get a bit irritated by our presence, trumpeting a warning and stamping their feet. Was a little bit disconcerting to say the least! But our guides assured us as long as we were in the car, and didn't stand up, we'd be OK ...
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    Uploaded some more pics, take a look here if you're interested:

    Our South African Safari!

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    Very nice photos Sean, some of them are excellent.
    Not easy to get a leopard and you captured it very well.
    Thank you for sharing with us.
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    gee thanks Sean, those pics are very good. That little hornless Rhino looks so sad, kind of like he knows his been ripped off.
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