Other animals of the Mara June 2012

Here are some images of other animals I came across on my trip to the Mara in June.



Hippo wallowing in a sea of weed



A lone elephant bull trudges across the vast, grassy plains of the Mara.



A herd of female impala.



A giraffe silhouetted against the early evening sky.



A topi antelope





The common (but beautiful) zebra



The black/silver-backed jackal.



A lioness of the Offbeat Mara Pride hunting.





More common zebra



An old male hippo. (please note this is not a self-portrait!!)

You are right Safariman, Zebra are beautiful and those are cracking shots. I love the one of the Topi and also the Wallowing Hippo and the Jackal is beautiful and as for the Old Male Hippo, he is a bit of a stunner, thats some mouth isn't it but the poor old guy has a broken tooth.

Tell me Safariman, what camera were those taken with because those are the kind of close ups I would like to get.

littlewid-x-

Littlewid, my camera is a Panasonic Lumix DMC G2. It is a micro four thirds system camera, which is across between a compact and a DSLR. It has interchangeable lenses, an electronic view finder and a vari-angle rear screen. I have 3 different lenses, a 14- 45 (28-90) zoom, a 45- 200 (90-400) zoom and a 100-300 (200- 600) zoom. The numbers in brackets are the old 35mm focal length numbers which are used to compare different types of digital lenses to give a standard reference. The camera body I use is now obselete and has been superseded by the DMC G3 and now the DMC G5 which has just come into the shops this week. You can see them on the Panasonic website and any decent photographic shop should have them in stock where you could handle and try them out. The micro four thirds cameras gets mixed reviews as purists prefer the full DSLR. However they are a lot smaller than a DSLR and the lenses are also a lot smaller making the camera more compact and easier to carry around. As with any interchangeable lens camera, the expense comes with the additional lenses you need. Next time you are in W H Smith's buy a copy of What Digital Camera as they list all the current camera and test and rate them; they also have a very good website.Hope this helps.

Safariman

Some lovely photos there Safariman. In particular I love the hippo amongst the weeds, the Topi, and both the zebra photos, they are such beautiful animals with stunning markings, also the jackal.

Thanks for sharing.

Lai

It's great to see other animals of the Mara, we do tend to concentrate of the Big Five so its nice to see, the other wildlife. Love the look on the Jackals face, and as Lai ays the Hippo in the weeds, and the Zebra. I always think shots of animal silhouetted against a skyline are really good to see
WS

Doogs about the wildlife. I love seeing everything and there is so much to see.

I started out with a Panasonic Lumix (can't remember which model) and then took the plunge in 2009.

Lai

Safariman, thank you for your information you posted on here yesterday. I have updated in my Monkey World thread.
littlewid-x-