https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/d200/ Recent content in D200 on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:41:03 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-10-13-kudu-kudu-d200-ccdcamera-bnw/ Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:41:03 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-10-13-kudu-kudu-d200-ccdcamera-bnw/ <p>Kudu.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-23-another-hopefully-atmospheric-bushveld-scene/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:13:31 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-23-another-hopefully-atmospheric-bushveld-scene/ <p>Another hopefully atmospheric bushveld scene. Buffalo and a Sabie River wild fig tree. I like this kind of pic to remind me of the experience of being on that river road when it’s very far away.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-23-sunset-impalas-were-on-our/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:07:09 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-23-sunset-impalas-were-on-our/ <p>Sunset Impalas. We’re on our way home and have been having some patchy wifi. It was a really good time in the park. We finally saw a pack of painted wolves about half an hour before we drove out of Malelane Gate.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-19-scratching-post-elephant-africanelephant-scartchingpost/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:45:04 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-19-scratching-post-elephant-africanelephant-scartchingpost/ <p>Scratching post.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-13-yesterday-evening-on-the-sabie/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:47:55 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-13-yesterday-evening-on-the-sabie/ <p>Yesterday evening on the Sabie - for my money the most beautiful river in South Africa. And that has a lot to with the huge wild fig trees that line its banks.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-12-a-big-old-bruiser-buffalo/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:22:55 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-12-a-big-old-bruiser-buffalo/ <p>A big old bruiser.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-12-weve-had-two-days-of/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:36:26 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-12-weve-had-two-days-of/ <p>We’ve had two days of frankly chilly weather but today it’s back to the proper lowveld heat.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-09-all-elephants-together-elephant-africanelephant/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:28:20 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-09-all-elephants-together-elephant-africanelephant/ <p>All elephants together.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-09-plains-zebras-are-very-passionate/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:12:01 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-09-plains-zebras-are-very-passionate/ <p>Plains Zebras are very passionate. Affectionate or fighting at the drop of a hat. Horses got strength and endurance and zebras got the rest perhaps.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-09-ive-been-struggling-a-little/ Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:39:20 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-09-ive-been-struggling-a-little/ <p>I’ve been struggling a little with my photographic workflow since this 20 year old Nikon D200 uses the old compact flash cards and my card reader no longer reads them.</p> <p>One bit of emergency photo recovery and some new software later, I’m back in business. I should be posting more regularly on this trip.</p> <p>There’s been a lot of talk about the qualities of old CCD sensors like this one. But really the sensors before this generation (the last) were rather terrible.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2023-12-11-this-is-a-lost-photo/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:17:53 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2023-12-11-this-is-a-lost-photo/ <p>This is a lost photo. The only version I had was one on Flickr with a long edge of 768 pixels. I’m trying AI up scaling and the results are better on images that are sharper and less underexposed than this was. It’s my dear friends <a href="https://instagram.com/sadshirtshop">@sadshirtshop</a> when they were in a band called Fezray (Fez and beret, right?). Anyway, I liked this pic and the AI has definitely improved over the mess-of-visible-pixels alternatives from years past.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2020-08-06-throwbackthursday-the-worlds-biggest-surviving/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:11:58 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2020-08-06-throwbackthursday-the-worlds-biggest-surviving/ <p>#throwbackthursday The world&rsquo;s biggest surviving bird - and the world&rsquo;s biggest surviving dinosaur - enjoying a dust bath after a long day of grumpy peckin&rsquo;. <a href="https://instagram.com/withoutaleaf">@withoutaleaf</a> and I went to Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in 2008, I think. A spectacular piece of Southern Africa. Until quite recently it was one of the only places in which the world&rsquo;s oldest culture, the Bushman hunter-gatherers, could still practise their traditional way of life - until the Botswana government kicked them out.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-06-25-a-latergram-of-trinket-just/ Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:06:27 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-06-25-a-latergram-of-trinket-just/ <p>A latergram of Trinket just to keep up appearances.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-06-11-since-i-had-the-50/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:51:08 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-06-11-since-i-had-the-50/ <p>Since I had the 50 f1.4 on the camera I grabbed a pic of princess fuss-pot - aka Trinket. Unfortunately, because it’s an unconverted early 70s lens, I had to do some minor surgery to get it off the camera again 😬 #catportraits #effietrinket #trinket #princessfusspot #greeneyes #whiskers #f1.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-02-10-a-very-old-friend-came/ Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:50:14 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2018-02-10-a-very-old-friend-came/ <p>A very old friend came by today. This Nikon D200 is from the first generation of digital cameras that could produce results as good as film. It has no video. It’s low light capabilities are unremarkable. But in decent light it can make images that look great even blown up to 11”x14”. Slow but not obsolete - just like me.</p>