https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/krugerspring/ Recent content in Krugerspring on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Mon, 23 Sep 2024 18:13:31 +0000 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-tiny-critters-in-a-big/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 21:21:58 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-19-tiny-critters-in-a-big/ <p>Tiny critters in a big landscape. Almost every pile of boulders (ancient magma chambers exposed by erosion and then crumbled by weather, plants, and time) has a pair of resident klipspringers (rock-hoppers) - an adorable, agile, and feisty little antelope.</p> <p>These plaques on the rocks are the kind of memorialising that used to be de rigueur in the old days. Now such things are usually confined to camps and gates rather than forced onto the landscape.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-19-a-white-fronted-bee-eater-ill-hopefully/ Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:39:57 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-19-a-white-fronted-bee-eater-ill-hopefully/ <p>A White-Fronted Bee-Eater. I’ll hopefully post a compilation for fellow bird-nerds before too long. I’ve seen some cool stuff and some that’s really new to me or photographed ok by me for the first time.</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/2024-09-18-theres-a-certain-type-of/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:12:50 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-18-theres-a-certain-type-of/ <p>There’s a certain type of wildlife picture that I just really enjoy even if it’s not very clever. 1960s/1970s style wildlife portraiture.</p> <p>Thinking about my dear cousins <a href="https://instagram.com/joydemillar">@joydemillar</a> and <a href="https://instagram.com/timdrmillar">@timdrmillar</a> today.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-15-the-prettiest-kitty-dozing-on/ Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:51:42 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-15-the-prettiest-kitty-dozing-on/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18199798756294061.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18006539087442580.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17849243067264637.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>The prettiest kitty. Dozing on a branch over the Sabie just like her ancestors have probably done for thousands of years.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-15-from-hells-dark-heart-we/ Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:10:31 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-15-from-hells-dark-heart-we/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17858822892249210.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17858048673250821.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>From hell’s dark heart we stab at thee. The oxpeckers riding the behemoth were sold to me as a kid as being benevolent helpers clearing animals of parasites. But they are also parasites themselves. This huge flock are riding this giraffe to pick at an open wound on its back.</p> <p>It’s no good shaking them off. They just swoop back seconds later.</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-long-and-lovely-day-goodnight/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:25:19 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-12-long-and-lovely-day-goodnight/ <p>Long and lovely day. Goodnight.</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/2024-09-12-the-smallest-hyena-ive-ever/ Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:29:53 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-12-the-smallest-hyena-ive-ever/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18035271266173917.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17842881132302502.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17937104894875756.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="17953225064718260.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18094314628462509.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>The smallest hyena I’ve ever seen. Its ma is obsessed with it.</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/2024-09-07-the-sabie-river-bridge-at/ Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:26:21 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-07-the-sabie-river-bridge-at/ <p>The Sabie River bridge at Kruger Gate with denizens.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-06-three-days-on-the-road/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 20:30:34 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2024-09-06-three-days-on-the-road/ <div class="swiper carousel-container"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18092070439463276.jpg" alt=""> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <img src="18275466466169734.jpg" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="swiper-button-next"></div> <div class="swiper-button-prev"></div> <div class="swiper-pagination"></div> </div> <p>Three days on the road and now we get to relax. We’re not going to be go-getters tomorrow. We had to go through the park pretty swiftly from Malelane Gate to Kruger Gate and, although we saw tons of great stuff, I only took a handful of pics.</p> <p>A Steenbok is the most delightful little animal. And those terrapins are showing us the way - basking on top of a fully alive but very sleepy hippo.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-06-weve-been-seeing-more-giraffes/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 08:21:26 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-09-06-weve-been-seeing-more-giraffes/ <p>We&rsquo;ve been seeing more giraffes that ever before so far on our holiday. From youngsters to grizzled veterans towering over the car with their scars and lion-lost tails. While I&rsquo;m sometimes used to them, I&rsquo;m still sometimes struck by what zany nonsense creatures they are. Evolution can take you to really strange places if you&rsquo;re not careful.</p>