Smol on The Singemonkey

September 12, 2024

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 06:29:53 +0000

The smallest hyena I’ve ever seen. Its ma is obsessed with it.

April 14, 2024

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 11:05:22 +0000

@johnthevudio’s new kitten gets its first day out in a very big world.

January 11, 2019

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:15:31 +0000

Not my best pic from the trip. But you can’t beat this for excitement. We were given bad instructions on where to look for this leopard - so out of 35 mins we spent there we spent about 5 mins actually looking at the animals. But shortly after we did spot them, this little leopard kitten stuck up it’s little head and I grabbed a couple of pics.

This also shows you why people use such enormous lenses for wildlife photography. This was with a long lens (500mm) and a 1.4x extender. And this is still a crop of only probably 40% of the image area. On a phone this leopard cub would have only been a few pixels.

January 06, 2019

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 16:18:04 +0000

One more for today (had no signal this morning). We came across a hyena family - including the littlest hyena. Full of fun and playing with its siblings.

August 29, 2018

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:45:04 +0000

I’ve bought my first ’new’ camera in years and I’m excited. Ok. It’s 5 years old. It’s not the latest and greatest (it only cost me R1,500 or about $100 US though). But it’s got the same size sensor as the D200 I shot this on, but look how tiny! Hugely better low light performance. All kinds of modern bells and whistles. And yet pocketable with the right lens (I don’t have any yet and nor do I yet have adapters for all my Nikon, Pentax, and Olympus lenses - ALL of which I can use with this camera). I’m more excited to start using this well-loved little darling than I have been about a camera for many years. .

July 13, 2018

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:49:09 +0000

I’m biased. But I reckon it’s pretty cute when Trinket goes to sleep in my sock drawer.

April 01, 2018

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 12:07:08 +0000

Jo is a new ma but you wouldn’t know it. Her confidence doesn’t come solely from being a Slayer fan.

April 01, 2018

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:59:19 +0000

Theodora is pretty new so she doesn’t know much. Charming, but no conversationalist.

January 07, 2018

Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:20:01 +0000

The smallest elephant in Kruger. This wee elephant is about the size of a dog. There was an incident this evening - where a teenage elephant pushed this baby over. The herd matriarch was pissed to say the least - screaming in anger. The whole herd rushed to see that the baby was ok. When it was back on its feet, a sibling or cousin not all that much bigger walked with its trunk draped over the little one to reassure it. Elephants are no gentle giants. But they look after their little ones.

December 31, 2017

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 14:45:55 +0000

Had a brief drive just now and saw some more wild dogs. But the highlight for me was when @withoutaleaf spotted this little African Barred Owlet having a sleepy afternoon almost hidden in a tree. It’s only about the size of a dove.

December 29, 2017

Fri, 29 Dec 2017 14:40:31 +0000

So my project this year is to capture something of the feel of Kruger rest camps. I’ve started slow, as usual. I missed doing anything to show off Berg en Dal at all (although it has its own wonderful charm). But here’s Crocodile Bridge. The camp is just this small circle of rondawels (colonial versions of traditional houses among some South African tribes) and a very open campsite. The small size and this leafy greenness are what really struck me. It’s a lush feast for drought-tired eyes.

September 27, 2017

Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:30:57 +0000

Trinket has been playing in the yard at the quiet end of a spring day.

July 19, 2017

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:53:01 +0000

on a cold afternoon

June 23, 2017

Fri, 23 Jun 2017 17:18:13 +0000

January 20, 2017

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:49:40 +0000

Keeping you updated on #famousskitten and its #sleep training. Catching some hard Zs here.