Friday night nature was at its best following a week of high temperatures during the day and some rain during the nights then on Friday the the finale a light show of note and then a thunder storm of epic proportions.
But then this is Africa nothing in half measures.
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| Electric Light Display |
To give you an idea of how far away these strikes were i was using a 50mm lens and I never heard any thunder from these Lightening strikes. This display was taking place at approximately 9pm local time in Johannesburg.
For the photographers out there the settings used are as follows 50mm Lens, F 14 aperture, Bulb setting, 25 second exposure, ISO 80. The problem with using bulb setting is that if you expose for 25 seconds the the write to SD Card is 25 seconds, this resulted in me missing about two or 3 strikes while saving each shot.
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| This one ripped through the sky and then arced down |
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| Stunning Display |
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| Nature At its most Awesome |
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| Tree Fungus |
This Fungus was growing at the base of the tree just shapes and colours caught my attention. I decided to photograph it before some dimwit decides to break it which happens more often than not these days.
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| Egyptian Geese Take Off |
Sitting in one of the local hides at the botanical gardens the only activity was this pair of geese here they decided to take off and this can be a bit of an experience if you are not used to it as these are fairly large birds and the dam fairly small. This results in the visual effect of them flying right at you and it can feel like they are going to come right through the viewing slot.
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