South Luangwa NP in Emerald Season

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Greyhooded Kingfisher
K20D, DA*300, TC 1.7x

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Saddle-Billed Stork
K20D, DA*300

[JIMBO]

Dominique.. what a beautiful bird. JIM

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South Luangwa NP
K20D, DA*16-50

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Thank you Jim.

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Last moments in the logde, the water level is dropping quite fast
K20D, DA*16-50

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A last view on the Luangwa NP
K20D, DA*16-50


Well, that was the last shot of this series. Thank you to all who followed this series.

[JIMBO]

Dominique.. I have never gone through this whole collection of photo's. What a trip! These are all keepers. JIM

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I do not want to leave the series as it is. I had a GPS with me, as well now in the rainy season, as in the dry season back in September, and I tried to find a few photos taken mostly at the same place, but with 6 months in between.

Interested in a few comparison shots?

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Luangwa River, same place


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Taken inside the parc. Taken at the same place, but opposite direction.


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Luangwa Wafwa Oxbow, same place


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Terrasse of the lodge, same place


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Nsefu area. One shot taken beside the river, the other on the river from a boat


And well, before you ask, not any single of these shots were taken with a polarizer.

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Thank you Jim.

Well, I came back from that trip with over 1500 photos, and after heavy sorting, I still had over 400 keepers. The weather made the whole difference, the animals are in much better shape, and the details and colors are so much better, it does make photography much easier, except when it is raining.

[Mike Pearson]

Dominique,

An excellent series - I was fascinated with the season comparisons - quite remarkable. 

Mike

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Thank you Mike.

As for the season comparison, if I was told in the dry season what the wet season is looking like, I would not have believed it.

Now, in the wet season, I tried to explain other tourists what it is looking like in the dry season, I guess they did not believe me.