South Africa and my new DSLR!

[Helen]

Hi all,

Thought I'd show you a few shots from my recent trip to South Africa and my new acquisition of a Nikon D70s. Overall really happy with the camera, still only know how to do really basic things but loving what I've got so far. I think the thing that impresses me most so far about the DSLR as opposed to a compact camera is the speed which you can take repeated photos i.e. the very little lag time in writing to card. Still remains to be seen whether i will house it for underwater (mainly a cost issue I think at the moment). Here's just a few of many hundreds of photos taken! Any comments would be welcome.

I was quite happy with this considering i didn't have a macro lens


A Nyalla








This is one of my favourite shots of the holiday. The cheetahs were such beautiful animals.


Thanks for looking
Helen

[triplefin]

Lovely pics Helen obviously a good time to get it just before you went.

[Tazzie]

Lovely shots Helen - what lenses were you using for the cheetahs and elephants? They look fab!

[Helen]

Thanks both. Was using the zoom lens that came in a package with the camera which was this one... Nikon Zoom Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 AFG Lens.

Helen

[Tazzie]

Wow nice lens to come as a package!

I keep coming back to look at your shot of the cheetahs - talk about peak of the action, it's fantastic!

[whacky]

I'm getting a seconhand D70 housed looks like i am getting a good camera.

Some lovely pics there Helen, i like the cheetahs but i do have a soft spot for them.

[Helen]

The Cheetahs were by far my favourite animal. So beautiful. We were very lucky to be be in a game park where they did everything they could to find what you wanted to see. On the first day we saw a solitary female cheetah which I thought was amazing so to see a female and 3 cubs the next day was really special. I think that is my favourite of my cheetah photos but here's a few more for you:









Helen

[whacky]

Awww baby ceetahs are just great I want one