I liked this photo of a simple animal, because of the great background and the way the f5.6 seperates the subject from the background.

When posting to the farm photo blog I prefer to show photos taken on the farm. Obviously this is not always possible because I do like going to other places or sometimes one just don't get the shot worth posting. This weekend was a  good one. We celebrated my mom in law Marthie's birthday. I managed a few interesting photos which I think are worthy to shar...

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Weekends at home can be challenging photographically, we sometimes get very stunted in our creative views. I noticed the lavender is flowering, some of the few flowers out at this mid winter stage. I waited for the light to improve and took up position at the hedge ready for the bees to appear. I set up the camera on a tripod, with the trusty Canon 300mm F4 IS lens and pre-focussed on some flowers with a full flower background. I had to avoid the houses and other unnatural items in the backgr...

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I’ve had 3 weekends of hectic hospitality looking after the Soccer World Cup visitors staying at the lodge which belongs to my in-laws. This was my contribution to our country and the World Cup – we had a blast but I’m still considering it tougher than my day job. On the 16th the family and I took a breather to the Pilanesberg, a stones throw from Rustenburg. We had an excellent day but nature photography and kids don’t go together. I was so exited by the caracal and some of the Afric...

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