Proud Father

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• PaulVDV (1890)
• [2008-03-23 4:14]
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Hello Kath,
Wow ! Very beautiful all these young ostriches.
Good composition and nice with the mountain in the distance.
Are you sure it's the father on the pic ? :)
Happy Easter, Paul

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• besnard (20900)
• [2008-03-23 4:15]

Bonjour Kath
Une belle image de cette autruche et de ses autruchons. J'aime la netteté avec un flou artistique en arrière-plan.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end pascal.
Nicole

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• snunney (21661)
• [2008-03-23 4:48]

Hello Kath,
I'm not sure what the name is for a group of ostriches but this is a very fine capture of this proud father and offspring. Good framing which puts the scene in its context. Excellent clarity.

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• sacavem (4949)
• [2008-03-23 4:53]

Olá Kath,

The Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a large flightless bird native to Africa. Beautiful image of Ostrich life good POV. I have a dream of one day to go to make a trip for the wild life in Africa.
Very well done my friend,
Filipe

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• Floydian (25259)
• [2008-03-23 5:58]

Hi Kath ;-)
Althoutgh the scenery is absolute worth in making a picture from it, it's the dull colours what hurts me most. It's flat without any strong contrasting colours inside. Now i am the first one to admit that photographing on the Equator is one of the hardest things to do when it comes to light and shadow, were that last one is seldom there during the day which makes most picture dull without depth and contrast.
I know how you struggle with the colours, contrast and brightness. So many people here with so many different thoughts. All i can say is do your own thing, that's your only criteria.
Hope you can live with these words ;-)
Have a nice Sunday, Henk

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• ChrisJ (57261)
• [2008-03-23 7:26]

Hi Kath

The Serengeti looks amazing. Good capture of the wary ostrich & his chicks. Wonderful colour, lighting & sharpness. Tfs, & Happy Easter!

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• carper (54196)
• [2008-03-23 7:27]

I love it Kath,
marvelous capture of this family, good wild shot again, fine pov and good photojob, I like it, happy easter and have a nice day.
gr. jaap

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• Wandering_Dan (3233)
• [2008-03-23 9:04]

Hi, Kath -

OK, this is something we never saw in Africa - plenty of ostriches, but never any chicks. TFS! Your WS shot looks a bit like my springbok gang, but technically I think this one is better.

Best,
Dan

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• trekks (8841)
• [2008-03-23 9:23]

hi Kath

Very nicely composed shot to show this pov and wildlife scene. Good work.

TFS, bill

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• mesutilgim (24793)
• [2008-03-23 9:36]
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Hi dear Kath,
Great capture with this proud father and his family !
Very good pov and nice compo with great notes.
By the wsay did you know that during the Ottoman Empire ostrich eggs was benn used not only as decoration in the mosques? But people believed that the smell of rotten ostricht eggs kept the spiders away.
TFS and bes regards
MESUT ILGIM

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• noborders (12519)
• [2008-03-23 9:36]
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Hi Kath,
This is really a wonderful and funny - I mean, very appropriate photo for today, rather unusual and surprising : I love the WS too !
Your last photos are very varied and great, it's a pleasure to visit your gallery !
(Note is also interesting, so this is a male... I would not have known !)

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• Cricri (29609)
• [2008-03-23 9:56]

Hi Kath,
Belle image de cette Autruche et de ces petits, c'est un vrai paradis pour tout les animaux cet endroit...et un plaisir pour le visiteur, sympat celle en WS, trés belle série
Have a nice weekend for you
cricri

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• vincz (17520)
• [2008-03-23 10:43]

he he... very funny one! I've seen similar scenes when I was in South Africa a few years ago. I love how all the young ones are mixing together.

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• Dyerco (5366)
• [2008-03-23 10:46]

Hi Kath
Well composed showing the birds in their surroundings. Its sharp where it's supposed to be. BTW I don't agree with Henk on this one. There is too much over saturation these days. I'm probably as guilty as most but this to me looks natural which is what a nature shot should be.
Cheers. Happy Easter.
Phil

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• Davidwh (3574)
• [2008-03-23 12:16]
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Hi Kath,
Wow, he certainly does have his hands full there! Well done in managing to get them all together like that....you must have been patient. Clever use of the DOF to give a taste of the environment but not so as to impose on the subject.Good detail of the chicks and their pattern of feathers.
Regards, David

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• gilou530 (26355)
• [2008-03-23 13:10]
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salut kath
your photographs really rappelent me of good memories at the time of the safari which I made with the gorongoro, I saw the same animals exactly but I thus did not have all the photo material I could not like making you photograph brought closer like here or the preceding one, beautiful series on the sérengueti
amitiés
gilbert

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• josepmarin (26350)
• [2008-03-23 13:20]

Hello Kath,
A paternal scene, very tender and very interesting at the same time, I had not seen so many babies of ostrich simultaneously.
I like the sensation of wild life and of nature that we can notice in your work, in an excellent composition.
Nice picture.
Best wishes, and Happy Easter,
Josep

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• dareco (11055)
• [2008-03-23 13:38]

I have enjoyed this series so much!!! Another excellent picture! So nice to see these in their natural environment. TFS

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• Tue (23801)
• [2008-03-23 14:35]

Hi Kath,
That is really a large family of ostriches. And the father indeed looks very proud, guarding his children, while they eat. Nice to see the WS too, where they all were looking at you. Good composition too with dad positioned on the left. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

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• danyy (52580)
• [2008-03-23 16:40]

Bonjour Kath,
je dois t'avouer que c'est la première fois que je vois une aussi belle photo de jeunes autruches. C'est cocasse et j'aime beaucoup.
Vraiment de belles choses à voir là-bas.
Beaucoup de profondeur même si le fond de l'image attire peu le regard au vu de l'intérêt de l'avant plan.
Best regards.
Daniel.

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• Gerrit (25510)
• [2008-03-23 18:32]

Hi Kath,
He looks like father on an old stately family portrait indeed. A great capture in a fantastic composition.
Regards, Gerrit

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• UlfE (5959)
• [2008-03-23 23:08]

Hi Kath,

A wonderful scene with all the chicks and their proud father. The picture is really well-composed and I really like the natural colours. You have spoiled us with absolutely fantastic pictures from Serengeti, this is perhaps not of the same class but still a very,very good picture.

Cheers,

Ulf

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• cbrman (13724)
• [2008-03-24 2:42]

Hello Kath,

Impressionnante famille. Les petits donnent un contrast saississant avec l'herbe verte. La profondeur de champ est parfaite pour isoler cette famille et lui donner toute l'importance dans l'image.
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

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• Photo65Net (32498)
• [2008-03-24 4:52]

Kath,
Another great one from this amazing nature !
Beautiful catch, with very pleasant DOF control.
I like these animal series.
Regards,
JB.

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• plimrn (15911)
• [2008-03-24 8:16]

Hi Kath,
I quite agree with your comments; I notice that, like me, many people didn't know this info about the Ostrich breeding habits. It's also very instructional to see the HUGE difference between the adult and those chicks. I am glad you also posted the WS because I love seeing the detail of the dancing chicks. I do think this is the best trip I've ever followed; both in terms of quality of the photos and new learning.
HLJ, Pat

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• ruisc_pt (5087)
• [2008-03-24 10:13]

Hi Kath
Really impressive the position of the subject(s) in your frame.
Well THE subject seems to "keep" the eyes on you...seriously.
Great colours from the savana ...
TFS
Rui

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• stego (15266)
• [2008-03-24 10:38]

Hi Kath,
Hummm... The little ducks I saw yesterday at the parks were much less numerous and much more gracious. :D Like on the others, you show very effectively the wild life using a compo very achieved layered compo.
Regards, José.

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• jaywalker (9417)
• [2008-03-24 12:13]

Hi Kath, Some farther, I would not like to look after that many kids, I love the view across the plains here, another superb nature photo &, I think he looks angry, probably because he would prefer to be down the pub, great shot, kind regards Wilson.

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• shevchenko (4300)
• [2008-03-24 21:41]

Hi Kath,
Good shoot to show a group of ostriches without disturb them, all of them are busy looking for their meals except these older ostrich attracted by your camera, thanks always sharing the natural habitat and daily life of wild animals from Africa, nice color, well done.
Ally

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• rodgerg (7075)
• [2008-03-25 1:58]

Hello Kath,
An another superb view of animals. Very nice composition with the family ostriches and, in the background, the mountains. Very intersting.
A good father.....

Good day,
Roger

to morrow ..

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• jusninasirun (6945)
• [2008-03-25 16:33]

Hello Kath. You have maintained some very nice family shots in your gallery and thanks for sharing them here. I never knew such a big bird have so many youngs in the family. Good perspective and interesting composition. Well done and best regards. Jusni

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• coco (23440)
• [2008-03-26 14:13]

And hi again, Kath.

Again the photo and the WS are really worth photos.
They show us these animals in their wild life in Africa and technically all these photos are amazing.

Well done.

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• Waylim (3250)
• [2008-03-28 12:53]

Kath
I did get to see any young ostriches when I was there. They are amazing creatures. They really got legs. This is spectacular shot with so many youngs. Great sharpness and details. Great composition with the adult to the left looking to the right and the landscape in back provide a sense of the backdrop and DOF. I love it.
Way

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• Angshu (25424)
• [2008-03-29 22:02]

Hello Kath
Never seen a herd like this before...the light seems to be rather harsh. I had no idea how to differentiate between a male & a female ostrich till I went thru the thread with Cath. The BG is also excellent & we can see some wildebeests there as well. Good work!
Regards
Angshu

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• Stepan (26165)
• [2008-04-03 23:29]

What could I say I didn't already ?? It's so amazing you saw all the animals you usually see in a zoo, one after each other, like your gallery suggests it... An incredible serie...
Stéphane