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shakari
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Happy Christmas to all my friends on NE
      #67988 - 24/12/06 04:58 PM

WISHING YOU A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR



We all have friends in other lands; friends whom we love to call our own;
We may not grasp them by the hands, - but are our wishes thither blown?
The lonely settler silent stands; the night breeze fans the firebrands;
There’s much on earth which is unknown; I fancy he is not alone!

The sun is rising in the East, the morning light is cold and clear;
The lion leaves his midnight feast, the jackal slinks away in fear;
The sky with golden lines is creased; good luck to all, both man and beast;
To all our friends, both far and near, a prosp’rous, happy, bright New Year!

From
Steve Robinson
And everyone at Kuduland Safaris (Africa) Ltd


Image copyright Steve Robinson. Poem by Brian Brooke

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Steve "Shakari" Robinson
Kuduland Safaris (Africa) Ltd
info@kuduland.com
www.kuduland.com



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mickey
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Re: Happy Christmas to all my friends on NE [Re: shakari]
      #67991 - 24/12/06 06:13 PM

Merry Christmas to you too, Steve.

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Re: Happy Christmas to all my friends on NE [Re: mickey]
      #68001 - 24/12/06 06:57 PM

Merry Christmas Steve.

Great photo.

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Re: Happy Christmas to all my friends on NE [Re: mickey]
      #68059 - 25/12/06 05:58 PM

Merry Christmas to you and family.

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Re: Happy Christmas to all my friends on NE [Re: iqbal]
      #68099 - 26/12/06 12:49 PM

Beautiful Lion... Where was that photo taken? You always seem to have the most amazing lion pictures. Anyway, Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.

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shakari
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Re: Happy Christmas to all my friends on NE [Re: bulldog563]
      #68104 - 26/12/06 03:34 PM

Glad you like the picture which I took in Namibia a year or two ago. I'm a keen wildlife photographer of (particularly) Dangerous Game. I try to take photographs the same way I hunt. Up close and on foot and I'm lucky enough to manage to sell a few images to magazine and book publishers etc.



We also run a fairly small photo safari operation as well, and I usually try to guide the clients to photograph the animals the same way I'd hunt them. A lot depends on the individual animal and individual client and to some extent the individual day. - but it's a lot of fun and I love doing it. I've found the trick is to watch the animal's body language carefully and act on it.

All that said, there are also a lot of tricks of the trade that will give you great results with reduced risk and/or effort. - For example, hand reared animals that have been released back into the wild and properly placed high seats etc. I've even used blinds and baits to bring the predators in to photograph them. - Took a great shot a few years ago when a really old, beaten up Simba came and sat right against the blind and looked inside.



About the only animal I don't enjoy photographing are the rhinos. - they always seem a bit dumb and boring to me. Elephants and Lions are my favourites and the hardest is the Leopard, although I've even been lucky enough to manage to get a few shots of them........

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Steve "Shakari" Robinson
Kuduland Safaris (Africa) Ltd
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www.kuduland.com



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