{"id":51910,"date":"2013-10-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=cb76cca8173c3d9a090648fed5b8d3c5"},"modified":"2019-12-23T00:37:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:37:03","slug":"graceful-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/graceful-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Graceful Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few birds in Africa that evoke more in us than the African Fish Eagle. It has been my favourite raptor for years, and their haunting calls along Africa’s waterways are an amazing reminder of the privilege we have to be on safari.<\/p>\n

One of the best places to see and photograph them is on the Chobe river in Botswana. You can join us on a Wild Eye safari to this amazing oasis of wildlife where we will use a specialised photographic boat fitted with rotating chairs and mounted gimbal heads for your long lens, while based on a luxurious houseboat that can moor deep into the Chobe National Park for special access to key parts of the river in good light when other operators need to move out to make the “gate times”.<\/p>\n

There’s one date left in 2013 but 2014 dates are already laid out – I will be leading a trip from 12-16 March 2014. You can book and see all the details and info (plus images of the boat and houseboat) HERE.<\/p>\n

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Techs: Nikon D3s | Nikkor 500mm f4 VR-II | f8.0 | 1\/2000 SS | ISO-2500 | Exposure Bias +0.7<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

This image was taken from the Wild Eye photographic boat. I just love how the light reflected off the water displays on the bird’s open wings.<\/p>\n

Have a great day, friends!<\/p>\n

Morkel Erasmus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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