{"id":75725,"date":"2014-06-27T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=f06e9e3e3ebbfd4f326d1abf8d441319"},"modified":"2024-06-17T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T13:01:03","slug":"terrific-twinspot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/terrific-twinspot\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrific Twinspot"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have just returned from a visit to an exciting new photographic reserve in South Africa called “Zimanga”. Besides spending time on foot with an awesome pack of African Wild Dogs and a relaxed male cheetah, the reserve also boasts some new established and in-progress specialist photography hides, built in consultation with Bence Mate from Hungary. Zimanga is situated close to Mkuze in the northern corner of Kwazulu-Natal, a veritable birders’ hotspot.<\/p>\n

You can see more of the reserve and the hides on the official website: www.zimanga.com<\/p>\n

This Pink-throated Twinspot was photographed from one of these hides. It’s a bird not often seen in the open as it prefers dense woodland areas, and it also is only found in the northern corners of Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa), Swaziland and Mozambique. More species info can be found HERE.<\/p>\n

Techs:
\nNikon D3s
\nNikkor 500mm f4 VR-II
\nf7.1 | 1\/1250 SS | ISO-2800<\/p>\n

(you lose a stop of light from shooting through specialised one-way glass with no noticeable loss of image quality – this ensures the birds are mostly unaware of the photographers inside due to the sealed hide being much darker than the ambient conditions)<\/p>\n

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Pink-throated Twinspot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stay tuned to my blog and social media channels as I share more of my Zimanga experience in the coming days and weeks…<\/p>\n

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

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