The Seal dive was an experience lets just say that! After already having the seal dive cancelled once, I kind have wished I had had more time to prepare!!! It’s amazing that something you practice on land or in a swimming pool can seem so simple, until you get on a dive. I have […]
March
26
Ostrich Riding and animal sanctuary
posted by hazel vint
Riding an Ostrich was excellent fun, but nothing like riding a horse. I think riding a horse is more comfortable! The animal sanctuary was excellent and finally feel like the things I am learning here in the internship I am actually able to think about and put into practice when I want.
March
26
Cango Caves
posted by hazel vint
Fun at Cango caves, crawling through spaces and listening to stories of people getting stuck.
March
26
Gondwana
posted by hazel vint
Trying to take interesting photographs of people filming elephants is harder than I imagined. However I did manage to get a few photos of Ryan and Ryette hard at work for the documentary of the soon to be rehabilitated elephant Tandora. Gondwana is a private reserve that is slowly rehabilitating more and more animals back […]
March
18
Monkey Land and Birds of Eden Shoot
posted by hazel vint
Monkey World and Birds of Eden really tested my photo skills. The animals were moving fast and most of the shots were either in low lighting or patchy light. Having thought I captured nothing good, you can see here that some of them actually came out quite beautiful! Enjoy looking.
March
14
Experimental First Underwater Shoot
posted by hazel vint
The underwater shoot was a great experience. Sam and I played around with a wide lens and a fisheye lens. I like the reflexions that were created on the underside surface of the water. Cant wait to see how my seal colony pictures are going to come to on my next underwater shoot.
March
13
Township in Mossel Bay
posted by hazel vint
We drove down the hill progressively getting to the poorer area in the township. Compared to the slums in Kenya, where there are no brick houses and lots of open sewers that the children are playing in, the township was poor but I saw enough brick houses and they had portaloos instead of nothing. I […]
March
08
Oceans Research Chum Trip
posted by hazel vint
The Oceans Research Chum trip was really exciting and somewhat sickening. It was the first time I have seen a Great White Shark in person. Most of the time you are just sitting waiting for the sharks to be attracted to the chum that is continuously added to the water. Although the seasickness was not […]
March
08
Indalu Elephant Sanctury
posted by hazel vint
The elephant sanctuary was a great place to photo. No cages or enclosures and just one on one interaction with the elephants. I forget the elephants names but the one I had most interaction with was definitely the naughtier of the two, but for photography he was definitely the better subject. He was shaking his […]
March
08
Jukani
posted by hazel vint
Jukani was the first photo shoot on the internship, I found it incredibly difficult as the animals were in enclosures. Trying to get the correct f stop to block out the wires took me quite a while, but when it worked it worked well. The selection of big cats was impressive ranging from cheetahs, lions, […]
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Lone Landloping Lady 