Don’t Mess With Me!

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Hippo at Ngorongoro Crater

A Very Serious Looking Hippo at Ngorongoro Crater

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The Hippo is responsible for more humans deaths in Africa than any other large animal and is considered by many to be Africa’s most dangerous animal (not counting the mosquito). Hippos are extremely aggressive, unpredictable and not afraid of humans. You don’t want to mess with Hippos!

The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, Sigma APO 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Lens, 1/160 sec at f/6.3, ISO 320 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film. This shot was done with the lens at 500mm (just keeping my distance…).

The Watering Hole

Marty CohenDaily Photo, HDR4 Comments

This month marks the 2 year anniversary of our Africa journey to Kenya and Tanzania. Like many of the non-Africa photos in my library, there are still quite a few from Africa that I have not worked with yet and they have been sitting on my computer waiting for the right time. So, now feels like the right time to “revisit” my Africa photo library and find new photos you haven’t seen before and others you may have seen, but I want to re-process and re-publish. I hope you enjoy the images, and that you’ll leave comments by clicking on the comment number bubble above, and also share the blog with your friends and family.

Ngorongoro Crater Watering Hole

Ngorongoro Crater Watering Hole

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Ngorongor Crater in Tanzania is one of the most interesting and beautiful areas we visited in Tanzania. Although experiencing a drought at the time of our trip, it was still a rich and fertile landscape with a dense concentration of wildlife inhabiting the grassland, swamps, forests and lakes in the crater. The completely enclosed circular crater is about twelve miles across, with steep walls of over 2,000 feet. We were at an altitude of approximately 7,500 feet above sea level.

This is a photo you should definitely click on to enlarge. It is an HDR image created from 3 different hand-held images captured at different exposures, then post-processed with Photomatix Pro. The images were taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, ISO 400 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film.

Upper Slot Canyon

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Upper Slot Canyon wall

Upper Slot Canyon wall

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This is another of my Slot Canyon Series photographs taken in the Upper Slot Canyon in Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ. The slot canyon walls are made of sandstone and have formed after thousands of years of water and wind erosion. In this image you see a hole high up the wall on the left. It is the lower end of an opening at the upper surface so that rain water flows down through this hole and runs down the wall of the canyon. To read a little more about the slot canyons and see another image, click this link.

Photo taken with a Canon EOS D60, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/8 second at f/4.5, ISO 200 on Lexar Digital Film

Happy 4th of July

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Santa Cruz Boardwalk Hot Dog on a Stick

Santa Cruz Boardwalk Hot Dog on a Stick

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Happy 4th of July, 2011. The Santa Cruz Boardwalk is a great place to have fun and to celebrate the 4th at one of America’s great traditions, the amusement park. This photo was post-processed in Adobe Photoshop with the Sketch Color Effect in Topaz Simplify. Have a great day!

The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/350 sec at f/8, ISO 160 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital Film and post-processed with Topaz Simplify.

Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend

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Colorado River at the Right Side of Horseshoe Bend

Colorado River at the Right Side of Horseshoe Bend

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This is the right side of Horseshoe Bend in the Colorado River near Page, AZ.

Photo taken with a Canon EOS D60, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/250 sec at f/22, ISO 400 on Lexar Digital Film.