Out of Africa

[hrissim]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Hadada Ibis Thank you for looking. Yesterday whilst walking in the forest, I came across this young Ibis high up on a branch in the trees. I have not edited the photo or cropped it. I did try to enhance the colours and the sheen, but it came out with a purple tinge, so I left it. I could have taken it out in Lightroom 4, but decided to leave everything in looking natural. More details and clarity to the feathers would have been nice, but it wasn't to be.

The forest floor was dark and with the sunbeams shining through the trees, made the light behind the Ibis look bright and surreal.

Hadada Ibis by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

Good morning, Phil!
Thank you for the genuine photo!

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by hrissim

Good morning, Phil!
Thank you for the genuine photo!

Good morning Hristo. Appreciated thank you. I also posted this photo this morning, on a photography site in the bird section and I know that I would be hung, drawn and quartered if the photo did not look real or authentic. A little bit too much saturation or vibrance would have made the Ibis stand out more, but it would have been picked on by the experts. I can get round this, if the photo is clearly artistic or creative and if I point it out, then everyone is happy

[Gate Keeper]

Weaver Photographed yesterday, a pretty little bird with brightly coloured feathers.

Weaver by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

[hrissim]

Hi Phil!
Yes - Ploceidae!
Do you have a photo/s of their community "homes"?

Are the Indicatoridae present in your area?
If yes - share some experience with the wild-bee honey please

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by hrissim

Hi Phil!
Yes - Ploceidae!
Do you have a photo/s of their community "homes"?

Are the Indicatoridae present in your area?
If yes - share some experience with the wild-bee honey please

It’s all here Hristo, the birds and the bees. The nests of Weavers and I don’t have any bad experiences of the bees. We have 2 bee hives in our veg garden and 40 bee hives on the wine farm in South Africa. In 2011, they were all destroyed in a bush fire. We had to rebuild everything from scratch, the vines, the houses, the hives. They were hard times, we had to fight the Insurance company, the looters and I was in intensive care for one week in July 2011. Some bad memories from the fire. But it’s life! It’s Africa! It took us 3 years to rebuild. I will look for some photos later.

[hrissim]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

It’s all here Hristo, the birds and the bees. The nests of Weavers and I don’t have any bad experiences of the bees. We have 2 bee hives in our veg garden and 40 bee hives on the wine farm in South Africa. In 2011, they were all destroyed in a bush fire. We had to rebuild everything from scratch, the vines, the houses, the hives. They were hard times, we had to fight the Insurance company, the looters and I was in intensive care for one week in July 2011. Some bad memories from the fire. But it’s life! It’s Africa! It took us 3 years to rebuild. I will look for some photos later.

Oh, Phil - I`m so sorry for appearing some bad memories in you!
I`m glad that everything is OK now.
The life is going on - the major thing is to learn the life-lessons well...
I`m waiting for the next photos.
I didn`t understand about the wild bee-honey connected to Indicatoridae.
There is an amazing story behind the symbiosis with another creatures

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by hrissim

Oh, Phil - I`m so sorry for appearing some bad memories in you!
I`m glad that everything is OK now.
The life is going on - the major thing is to learn the life-lessons well...
I`m waiting for the next photos.
I didn`t understand about the wild bee-honey connected to Indicatoridae.
There is an amazing story behind the symbiosis with another creatures

Hristo, thank you Back to nature, wild life and some photos from today. I did take some of the Weaver Bird nests and the bee hives, they are for another day

6 April 2018 the African Paradise Flycatcher by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr
Skyes Money in the apple tree by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

Sykes Monkey eating our apples by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

[Prestonis]

Awesome photo, Philip. The Ibis looks like he's seen something scary down there lol. His eyes look wide open.

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by Prestonis

Awesome photo, Philip. The Ibis looks like he's seen something scary down there lol. His eyes look wide open.

Thank you very much Mark, here is a shot of the Ibis, showing how to stand on one leg.

Ibis stands on one leg by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

[gugubugu]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Ostrich in shade Nairobi Game Park

Ostrich in shade Nairobi Game Park by philip Gate Keeper, on Flickr

Amazing photo such from some digital move scene from another planet.
Can't believe is real place.
Regard for it.