Daily Archive for February 17th, 2008

Giraffe and Sunset on cue: Video

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Malilangwe airstrip has become very much a daily routine for me, and now sitting here at Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and watching the giraffe against the sunset I’m already missing the place. Golly that’s where I should be. But I’ll be away a few more days before I’m back patrolling the strip.

Airstrip Cast
This video clip from a few weeks ago the giraffe were on cue, on the airstrip, at sunset. All the factors except one were in place. Had the giraffe read the script for a change to make the sequence complete according to the wishes of the Director, Me?
Well that day they had. They stood when they were supposed to stand, and then they walked away from camera in their almost perfect line, but keeping a perfect bearing just to the left of the sun. Jackpot!

On cue

Elephant Swim: Video

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I’m always trying to get the elephant swimming at Nduna dam, which they might do often but it’s usually at night. Or else it’s late afternoon when the dam is already in shadow.

Bonding
But when the light is right, I’m still waiting for that, it’s going to be stunning having them swimming against that backdrop of sandstone ridges. Unfortunately when I filmed this a few weeks ago the light was high in the sky.

Tuchem pose
Today the girls had their athletics sports day at school. But there was no rest for dad. We still needed footage of them doing different activities at school for the Animal Planet Series. So there I was sprinting the 100m, 400m and Relay getting shots running alongside them. Who knows what it all looks like!