Journal · December 2023, 2024 and 2025
Welgevonden
Three December visits: black-and-white lions and cheetahs, then a colour evening with zebra.
10 photographs · Canon EOS 700D · Nikon D5600 · Sony A7 III
December 2025
Two evenings, 26 and 27 December, on the Nikon D5600 and the Sony A7 III.
01 / 07
Evening Grazer
Zebra, Welgevonden · Welgevonden · 27 December 2025, 18:09
Nikon D5600 · 140mm · f/5.6 · 1/1000s · ISO 500
Behind the shot · from the file
Nikon D5600, 140mm, 1/1000s, ISO 500, at 18:09 on 27 December 2025. The Sony frame of the same zebra at the top of this entry reads 19:13, so one of the two camera clocks is about an hour out.
02 / 07
Blue Ridges
Behind the shot · from the file
26 December 2025, 17:37. 95mm at f/5.3, 1/400s, ISO 400.
03 / 07
The Winding Track
Game drive, Welgevonden · Welgevonden · 27 December 2025, 17:57
Nikon D5600 · 130mm · f/5.6 · 1/500s · ISO 280
Behind the shot · from the file
27 December 2025, 17:57, twelve minutes before the zebra by the Nikon's clock. 130mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 280.
December 2024
One evening on the Canon EOS 700D.
04 / 07
Behind the shot · from the file
Seven seconds apart by the camera clock, at 17:42 on 19 December 2024: 200mm for the black and white frame, 252mm for the colour one.
December 2023
The first visit, on the Canon EOS 700D and the Nikon D5600.
05 / 07
Ears Forward
Lion face · Welgevonden · 16 December 2023, 08:29
Canon EOS 700D · 388mm · f/7.1 · 1/500s · ISO 200
Behind the shot · from the file
16 December 2023, 08:29. 388mm at f/7.1, 1/500s, ISO 200.
06 / 07
Close Company
Cheetah cubs · Welgevonden · 16 December 2023, 16:22
Canon EOS 700D · 335mm · f/5.6 · 1/500s · ISO 1600
Behind the shot · from the file
The same day as the lion above, 16:22 on the camera clock, at 335mm, f/5.6, 1/500s, ISO 1600.
07 / 07
Behind the shot · from the file
The single cub ten minutes later at 600mm and ISO 2500, the highest on that visit. The buffalo two days later, 07:04 on 18 December, on the Nikon at 85mm.