· Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
· Warm and bright, 75°F, clear, wind picking up by afternoon
· Fujifilm X-T5, 150-600mm
Drove from Nairobi with a guide. Lake Nakuru in early May is less of a flamingo spectacle than it used to be — water levels rose and most of the birds moved to Lake Bogoria — but there were still big groups at the southeast end. The park is also the easiest place in Kenya to see both black and white rhinos, and we got both inside two hours.
I’m still getting used to shooting large mammals from a vehicle. Very different rhythm from walking with binoculars.
Flamingos at middle distance. Not close like the old pictures.Greater Flamingo500mm, 1/3200s, f/11, ISO 1000Smaller, pinker. Most were lesser.Lesser Flamingo350mm, 1/1600s, f/6.3, ISO 1000Mother and calf, grazing calm.White Rhinoceros600mm, 1/800s, f/6.3, ISO 2000Browsed into the frame. Turned and left.Black Rhinoceros600mm, 1/2000s, f/8, ISO 2000White socks. Only Rothschild's here.Rothschild's Giraffe300mm, 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 400Calling from a dead euphorbia.African Fish Eagle450mm, 1/1000s, f/6.3, ISO 640Standard lakeside stork.Yellow-billed Stork500mm, 1/2000s, f/7.1, ISO 400Ugly on purpose.Marabou Stork450mm, 1/1600s, f/8, ISO 1000Troop crossing the road, unbothered.Olive Baboon300mm, 1/1000s, f/7.1, ISO 800Lake edge. Alkaline shore.Nakuru lake edge23mm, 1/1000s, f/11, ISO 100Big buck at the edge of a thicket.Waterbuck200mm, 1/800s, f/8, ISO 800
