Zulu Nyala, South Africa

Index - Animals - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7

We went to South Africa for a safari at Zulu Nyala in September, 2006. We had a great time, saw lots of animals, and had some fun adventures. We recommend that you read the travelogue starting at Day 1 and then browse through the individual animal pictures.

- Tom and Cathy

Note: Under construction... The travelogue is complete, but we plan to post more animal photos.

Update history:

Day 1

09/26/2006: added tent photos

Day 2

10/27/2006: added photo of zebra foal

03/25/2007: added 5 bird photos to morning section

Day 3

9/26/2006: added scratching post

3/25/2007: added guinea fowl photo at top of page

Day 4
Day 5

10/27/2006: added page

03/25/2007: added Bob's stunning lion photo

Day 6

01/17/2007: added page

03/25/2007: added Egyption goose pair to morning

Day 7

01/17/2007: added page

Animals (coming soon)

We used the following camera equipment during our safari:

Tom:

Canon EOS 5D digital camera body
100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 lens
24-105mm f/4 lens
50mm f/1.4 lens

Cathy:

Canon EOS 30D digital camera body
75-300mm f/4-5.6 lens
17-85mm f/4-5.6 lens
28mm f/1.8 lens

We shared lenses a bit, but typically each used our own longest telephoto lens. Tom's camera has a full-frame CCD, but Cathy's camera has a CCD that's smaller than the film area of a typical SLR (as is typical for consumer-level digital SLR camera bodies). Because of this, Cathy's camera has the effect of multiplying focal length by 1.6. This means that photos taken with a 300mm lens on Cathy's camera are equivalent to a film camera using a 480mm lens.

Index - Animals - Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3 - Day 4 - Day 5 - Day 6 - Day 7