Goliath Heron

The Goliath Heron is the world's largest heron. I photographed this one having a mid-morning snack. The Goliath Heron reaches a height of 150cm. The fish in this picture was about 25cm. 

Yellow-Billed Hornbill

This picture of a Yellow Billed Hornbill was taken in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was grooming itself. I thought the pose interesting. 

Impala

I watched these two for a while. The fight did not seem to be too serious, with the main object of the game being to push the opponent's face to the ground.

Bee and flower

I photographed this at a pool in the Kruger National Park. The pool is called 'Lake Panic'. I do not know why the pool is called this. My own experience is that I tend to want to stay there too long and end up having to leave in a panic due to the gate closing time approaching.

Old Bridge

A picture of the old rail bridge across the mouth of the Touw River, South Cape, South Africa. No train has crossed this bridge since the track was damaged during severe storms almost 10 years ago.

African Purple Swamphen

Photographed near Sedgefield, South Africa. One of the notable features of this bird is the size of its feet, visible in this picture.

Black Headed Heron

It was entertaining to watch this Black Headed Heron maintaining its balance at the very top of a tree near Sedgefield, South Africa.

I am changing the formula and process that I use to create salt prints. I will be pre-sizing the paper and adding Potassium Dichromate to increase contrast and perhaps changing the tone of the prints by cooling it down slightly from the current plumb red. I may be able to publish a few prints within the next three weeks or so. Time is a bit limited as I do this on weekends. See www.coismeyer.com for more detail.