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bigloo 11-03-2009 03:14 PM

Back in the US of A
 
Welp, almost. Sitting here in MSP waiting on a connecting flight for 9 hrs.

I have just returned from 5 weeks in South Africa. 11 of these days I spend on Safari in the Kruger National Park. I spend many of a day smoking a cigar while I watched animals graze 30 feet away! I saw a hyena kill a baboon next to my car, 4 cheetah hunt (and get to full speed)... best safari of my life! Enjoy my pictures linked below.

BTW, I smoked a ton of NC. I saw no reason to take CC to South Africa, although cigars are about 5-10x more expensive in South Africa for both CC and NC so I am glad I took 40 with me as I refused to pay that much. All the sticks I took were top shelf (opus, davidoff, padron 26/64, Anejo, etc). Every night I waited for the sun to start to set and lit up with either Johnny Blue or Glenmorangie. Great trip, cannot wait to go again.


http://picasaweb.google.com/lshifren...rkOctober2009#

Steve 11-03-2009 03:17 PM

Re: Back in the US of A
 
Looks like a great trip!

:tu:ss

Scottw 11-03-2009 03:17 PM

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Unbelievable pics Lucian, glad you enjoyed it! It looks incredible.

Blindjimme 11-03-2009 03:25 PM

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Wow, wonderful pics Lu. Great memories there :tu










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safariguy 11-03-2009 05:04 PM

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I like safaris, obviuosly. Glad you had a good time. Welcome back.

bvilchez 11-03-2009 05:15 PM

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Awesome pics!!!!! Looks like a great time

timo 11-03-2009 05:27 PM

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My wife says,what are you looking at? I said pictures from a safari that one of the cigar forum guys went on. She says HE TOOK those pictures. Yep! Great pictures I thought I was looking at National Geographic

bigloo 11-03-2009 05:56 PM

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Thanks guys... a 500mm lens does wonders on Safari, so does a 11MP camera and photoshop to crop away the unwanted stuff. My rule of thumb was to take 5-10 pictures and then keep the best one, digital cams make everyone a better photographer!

Darrell 11-03-2009 05:59 PM

Re: Back in the US of A
 
So I will assume your sex change went off without a hitch?













Don't think you get to bastardize all my threads and I won't get you back.

Steve 11-03-2009 06:01 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bigloo (Post 630150)
Thanks guys... a 500mm lens does wonders on Safari, so does a 11MP camera and photoshop to crop away the unwanted stuff. My rule of thumb was to take 5-10 pictures and then keep the best one, digital cams make everyone a better photographer!

:tu:tu

Back in the day when I was doing photography, I would have shoot about 500 rolls of film, and probably not ended up with that many keepers! TGFD!

icehog3 11-03-2009 09:46 PM

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Welcome home, Lu, and thanks for the awesome pics! :tu

Lobo 11-03-2009 09:54 PM

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I am excruciatingly envious...... Thats what I call livin life !!!!

CasaDooley 11-03-2009 11:30 PM

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Great pics Lu! Glad yer back bro!:ss


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