Thanks Dan.Yes, you are right, & we are so fortunate to have it on our doorstep. Alan C On 02-Sep-21 04:38 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Fantastic image! > > You are fortunate to live among such exotic and charming animals. > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:06 AM Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > >> I spent a couple of days sorting out a friend's K100D. Took some test >> shots at my favourite haunt, Sable Dam in the Kruger Park, only 15km >> from home. This young Elephant Bull, an Ascari for an older bull, >> harrassed all approaching vehicles with mock charges & loud trumpeting. >> Don't be fooled by his small tusks - he is still a lot of Bull! Some >> idiots took him by surprise & shot past at speed when he moved to the >> edge of the road. Eventually the pair moved off without incident. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51420102149/ >> >> BTW I see I had the date set as 28/08/2020 rather than 28/08/2021. The >> K100D still did a fine job. The problem was an internally damaged D-AL >> 75-300. The camera was fine with any other lens. >> >> K100D & DA 18-55 WR. >> >> Alan C >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.

> On Sep 2, 2021, at 11:33 PM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > > Thanks Dan.Yes, you are right, & we are so fortunate to have it on our doorstep. You mean the park rather than the elephant dung? -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com

In a way, both! We have had the Hippo variety in our driveway. On 03-Sep-21 09:04 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Sep 2, 2021, at 11:33 PM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks Dan.Yes, you are right, & we are so fortunate to have it on our doorstep. > You mean the park rather than the elephant dung? > > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Compost Larry. Think of it as compost; manure for the garden. On 9/3/2021 03:04:41, Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Sep 2, 2021, at 11:33 PM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks Dan.Yes, you are right, & we are so fortunate to have it on our doorstep. > > You mean the park rather than the elephant dung? > > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question.