Africam

**ramanth** · 01-22-2007, 11:52 AM

I keep missing the larger animals too. Been seeing a lot of ducks during the day and nothing at night. Right now the moon is reflected in the pond. Kind of pretty.

**Lizzie** · 01-22-2007, 12:11 PM

Right now the cam is either not working or there is an elephant standing in front of it.

**ramanth** · 01-22-2007, 12:13 PM

It's working for me.

**Lizzie** · 01-22-2007, 12:16 PM

I closed and re-opened; it's now working for me. Does anyone else find the noise of the insects deafening? Even with the volume turned down below mid-way, I find it irritating after a short time. It would take me a long time to fall asleep through all the racket.

**ramanth** · 01-22-2007, 12:19 PM

I actually find it calming. But then I grew up in the country where crickets and tree frogs were abundant.

I'd sleep with my windows open in the summer. I would find it hard to sleep in the winter because it was so quiet.

**ramanth** · 01-22-2007, 12:26 PM

Gah! That camera lurched to the left and my heart just about skipped a beat. No animals though.

They then zoomed in on the moon reflection and back out.

Is that camera automated or does someone man it at all times?

It's amazing to see how fast the earth is really rotating. The moon's reflection moved from the lower portion of the pond to the upper portion in about an hour. The moon itself is just now coming into camera view.

**BC_MoM** · 01-22-2007, 10:58 PM

It's focused on a bush right now.. there's something moving behind it near the top. Can't make it out.

EDIT: There's some huge ducks at the watering hole right now!

**areias** · 01-23-2007, 12:02 AM

I like this, its fun to watch. All I've seen is birds.

Quick question...I paused the feed and hit "Print Screen" to try and copy the image onto paint, save it, and show you guys. But the image from the feed just shows up blank? How can I get around that? If you get what I mean..

**Flatcoatluver** · 01-23-2007, 12:15 AM

Good question Areias, I tried the same thing, except instead of blank screen it was actually live and moving. I took pictures from my camera of the duck so there kind of blurry.

**areias** · 01-23-2007, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by Flatcoatluver

Good question Areias, I tried the same thing, except instead of blank screen it was actually live and moving. I took pictures from my camera of the duck so there kind of blurry.

Good idea...maybe if someone sees something interesting and has a camera handy, they can take pics for us?

I clicked on it at one point and it was a wildabeast or something...but then it panned to a duck again!

Yes..it was live..but I saved it and tried to pull it back up and it was blank.

**ramanth** · 01-23-2007, 09:18 AM

10:18 a.m. EST.. Herd of Wildebeast on right now!

**kittycats_delight** · 01-23-2007, 09:41 AM

Keeping camera and a pen and paper near the computer. I just took a picture of some wildebeast grazing. I am recording the time I take the pic but it is in Africa.