Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hey Jay, you did not tell me you were heading off to Tanzania ;-) I was going to ask you if you wanted to visit a gorilla or two Cheers Alastair > Greg, > Thanks for the link - lovely slideshow, but I have to take issue with > parts of the article. > > I disagree completely with the writer's recommendation to carry a > monopod, I have found anything but a beanbag useless, especially if > you are shooting from Toyota Landcruisers or Nissan Patrols in Africa, > where you primarily shoot from the roof of the vehicle. It might be of > very minimal use from Landrovers, which have larger openings at seat > level, provided you have a vehicle all to yourself! > > Secondly, Henning and Howard were shooting away with lightweight Lumix > bodies and 100-300 lenses (200-600 in 35mm terms) in Kenya last time, > which would be a much better choice for the average safari goer, maybe > even an all-in-one camera like the Nikon P500. Unless you are > committed to wildlife photography, the weight gets you down - I am > leaving for Tanzania tonight, and my hand baggage must be a muscle > wrenching 15 kilos or so. > > Patience is essential in most forms of photography, so why should this > be different? Of course, in the open grasslands of the Mara far less > patience is required than in the forests of India...(-: > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Spotted this in The New York Times Travel Section. Know there are some >> safari-photo-folks on list and wanted to share this. >> >> Enjoy. >> >> Greg Rubenstein >> >>> How to Photograph a Safari >> >>> An expert lensman learns that a good zoom is key, but so is patience. >> >>> http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/travel/a-photographers-tips-on-capturing-wildlife-in-kenya.html?nl=travel&emc=tda4 >>> >>> Slide Show: Photographing on Safari >> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/02/24/travel/26onassignment.html?nl=travel&emc=tda4 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >