Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Agree, not easy at all. I just focused on and followed the "cat". As all my friends know, I depend on good fortune for most things in life. That includes treating strangers at Safari camps ;-) > On March 21, 2014 at 10:49 PM Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > The cheetahs kept running towards Alastair's vehicle throughout the > trip! (-: That said, these are super shots and as good as any I have > seen. > > When a cheetah explodes towards a herd, the action is so fast that one > has to chose the direction one follows, rather like a goalkeeper > defending a penalty spot kick in soccer - in this case I chose the > wrong way (I was in another vehicle, parallel to the action), so my > photographs are full of running gazelles. By the time you realize the > mistake, it is generally too late - video is generally easier, because > one is not quite so tight on the animal. Unless the cheetah and prey > are coming towards you, photographing this action sequence is very > difficult > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 5:37 AM, afirkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > > My buffer ran out on the Nikon just as the cheetah was about to leap on > > the > > Gazelle. If it had I would have had to commit Hari Kiri. :-) Here is the > > moment > > before the shutter stopped firing: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/qbut8wk > > > > Any camera can run out of buffer now matter what you pay or where you > > are. > > You > > need to know your camera, and I did not!!!!! As Jay suggested I should > > have > > been > > shooting jpegs, but things happen very fast. VVV fast :-) I gambled on > > the > > action occuring earlier as the cat was so close to its prey. As it was, > > it > > changed its mind, and ran right next to our car. If it had 'hit' the > > prey I > > was > > in perfect postion for a 'killer' shot, but the hesitation in taking out > > the > > prey proved critical an she missed. I would have as well ;-) Here the > > mother > > puts on the brakes as she 'admits' defeat. > > > > http://tinyurl.com/p5kzjod > > > > Moral of the story is to know your equipment and work within its > > limitations: > > every camera has them ;-) > > > > Alastair > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information