Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gorgeous! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 8:52 PM, H&ECummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: > Hi Luggers, > As you have seen with the wonderful action photos taken by Jayanand and > Alastair there was lots to see and photograph in Tanzania. > The time of day that I liked the best was the early morning - leaving the > lodge with Venus, the morning star, blazing overhead - > and heading out before the sunrise. The light was remarkable at that time > of day and hopefully we have pictures to prove it. > > Here are a couple - taken on our last morning run - on the 11th day - as > the full moon was setting on the horizon and the sun rise glowing behind > our back as we faced the moon set. > > First with gazelles and a crane flying by: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tanza2014/MoonsetTGazelleCrane.jpg.html> > > and second a jeep added to the mix: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Tanza2014/MoonsetJeepDay11.jpg.html> > > All my safari pictures were taken with my just acquired Fuji XT 1 (I > bought it in Japan one day before the official release - that is another > story) and the 55 - 200 zoom lens. Esther's pictures were taken with the > Olympus EM 1 and the Panasonic 100 - 300 zoom. Helen also had the EM 1 and > she and Alastair and Esther and me wrestled with the menus throughout the > holiday. I preferred the pictures from the Fuji but the EM 1 was faster to > operate. Neither system was fast enough in continuous AF to give Nikon > designers any worry. > > Please look large. C&C always welcome. > > Howard (in Vancouver helping babysit #1 grandson - Miss O's little brother) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information