[Leica] Masai Mara - Sunrise/Sunset

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Luis,
Thanks for looking.

The lens is a consumer one, Nikon's 200-500mm f5.6, which is the best bang
for the buck as far as the usability/range/weight/price matrix is
concerned, in my opinion, if the objective is to get the shot at any cost,
and not worry overmuch about finer details. All these happen to be taken
hand held, though I do use a bean bag if required, but with a high base
shutter speed to counteract shake. I feel this is better technique when
photographing animals, because it takes unpredictable subject motion into
consideration, as well as user shake. The way is to underexpose the shot to
retain the highlights in the sky, and then tease out shadow detail in post
processing, which can be done in many ways (dodging, tonal contrast
control, an HDR layer at low opacity, etc). As far as you can get away with
a low base ISO, the noise can be controlled quite well.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 3:32 AM, Lluis Ripoll via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Hi Jayanand!
>
> I have watch at your pictures several times and Im still unable to say you
> which one is my favorite, they are really outstanding and super wonderful.
> I see you have used the 500mm and low ISO…., did you used too a tripod or a
> monopod or you have shoot hand held?
>
> Cheers
> Lluis
>
>
> > El 22 set 2018, a les 3:40, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> va escriure:
> >
> > I just returned from a week at the Masai Mara in Kenya. The sunrises and
> > sunsets there are spectacular, with deep red/orange/gold/pink tones, so
> my
> > vehicle mates and I went searching for subjects daily to photograph
> against
> > that backdrop daily. Here are some examples:
> >
> > Giraffe:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180914-8323.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180914-7763.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180914-8252.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180914-4400.jpg.html
> >
> > Ostrich:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180910-502.jpg
> >
> > .html
> >
> > Impala:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180913-6625.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180913-6640.jpg.html
> >
> > Topi:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180914-6729.jpg.html
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180914-6840.jpg.html
> >
> > Acacia:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180913-3775.jpg.html
> >
> > Elephant:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180909-447.jpg.html
> >
> > Grassland:
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2018/Mara-
> 20180913-3744.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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