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Subject: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:20:26 +0530
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Bob,
The first couple of times you go on a wildlife safari, the natural
inclination is to use longer lenses to get tight shots of the animals,
because we have generally never been so close to them in the wild ever
before. It takes a few trips before you go wider, and start capturing
more of the environment. When I first saw Nick Brandt's portfolio in
Lenswork a few years ago, I was bowled over - I rushed out and got his
books. But all his subsequent work have a sameness to them, he does
not seem to have evolved very much from his initial stance, and
therefore his work has, as far as I am concerned, started getting
stale.

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 3:52 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer Greg. Interesting. I actually like the 55mm opening
> shot the best, but then I'm more of a landscape person...
>
> IMO the photos are just so so. Kind of the "shots everyone takes" images.
> Don't know if you've ever seen the work of Nick Brandt (
> http://www.nickbrandt.com ). Of course few, if any, photographers can see
> and produce images as he's done. I do think, though, that I would try to
> break out of the "take the longest lens you can carry" approach.
>
> There is a very good interview in LensWork with Nick Brandt that I enjoyed:
> http://www.nickbrandt.com/UserImages/11/11129/file/Lenswork%20Nov%2005.pdf
> I also know that Jayanand produces some amazing images of wildlife that
> show more of their interaction with their environment. Tina has also shown
> some wonderful African safari images; one I particularly remember was of a
> group of lions taken with a WA lens. Buried somewhere deep in the LUG
> archives...
>
> At any rate, I think NYT article provides some thought provoking (for me
> anyway, as you can see by this post!) material. Mostly, for me, on what not
> to do...
>
> Again, thanks for posting. I found the article very useful, though perhaps
> not in the way the photographer intended.
>
> Best,
> Bob
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:55 AM, 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
>>
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>
> --
> Bob Adler
> Redwood City, CA
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
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