Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guess I better stop with the benches stuff... ;-) On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > Redwood City, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Bob Adler Redwood City, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com