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Subject: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:33:08 +0530
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Bob,
As you asked, I checked and could not find anything representative. I
think I have to badger him to have an online gallery! This the only
reasonable set I could find:

http://www.wilderfile.com/pages/mainpage.php?mode=psearch&category=TNA&page=1

A brief profile:

http://www.lifescapes.org.in/t-n-a-perumal/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does he have anything online Jayanand?
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> Bob Adler
> http://www.rgaphoto.com
>
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:13 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> I have just purchased four 18x12 signed prints (two B&W, two Colour)
>> from the doyen of Indian wildlife photography, T.N.A.Perumal for the
>> princely sum of US$400 - that too, his personal choice of shots over
>> his 50 year career...
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Richard Man
>> <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>>> I believe the new book has stuff from both "A Shadow ?Falls" and "On this
>>> Earth" and supposedly better printing.
>>>
>>> I like his stuff and not that much that I want the new book since I do 
>>> have
>>> both of the earlier books earlier.
>>>
>>> You can get a 3x5 feet print or something like that for $10K to $15K.
>>> Almost a bargain comparing to Sherman's stuff :-)
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh great - another way to spend. ?I went to ?Nick Brandt's site, and 
>>>> there
>>>> I found my copy of "On This Earth" with the caption, "Do not buy, it is 
>>>> a
>>>> POS" or similar. ? Turns out there is a more recent version, signed, 
>>>> with a
>>>> tipped-on print on the cover, supposedly much better printing. ?Of 
>>>> course I
>>>> will order it, it is one of my favorites. ?Speaking of normal lenses, 
>>>> what
>>>> do you bet there are guys with some serious firepower standing behind 
>>>> him
>>>> while he walks up on these critters?
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/25/2012 4:22 PM, Robert Adler 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<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<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<http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/02/24/travel/26onassignment.html?nl=travel&emc=tda4>
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