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Subject: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 01:20:21 +0530
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You should have - I would have come like a shot! (-:
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM,  <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> Hey Jay, you did not tell me you were heading off to Tanzania ;-) I was
> going to ask you if you wanted to visit a gorilla or two
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
>> Greg,
>> Thanks for the link - lovely slideshow, but I have to take issue with
>> parts of the article.
>>
>> I disagree completely with the writer's recommendation to carry a
>> monopod, I have found anything but a beanbag useless, especially if
>> you are shooting from Toyota Landcruisers or Nissan Patrols in Africa,
>> where you primarily shoot from the roof of the vehicle. It might be of
>> very minimal use from Landrovers, which have larger openings at seat
>> level, provided you have a vehicle all to yourself!
>>
>> Secondly, Henning and Howard were shooting away with lightweight Lumix
>> bodies and 100-300 lenses (200-600 in 35mm terms) in Kenya last time,
>> which would be a much better choice for the average safari goer, maybe
>> even an all-in-one camera like the Nikon P500. Unless you are
>> committed to wildlife photography, the weight gets you down - I am
>> leaving for Tanzania tonight, and my hand baggage must be a muscle
>> wrenching 15 kilos or so.
>>
>> Patience is essential in most forms of photography, so why should this
>> be different? Of course, in the open grasslands of the Mara far less
>> patience is required than in the forests of India...(-:
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 10:25 PM, 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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