Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/26

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Subject: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 21:22:55 -0800
References: <28375713.1330305774845.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <CABmfTOUrNHo023qhrnQvjf4CVrHnduNQqicy3i-v294akunivQ@mail.gmail.com>

Darwin Award Candidates, eh?

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Doug Herr
> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Marty Deveney wrote:
> >> It's not that unsafe to be on your feet in the bush in Africa.
> > I suspect the guides (and parks) who insist on staying in the vehicle
> have had too many bad experiences with guests who don't have any "bush
> smarts".
>
> I am sure that this is the case, but even if you have no background in
> looking at animals, if you listen and are at least moderately adaptive
> you can learn.  The few stolidly stupid or conscientiously ignorant
> people who get eaten, however, are enough to give a guiding service a
> bad name.  Luckily for the guides liability laws are fairly lax in
> most African countries.
>
> Marty
>
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-- 
Bob Adler
Redwood City, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com


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