Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You've got a few more years to go...(-: On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information