[Leica] How to photograph a safari

[rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)]

Yes Gene, lots of discussion on the web about that. Wondering how he gets
his limited focal points. My guess is it's some kind of tilt as he says
it's all in camera. Of course he does admittedly do CS work on them; few
don't these days.

Matter of taste, of course. But IMO better than what was in the NYT
article...
Best,
Bob

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> While Nick Brandt's work is very dramatic, I find it very manipulated and
> kind of artificial, not my cup of tea.
>
> gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 4:45:43 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
>
> Wow Bob, that's brutal :-)
>
> Well, it's hard for anyone to compete with Nick. The NYT photos are good,
> not exceptional, but certainly in the category of nothing wrong with them.
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 2:22 PM, 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
> > >
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