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Subject: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:30:42 -0800
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Great Jayanand. Thank you. 
Incredibly dedicated. 
Bob

Bob Adler
http://www.rgaphoto.com

On Feb 25, 2012, at 9:03 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> 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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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
>>>> 
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