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Subject: [Leica] How to photograph a safari
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:35:10 +0530
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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
>> >>
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>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bob Adler
>> > Redwood City, CA
>> > http://www.rgaphoto.com
>> >
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Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] How to photograph a safari)