Ngorongoro Landscape

Stash

Venturing out of the wildlife forum with an early morning view in the Ngorongoro Crater.

Roaddog 52

That is a beautiful image. I love the subtle shifts in color, the clouds, the rays of light and the comp. My only request would be to lighten the foreground a bit, probably not more than a 1/4 or 1/3 of a stop.

Phil

GlassDarkly

Amazing!
What a great capture. Love the light trails. Are those some wild animals just above the dark grass?

chokol

Nice shoot It looks a little bit upset and isolated !
Well, I sometimes try to catch the light trails but I can not
How can you do it?

dlplumer

Beautiful

Stash

Roaddog 52 wrote: »

That is a beautiful image. I love the subtle shifts in color, the clouds, the rays of light and the comp. My only request would be to lighten the foreground a bit, probably not more than a 1/4 or 1/3 of a stop.
Phil

Thank you. I do have to learn how to do selective adjustments.

GlassDarkly wrote: »

What a great capture. Love the light trails. Are those some wild animals just above the dark grass?

I believe they are probably some Cape Buffalo? But don't quote me on that!

chokol wrote: »

Nice shoot It looks a little bit upset and isolated !
Well, I sometimes try to catch the light trails but I can not
How can you do it?

These were shot early morning, ISO 400 and wide open.

dlplumer wrote: »

Beautiful

Thanks Dan. And thank all of you!

Toonartist

Beautiful shot, love the shafts of light, really good.

Duncan

jwallacephoto

I recently learned that those are called "crepuscular rays".

..what a disgusting word for such a beautiful effect!

Stash

jwallacephoto wrote: »

I recently learned that those are called "crepuscular rays".

..what a disgusting word for such a beautiful effect!

I agree. When we were making these photos, we were referring to them as "The fingers of God". Much more apt I think.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

eoren1

Nice shot Stash.
I do wonder if it would be strengthened with a pano crop to remove much of the foreground grass/shrubs and focus on the mountains and amazing light.
E

Stash

Roaddog 52 wrote: »

That is a beautiful image. I love the subtle shifts in color, the clouds, the rays of light and the comp. My only request would be to lighten the foreground a bit, probably not more than a 1/4 or 1/3 of a stop.

Phil

Still working on that one Phil.

eoren1 wrote: »

Nice shot Stash.
I do wonder if it would be strengthened with a pano crop to remove much of the foreground grass/shrubs and focus on the mountains and amazing light.
E

This one was easier to do eoron. Cropped and adjusted with a preset. Any better?

eoren1

I like it Don!
Can't tell if the horizon needs just a bit of leveling - looks a tad high on the right
E

ChrisJ

Beautiful! I have fond memories of the crater...

kitvan

I'll be there next summer. So excited, already thinking about what lenses to take...

Stash

I've taken the vast majority of these shots with the 70-200 VR on a DX body.
However I have now graduated to a 200-400 F4 that I'm dieing to get out and try. Weather here is almost cool enough to be able to venture outside again.

Are you going on a photographic safari? If so, you will have plenty of room in your vehicle to get good shots. If not, you may want to reconsider what equipment you bring as the normal safari vehicles can be quite cozy.

Good luck. You can't help but enjoy Africa.

kitvan

Stash wrote: »

Are you going on a photographic safari? If so, you will have plenty of room in your vehicle to get good shots. If not, you may want to reconsider what equipment you bring as the normal safari vehicles can be quite cozy.

No, sadly it won't be a photography-based trip. This is great advice, knowing that I'll likely be limited in the amount of equipment I can bring on driving excursions.

Thanks!

starcluster

Nice Light, good work