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Kenya 2013
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Posting shots of wildlife, after Harry, is fraught with great risk of embarrassing oneself. But I will submit a few frames for consideration that may be of interest to folks.
My wife and i attended Marc and Andy's workshop in Kenya February 2013 along with Harry. Harry and I shot together from the same vehicle a few times, but usually we were in different vehicles.
There first few days were in the Lewa Conservancy
Lewa had an abundance of wildlife this time, with lots of elephants, and other game.
Here is a classic view from Lewa, looking to the south, towards Mt Kenya.
We shot stars as well as wildlife, the Southern Cross is always fun to see again... The glow on the horizon was light from Nairobi, over a hundred miles away, south of Mt Kenya --
This was the view from my bedroom at Lewa, one evening.
On my windowsill, I spied this little hyrax
There were lots of healthy baby elephants too.
Then it was time to move onto Rokero Camp in the Masai Mara
A few cheetahs in the Mara have learned to use the Land Cruisers to their advantage, using the height of the Land Cruiser to enable the cheetahs to see further on the plains for prey or enemies. I had seen this this in National Geographic video on TV, but never dreamed it would happen to me.
Here is a view from inside our Land Cruiser looking out through the roof opening
It was hard to remain calm, and try to change lenses, while wondering how long the cheetahs would be on top of our vehicle.
Shot with a focal length of 70mm...
We also saw leopards
And zebras
I used an Olympus OM-D E5, as well as a 1Dx. My 1Dx had the GPS attachment, which means most of my files are GPS tagged with time, location, and direction.
Sometimes we saw groups of cheetahs as well
Our final camp was at Tortollis in Amboseli, which is a desert lake bed, complete with wind and dust, and even a little residual water.
In the evening the elephants make their way across the lakebed to the nearest water supply, and make willing photo subjects
In the morning, if you are lucky, and the air is clear, you can capture them in front of Mt Kilimanjaro, all 19,000 feet of it.
Africa is truly a magnificent experience, one that I will never forget. A truly beautiful land.
My wife and i attended Marc and Andy's workshop in Kenya February 2013 along with Harry. Harry and I shot together from the same vehicle a few times, but usually we were in different vehicles.
There first few days were in the Lewa Conservancy
Lewa had an abundance of wildlife this time, with lots of elephants, and other game.
Here is a classic view from Lewa, looking to the south, towards Mt Kenya.
We shot stars as well as wildlife, the Southern Cross is always fun to see again... The glow on the horizon was light from Nairobi, over a hundred miles away, south of Mt Kenya --
This was the view from my bedroom at Lewa, one evening.
On my windowsill, I spied this little hyrax
There were lots of healthy baby elephants too.
Then it was time to move onto Rokero Camp in the Masai Mara
A few cheetahs in the Mara have learned to use the Land Cruisers to their advantage, using the height of the Land Cruiser to enable the cheetahs to see further on the plains for prey or enemies. I had seen this this in National Geographic video on TV, but never dreamed it would happen to me.
Here is a view from inside our Land Cruiser looking out through the roof opening
It was hard to remain calm, and try to change lenses, while wondering how long the cheetahs would be on top of our vehicle.
Shot with a focal length of 70mm...
We also saw leopards
And zebras
I used an Olympus OM-D E5, as well as a 1Dx. My 1Dx had the GPS attachment, which means most of my files are GPS tagged with time, location, and direction.
Sometimes we saw groups of cheetahs as well
Our final camp was at Tortollis in Amboseli, which is a desert lake bed, complete with wind and dust, and even a little residual water.
In the evening the elephants make their way across the lakebed to the nearest water supply, and make willing photo subjects
In the morning, if you are lucky, and the air is clear, you can capture them in front of Mt Kilimanjaro, all 19,000 feet of it.
Africa is truly a magnificent experience, one that I will never forget. A truly beautiful land.
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Cheatahs using LC's as observation posts, Yeah tell me about Dumb Animals
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How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
We did have some magical light, Harry, and some clear skies as well, at Amboseli.
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Spotted hyenas
Maybe someone can tell me what this raptor is named?
m4/3 Olympus OM-D E5 Check out the flies along the lower eyelid margins
M4/3s again, the gazelle was still trying to breathe as this was shot
I just found these two files from my trip to South Africa last summer, I think I ignored them because one was "out of focus", but I find I really enjoy it, because it demonstrates just how hard it is to see lions in the grass. The second frame looks like the lions head was photoshoppped into the grass, and you cannot see the body of the lion, but I assure you, that is straight from the camera. Lions just disappear in high grass. Bear that in mind if you ever go walkabout in Africa.
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Yes, there were two cheetahs on our vehicle roof top.
Our driver, Samy, actually video'd both cheetahs walking along the road and captured them as they jumped on top of our Land Cruiser - the first was not shy at all, the second was a bit more timid as seen in the video. Samy actually had a sneaking suspicion what their intentions were, I think as the video demonstrates. They were strongly backlit by sun with clouds directly to the rear of our vehicle, making photographing them a bit challenging.
http://youtu.be/LJv4wiYf6YI
Here is an image of both of them
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