Wildlife photography is awesome! Not only do you get to photograph wild subjects in their natural environment but you also get to geek out on programs like Lightroom and Photoshop to process your images and complete the whole digital process. Creativity. Technical. The only problem is that I think sometimes we get so carried away [...]
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What Would You Call This Image?
In wildlife photography you often find moments that you just could not predict. This was one of them. Nikon D7000, Nikon 300mm VR II, 1/160, f/4.5, ISO 800 Now, apart from the fact that it is completely despicable that anyone would just toss a beer bottle out into the bush, this image did bring a [...]
Gotcha!
Was looking for a specific lion image when I found this one. Nikon D3s, Nikon 300mm VR II, 1/160, f/2.8, ISO 2500 We were driving home after an afternoon game drive when we came around the corner the lioness and her two youngsters walked on the road straight towards us and then disappeared off into [...]
Photographing a Lion Cub with a 1DMIV at an ISO of 12,800
The best wildlife possibilities seem to happen around suck and dawn as this is when all the most sought after subjects are out and about. So that bring us to, yeah you guessed it, low light ability and noise. Having equipment that allows you to shoot during these challenging times and still produce quality results [...]
If Only He Stayed Still a Little Longer!
Yesterday evening I needed to clean my head so I head out with my camera. My goal was, apart from some me-time, to photograph the Milky Way and the African winter sky did not disappoint. Nikon D700, Nikon 14-24mm @ 14mm, 25 sec, f/2.8, ISO 2500 Absolutely spectacular! I am always amazed out how a [...]
