Thank you. I don't consider myself an expert by any means. Before the trip to Africa, I had only recently started shooting landscape-type photos. For years I had concentrated on portraits. But Africa was a dream trip. I did research on what equipment to take and got inspired by photos I'd seen.

When I got to South Africa, I started seeing wild animals very soon after being picked up at the airport near Kruger. Our safari excursions were done in an open-sided vehicle - no windows. I am so glad about that since spotting and photographing animals was so much easier. I discovered that you had to be ready. Animals don't sit around waiting for photographers. So I put my cameras on either aperture or speed priority and the ISO on auto. You also don't know if you're going to be facing into the sun or away from it. You have to deal with whatever turns up. Thank god for LightRoom! I did get hundreds of good photos but I also got loads of duds. The longest lens I had with me was the Tamron 18-400. For the vast majority of situations, this was great. The only animals that were too far away to capture well were the leopards and cheetahs. I watched those through binoculars.

I also took my Canon 6D MkII with a 24-105L lens. That proved to be a good idea because some animals come very close - lions, giraffes, elephants and hyaenas. If you regularly shoot animals, birds and landscapes, you will be well-equipped to handle opportunities in South Africa. I hope you and Frank have a wonderful time. My trip was the most enjoyable trip of my life.