Posts for: ricardo00
Mar 12, 2024 12:05:49 #
Markag wrote:
Truly Amazing.
Thanks for your kind comments!
Mar 12, 2024 12:05:30 #
jdtonkinson wrote:
Great shots, very nice
Thank you for looking and commenting!
Mar 11, 2024 23:53:49 #
If you haven't already, find a good travel agent, one who really knows Africa. There are a huge number of places that one can go to with a huge range in prices. So choosing the type of trip will require many, many decisions. The first will be how long you plan to go for. We used Eyes on Africa for our first trip to Africa (South Africa and Botswana). My interests don't seem to match yours, so will through out a few thoughts. I have had "close encounters" with giraffes and elephants in behind the scene tours at various zoos and in places like India and Thailand so the Giraffe Manor in Nairobi (or an elephant encounter) didn't appeal to me though I know some people who went and enjoyed it. Also, when arriving in a city in Africa, my goal has been always to catch the first small flight out of the city and get to a camp as soon as possible. So for example, not staying in the city (ie. Nairobi) at the giraffe manor. I much prefer the spontaneous interactions one can have, for example, in Kenya an elephant visited my tent several times. I have contemplated trying to see the Great Migration but my small experience with that was seeing a herd of wildebeest start running towards the river and then a group of vehicles headed towards the crossing and spooked the wildebeest. Our guide (and we concurred), decided to enjoy the wildebeest in their herds migrating around and not try to see the river crossings. These are the kinds of decisions you can help make if you are in a car with the driver and tracker. For example, following a cheetah on a hunt, etc.
Every trip to Africa is different and depending on your goals (ie. getting photos, personal interactions with animals, etc), many different places to go. Since this is your first trip to Africa, I am sure it will be amazing and unique and you will have a great time! Seeing lions, elephants, leopards, cheetah, rhinos, buffaloes, giraffes, hyena, impala, hippos, jackals, warthogs, etc roaming about is an unbelievable experience.
As far as countries, I have enjoyed all I have been to (SA, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Botswana) and each are unique. South Africa has lots to offer. So to give one specific area, the private camps around Kruger (ie, Sabi Sands) have a great number of different animals in a small area but not the huge herds one will see in the Serengeti or Masai Mara. And the Okavango Delta in Botswana is a much less crowded area than most (but more expensive). I haven't been to Zimbabwe but other friends I have said there are lots of great camps there.
Are you also looking at photographic safaris? If so, choosing a particular photographer's trip will make some of these decisions for you.
Every trip to Africa is different and depending on your goals (ie. getting photos, personal interactions with animals, etc), many different places to go. Since this is your first trip to Africa, I am sure it will be amazing and unique and you will have a great time! Seeing lions, elephants, leopards, cheetah, rhinos, buffaloes, giraffes, hyena, impala, hippos, jackals, warthogs, etc roaming about is an unbelievable experience.
As far as countries, I have enjoyed all I have been to (SA, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Botswana) and each are unique. South Africa has lots to offer. So to give one specific area, the private camps around Kruger (ie, Sabi Sands) have a great number of different animals in a small area but not the huge herds one will see in the Serengeti or Masai Mara. And the Okavango Delta in Botswana is a much less crowded area than most (but more expensive). I haven't been to Zimbabwe but other friends I have said there are lots of great camps there.
Are you also looking at photographic safaris? If so, choosing a particular photographer's trip will make some of these decisions for you.
Mar 11, 2024 19:39:51 #
Harry P wrote:
I have got a K&F Concept UV filter on it, removed it and still see it. apparently it might be that theres some type of blue coating inside or its some reflection depending on the lighting in the particular scene, cause I mentioned before the purple hue is not in every single photo I shot
It could be that you see it when light hits it at a particular angle.
Mar 11, 2024 19:11:44 #
b top gun wrote:
I cannot explain your situation, yet I can share a one I had. At cruising altitude, on the way into Anchorage last September, I was using my D850; multiple images had bluish/violet areas; I attributed that to shooting thru the 737 window and having a CPL on the lens??? Had none of that using that same set up on the ground and driving around Alaska.
That raises a question, is there a filter on this lens? If so, try removing it!
Mar 11, 2024 18:59:58 #
Scruples wrote:
Well! Ugly Hedge Hoggers I Made The Big Time At Last. Please give the old geezer a round of applause. I’m 63 and still kicking the can.
Wow, you are such a youngster! To be 63 again.
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Mar 11, 2024 17:23:10 #
In the California Bay Area we are lucky to have several kinds of hummingbirds. Was able to photograph some Allen's:
As well as a mama Anna's feeding its chicks:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60519499@N00/53581772344/
As well as a mama Anna's feeding its chicks:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60519499@N00/53581772344/
Mar 11, 2024 15:10:17 #
Harry P wrote:
I dont see any fungus or moisture but I do see blue when I shine my iphone torch in.
Try cleaning with lens fluid and lens wipes? Maybe there is something on the lens?
Mar 11, 2024 13:57:33 #
If you look at the lens from the front and the back, do you see anything? Use a light to see in. Could be fungus growing inside?
Mar 10, 2024 22:25:22 #
texasdan wrote:
I am taking family on an Alaska 7 day cruise in September. It ends in Seward and we are planning to stay a few extra days. My question is, photographically should be stay in Seward to take the coastal cruise or take the train to Denali? We can only stay an extra 2-3 days, so we can't do both.
The train versus Denali bus:
Mar 10, 2024 13:30:58 #
V2volk wrote:
Oh that is too bad, hopefully they will fix it. When I went I took the long trip back to the lake.
Yep nature has a way of playing havoc with one's plans. When we went in 2016, we also drove all the way in and stayed at the cabins there. Now, according to the Denali Park site, ". . . park operations are currently altered due to the Pretty Rocks Landslide. The closure of the Denali Park Road at Mile 43 is expected to remain in place through summer 2026 . . ." So one has to fly in to stay at the cabins we went to. Too bad, it was beautiful there. But the road typically closed in mid-September anyway due to winter conditions. Loved getting up and seeing the peak:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60519499@N00/28448307906/in/photolist-Js4gVH-Jtx59L-JXsd9G-JXJmKs-Kiok1M-KkT1Pm-LxXrB9