Images, thoughts, and crib notes from near and far.
Posted in Africa, Kenya, Photo of the Week, Safari, Travel on Sep 25th, 2010
You bet and it is one of my favorite landscape techniques. In this particular photograph, we had just returned to Mara Plains Camp after spending the entire day on the Masai Mara Plains. As we approached the camp, I noticed that big ole African sun about the break the cloud bank. I yelled at everyone [...]
Tortillis means dust in Maasai, and during our visit we certainly had no shortage of dust. It was at Tortillis that I saw and photographed my first mirage. Mirages are tricks of the atmosphere, optical illusions caused when a layer of air next to the ground becomes superheated from heat stored in the soil or [...]
Three exciting photo safaris have recently been announced. Could one of these trips have your name on it? Dates for the Galapagos safari are 3-13 June 2011. This is your chance to visit and photograph the islands that have stood still in time since their first discovery by Darwin. Limited space is available on this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 6th, 2010
More on panning………. While photographing near Amboseli Nation Park, a herd of some 20 elephants were making their way across the dry plains toward the swamp areas inside the National Park. For no reason, the rear of the group broke into a run. Two quick turns of the dials on the D3s and I was [...]