South Africa Adventure Trip Photos

kloud · 1st January 2005

Hi fellow CSer and Nikon users, please visit my online album and comment on my pics. Cheers and Happy New Year!

http://www.pbase.com/joemin/root

jeff49er · 1st January 2005

nice pic !!!

care to share the costs of the trip and what camera stuff u brought there?

kloud · 1st January 2005

Spent ard $3800 for 17 days including air tix @$1499 (emirates) and $187 (internal flight). Free and easy. Rented a car for $100/day and drive almost 4500km in total. Wine and dine almost every day

I brought my beloved Nikon D70 with kit lens and Nikkor 70-300mm f4-f5.6G and tripod for taking zoom photos in the safari. Brought along a Compact Drive for storing RAW photos.

obviousdude · 3rd January 2005

love your pictures. wanted to comment on a few, but they're all so cool, didn't know which one to single out.

Sk8te · 3rd January 2005

Interesting... I was just talking to a mate of mine to organise a shooting (photography) trip to south africa...

Just curious.. a show of hands on who might be interested and what would you pay for a 1 week guided trip (photo shooting) at south africa?

BTW nice pics dude..

joteo · 3rd January 2005

Hi,

Thanks very much for sharing your photos.

As I have always been interested in visitng SA and surrounds, this was really very nice.

Perhaps you could share with us why you chose to desaturate some of the pictures.

Thanks
joanne

kloud · 5th January 2005

Sometimes I turned my pics into B&W to bring out the form of my subject. B&W pics also gives you different "feel" to the pic. Try to be more creative. Don't always delete away shots that you think is underexposed. Turn them into B&W and you may see that the pic tells a different story ...

jonlou · 5th January 2005

very very nice shots bro... whoa... scenery wise, wildlife wise... fantastic...

70-300....

very nice zoom pictures for such a low cost lens. how is it comparable to the 70-200 thats ard 10X its price ah?

popeye · 5th January 2005

now then I know there's penguin in Africa...

nemesis32 · 6th January 2005

great pics... see that you managed to shoot a couple of the "BIG 5" even without a guide. i heard it's pretty difficult to get to them without a safari guide.

3800 for 17 days is considered very cheap since you mentioned you wine and dine... unless it's wine on water and dine on bread!

kloud · 6th January 2005

Actually the "big 5" include lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo. I didn't manage to see any of the 2 elusive meat eaters though. Heehee, sometimes I drive behind the safari guide to follow where the actions are. They are the experts who know where to find the animals. There are also maps in the park to indicate the lastetst sightings of animals but you've to be fast because the animals are always on the move.

nemesis32 · 6th January 2005

Originally Posted by kloud

Actually the "big 5" include lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo. I didn't manage to see any of the 2 elusive meat eaters though. Heehee, sometimes I drive behind the safari guide to follow where the actions are. They are the experts who know where to find the animals. There are also maps in the park to indicate the lastetst sightings of animals but you've to be fast because the animals are always on the move.

Yeah... thats why i said you did well to capture "couple" of the BIG 5 (which is Rhino and Elephant). I heard the most difficult is actually the Leopard as they moves around quickly. Lions and buffalo still quite commonly seen if you follow a good guide.

Kiv · 6th January 2005

Don't mind me speaking my mind...
the opportunities were all there, but I feel you didn't really bring it out...

I didn't think the pics were interesting...u were just taking very standard shots of scenery and animals.

Hewland · 6th January 2005

Originally Posted by Kiv

Don't mind me speaking my mind...
the opportunities were all there, but I feel you didn't really bring it out...

I didn't think the pics were interesting...u were just taking very standard shots of scenery and animals.

Oh so you can do better? Pls flaunt yr gallery then.

erwinx · 6th January 2005

Originally Posted by Hewland

Oh so you can do better? Pls flaunt yr gallery then.

comments like this are totally inappropriate. If people want to give a negative opinion of the pics, its their opinion, and he offered it in a polite manner too.

p.s. why is this in the Nikon subforum?

nemesis32 · 6th January 2005

As mentioned by Darren the mod, in the other thread. i think this should be in either nature or travel forum.

Hewland · 6th January 2005

Originally Posted by erwinx

comments like this are totally inappropriate. If people want to give a negative opinion of the pics, its their opinion, and he offered it in a polite manner too.

Oops, pardon me.

1st January 2005	#1
kloud Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: YISHUN Posts: 90	South Africa Adventure Trip Photos Hi fellow CSer and Nikon users, please visit my online album and comment on my pics. Cheers and Happy New Year! http://www.pbase.com/joemin/root

1st January 2005	#2
jeff49er Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Punggol Park Posts: 2,020	nice pic !!! care to share the costs of the trip and what camera stuff u brought there?

3rd January 2005	#4
obviousdude Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: West Coast of sunny Singapore Posts: 1,470	love your pictures. wanted to comment on a few, but they're all so cool, didn't know which one to single out.

3rd January 2005	#5
Sk8te Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 303	Interesting... I was just talking to a mate of mine to organise a shooting (photography) trip to south africa... Just curious.. a show of hands on who might be interested and what would you pay for a 1 week guided trip (photo shooting) at south africa? BTW nice pics dude..

3rd January 2005	#6
joteo Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 226	Hi, Thanks very much for sharing your photos. As I have always been interested in visitng SA and surrounds, this was really very nice. Perhaps you could share with us why you chose to desaturate some of the pictures. Thanks joanne

5th January 2005	#7
kloud Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: YISHUN Posts: 90	Sometimes I turned my pics into B&W to bring out the form of my subject. B&W pics also gives you different "feel" to the pic. Try to be more creative. Don't always delete away shots that you think is underexposed. Turn them into B&W and you may see that the pic tells a different story ...

5th January 2005	#8
jonlou Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: SG Posts: 316	very very nice shots bro... whoa... scenery wise, wildlife wise... fantastic... 70-300.... very nice zoom pictures for such a low cost lens. how is it comparable to the 70-200 thats ard 10X its price ah?

5th January 2005	#9
popeye Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 503	now then I know there's penguin in Africa...

6th January 2005	#10
nemesis32 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,483	great pics... see that you managed to shoot a couple of the "BIG 5" even without a guide. i heard it's pretty difficult to get to them without a safari guide. 3800 for 17 days is considered very cheap since you mentioned you wine and dine... unless it's wine on water and dine on bread!

6th January 2005	#13
Kiv Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 54	Don't mind me speaking my mind... the opportunities were all there, but I feel you didn't really bring it out... I didn't think the pics were interesting...u were just taking very standard shots of scenery and animals.