Thoughts on Photographing Captive Animals
If you want to photograph a Bengal tiger, your best opportunity would be in India. There you might shoot—from a jeep or an elephant’s back—in one of the three Indian national parks that contain and...
View ArticleVertical Panoramas on the Serengeti
The Life-Sized Giraffe: Capturing Two ExtremesOne way to capture the essence of unusual animals, such as giraffes, is to highlight the extremes of their existence in your photographs.As I headed to...
View ArticleJewels in the Crown: Star Keepers
This post relates to my last – Blur for Creative Effect – but this time a heat haze produced a creative shot.However hard I work on an overseas trip – and do I work hard – it is rare to achieve more...
View ArticleFeeling Like Prey
The most frightened I've ever been photographing wildife was not when a rhino was pawing the ground about to charge me in Namibia, nor was it when I was 'just outside of striking range' of a green...
View ArticleA 300mm for safari: is it enough?
Some people will dream of a 500mm or even bigger for going to Africa after the big five: lion, African elephant, cape buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros. Big, attracts BIG, I guess.Some people will say...
View ArticleWilderness Travel 3: On Safari – Essential Gear
There is nothing to compare – anywhere in the world – with the spectacle of an African savannah teeming with wildlife weaving its way amongst acacia trees or gathered at a waterhole. For many people,...
View ArticleA luxury safari in Zambia? It's yours to win!
If immersing yourself in a luxury safari lodge in a remote area of Zambia's South Luangwa National Park sounds like a heavenly way to spend seven days, then Burrard-Lucas Photography, the Bushcamp...
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