Larry, I concur, but one really needs to be resident in the Park to take
advantage of the golden hours. Park gates don't really open early enough
or close late enough, considering traveling time too. Camp gates open an
hour earlier - before dawn in the "winter" months. All accommodation in
Kruger is now at International rates which is steep for pensioners
unless they are prepared to camp or have a caravan.
Alan C
On 19-Dec-21 08:16 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Dec 18, 2021, at 10:03 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Larry. Yes, I quite agree. Perhaps I need to look at using a suitable
filter on sunny days (camera sun-glasses)? Any ideas?
I think that you’re running into the reason that people like to shoot at golden
or blue hour. The undiffused point source of light from the sun gives hard
edges to the shadows and contrasty light. Unfortunately what lends itself to
good photos is directional diffuse light. Just a big flat grey sky will give
you flat images.
In theory, if you could get the animals to pose in the shade, that would help,
but it’s hard enough to get wild animals to pose, much less to get them to pose
in a place with ideal light.
I also think that the clouds really made the sky a lot more interesting. I
think that it’s probably just a case of jumping on the opportunity to
photograph on days where you have cloudy, but not totally socked in skies.
Either that, or just appreciate the chances you do have of seeing animals that
most of us only ever see in zoos. Every single one of your photos is better
than any I have ever taken of lions, Elephants etc.
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