D30 Photos from our Africa Safari

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a 40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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Lots of nice pictures. I envy you because I want to make the same kind of trip someday.

Dave

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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David Livingston

If I have to explain, your not gonna understand.

Andy -

These are fantasticl. I wish I could be so good and so lucky. As a biology teacher, that's my dream trip. Maybe next year. I'm interested in the details such as how you shot your pictures, how you stored them while you were there, and the equipment that you took and what you would have done differently if you were to go again.

Lana Hays

Excellent shots, Andy! I looked through them all and really enjoyed it.

Numbers 245 and 624 were in particular very very nice! Well done!

Don
http://www.dlcphotography.net

Thought it was Kenya! Saw the pictures of the tribe and was pretty sure it was the Masai. Nice pictures.

Aaron

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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Aaron Kennedy
http://students.ou.edu/K/Aaron.D.Kennedy-1/

Beautiful pictures! They really touched me. Thanks for sharing.

-Rob

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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Considering you shot them with a D30 and L lenses I am disappointed. They don't look sharp to me. Did you sharpen then before posting? Shoot raw? (I never do - large fine is good enough for me).

The other problem I have is with the size of the photos that Photki allows you to display. Move them over to Pbase and let them shine full screen.

I envy you the trip even though I have been to that area twice and lived in S. Africa for two years. Never get enough of Africa. My wife wants her ashes scattered on the Serangeti.

If you are as enamored with the Maasai as we were you should buy the book "Maasai" (ISBN 0-00-272163-5). It is coffee table size 14 x 10 with 240 images, many full page. It goes into great detail on how the culture works, how warriors are chosen and trained, who sleeps with who and when, justice system (penalty for murder is lifetime banishment from the tribe) etc.

Thanks for posting your images.

billtoo

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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billtoo

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Excellent trip you have there and the images are wonderful.
Thanks for sharing.

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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You are correct about the sharpening. I haven't spent any time sharpening the photos. They were all show in RAW format, then coverted to .jpg. That's about it. Some cropping here and there. My next step is to sharpen the photos. The problem is, you should only sharpen photos, given a certain size. I have been resizing the photos, so as to not go over Fotki's stupid 10MB limit. Therefore, sharpening at, say, 800x600, will and should be different from sharpening at 2000x1500. You get the picture.

Anyway, this trip was a learning experience for me, both with the D30 and of shooting wildlife. I was terribly disappointed with the slow focusing of the D30. However, that was not the intended use of the camera. You should buy a 1D if you are really going to shoot wildlife that moves around (they all do!).

I would post the full size images, but I don't want to give away my collection to anybody that wants to download them. I will do that, if I get around to putting a watermark or something in the image.

bill hepp said:

The other problem I have is with the size of the photos that Photki
allows you to display. Move them over to Pbase and let them shine
full screen.

I envy you the trip even though I have been to that area twice and
lived in S. Africa for two years. Never get enough of Africa. My
wife wants her ashes scattered on the Serangeti.

If you are as enamored with the Maasai as we were you should buy
the book "Maasai" (ISBN 0-00-272163-5). It is coffee table size 14
x 10 with 240 images, many full page. It goes into great detail on
how the culture works, how warriors are chosen and trained, who
sleeps with who and when, justice system (penalty for murder is
lifetime banishment from the tribe) etc.

Thanks for posting your images.

billtoo

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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Hi Andy,

Great pics Andy. I've been very interested in seeing your pics ever since you posted your trip intentions on the forum.
I'm planning on going to Africa either later this year or very early next year.

We plan to go on an overland safari through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
I,m hoping to take A D30 or D60 depending on finances.
Any tips or advice you could give would be great.

Regards
Graham

Peter Pham said:

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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Andy Biggs said:

Anyway, this trip was a learning experience for me, both with the
D30 and of shooting wildlife. I was terribly disappointed with the
slow focusing of the D30. However, that was not the intended use of
the camera. You should buy a 1D if you are really going to shoot
wildlife that moves around (they all do!).

I would post the full size images, but I don't want to give away my
collection to anybody that wants to download them. I will do that,
if I get around to putting a watermark or something in the image.

bill hepp said:

The other problem I have is with the size of the photos that Photki
allows you to display. Move them over to Pbase and let them shine
full screen.

I envy you the trip even though I have been to that area twice and
lived in S. Africa for two years. Never get enough of Africa. My
wife wants her ashes scattered on the Serangeti.

If you are as enamored with the Maasai as we were you should buy
the book "Maasai" (ISBN 0-00-272163-5). It is coffee table size 14
x 10 with 240 images, many full page. It goes into great detail on
how the culture works, how warriors are chosen and trained, who
sleeps with who and when, justice system (penalty for murder is
lifetime banishment from the tribe) etc.

Thanks for posting your images.

billtoo

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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Graham-

We met many people who were on overland safaris that originated in South Africa, and ending in Nairobi. All seemed to be having a great time. If you have not booked the expedition yet, I would suggest booking directly with a company that originates in South Africa. The SA Rand is very poor right now, something like 1:12 to the US Dollar. Anyway, you will get a great deal if you book it there. Do not use a US or European company as the intermediary. They will realize the difference in price, and keep it for themselves!

I have been planning on putting up a few web pages regarding 'how to do a digital safari in Africa', but I don't anticipate having the time in the next 2 or so weeks to do so. We moved from San Francisco to Austin before our Africa trip, and put all of our belongings in storage. We move into an apartment next week, and I will finally get my computer back with me, which has all of the software that I need. And I need my broadband back!!! aaaggh!!! Camping out at family and friends' houses has been nice, but it is time to settle down again.

Maybe I will just post a down and dirty post here in the coming days...

Graham King said:

Regards
Graham

Graham King said:

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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bill hepp said:

Andy Biggs said:

Anyway, this trip was a learning experience for me, both with the
D30 and of shooting wildlife. I was terribly disappointed with the
slow focusing of the D30. However, that was not the intended use of
the camera. You should buy a 1D if you are really going to shoot
wildlife that moves around (they all do!).

I would post the full size images, but I don't want to give away my
collection to anybody that wants to download them. I will do that,
if I get around to putting a watermark or something in the image.

bill hepp said:

The other problem I have is with the size of the photos that Photki
allows you to display. Move them over to Pbase and let them shine
full screen.

I envy you the trip even though I have been to that area twice and
lived in S. Africa for two years. Never get enough of Africa. My
wife wants her ashes scattered on the Serangeti.

If you are as enamored with the Maasai as we were you should buy
the book "Maasai" (ISBN 0-00-272163-5). It is coffee table size 14
x 10 with 240 images, many full page. It goes into great detail on
how the culture works, how warriors are chosen and trained, who
sleeps with who and when, justice system (penalty for murder is
lifetime banishment from the tribe) etc.

Thanks for posting your images.

billtoo

Andy Biggs said:

Here is a link to some of our pictures from our African Safari. We
were gone for about 5 weeks, and we were able to see many of the
National Parks in Kenya and Tanzania. All shots were taken with a
D30, 1GB microdrive, 16-35L, 28-70L and 100-400L. Downloaded to a
40GB Image Bank.

Please post any comments that you might have, either positive or
negative. This was my first wildlife shooting experience, and any
comments will definitely help in my education!

http://public.fotki.com/abiggs/africa_safari/

Thanks again.

Andy

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