Kenya!

gnagel · Aug 16, 2025

I recently returned from a trip to Kenya. I've started culling and processing the images from this 11 day journey. Here are a dozen for starters...

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Cheetah at Maasai Mara National Reserve

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Rhinos at Solio Game Reserve

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Elephants at Samburu National Reserve

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Lioness at Samburu National Reserve

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Cheetah at Maasai Mara National Reserve

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Elephant at Maasai Mara National Reserve

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Chameleon near Thompson Falls in Nyahururu

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Fisherman on Lake Baringo

Samburu Tribe Member

Acacia Tree

White Rhinos at Watering Hole

Cheetah Through the Grass

Thanks for looking...
Glenn

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Glenn Nagel Photography

I enjoy capturing images of a wide range of subjects: landscapes, architecture, plants, animals, sports, people and more. I hope to use this website to share my view of the world as seen through my digital camera.

www.nagelphotography.com

Richard M Nikon · Aug 16, 2025

Fantastic, Glenn!

Lance B · Aug 16, 2025

Stunning images, Glenn!

Carmel Nikon · Aug 16, 2025

Stunningly beautiful. Glenn, if this is just for starters, I can't wait to see the rest of your images! Really like the composition, and your eye for when to have the animal in a sea of grass or other 'sameness', vs when to add visually interesting context to the animal. The Elephant at Maasai Mara National Reserve is a great example of the latter, with the layers of colors in the background and the tree behind the elephant...really enjoy the composition.

Thank you for sharing these!

Hooligans Imagery · Aug 16, 2025

Outstanding; cats are the best. Thanks for not over saturating them like so many do. Felt like I was there.

jlafferty · Aug 16, 2025

Great stuff. Care to indulge us: which camera(s), which lenses? Did anyone have something to say about that rhino’s incredibly long horn?

AstigmaticOwl · Aug 16, 2025

jlafferty said:
Great stuff. Care to indulge us: which camera(s), which lenses? Did anyone have something to say about that rhino’s incredibly long horn?

In particular, which lenses did you find most useful?

CNorre · Aug 17, 2025

Lovely images, every single one!

Very well composed and framed shots. The colors are wonderfully delicate, not too saturrated, just enough to make them set the scene in a pleasing way.

Great work Glenn! I really enjoyed the show!

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Ernie Misner · Aug 17, 2025

These are all so totally lovely and thank you for sharing. The processing is very tasteful, with a fine art look. What was your processing like? I thought your EXIF data usually came through. I miss seeing what you shot them with. Thanks again.

Ken Seals · Aug 17, 2025

Excellent! Your processing is alway wonderful.

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

Richard M Nikon said:
Fantastic, Glenn!

Thanks Richard!

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

Lance B said:
Stunning images, Glenn!

Thanks for viewing and commenting, Lance

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

Carmel Nikon said:
Stunningly beautiful. Glenn, if this is just for starters, I can't wait to see the rest of your images! Really like the composition, and your eye for when to have the animal in a sea of grass or other 'sameness', vs when to add visually interesting context to the animal. The Elephant at Maasai Mara National Reserve is a great example of the latter, with the layers of colors in the background and the tree behind the elephant...really enjoy the composition.

Thank you for sharing these!

Thanks so much for commenting. I have several hundred more photos to edit.

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

Hooligans Imagery said:
Outstanding; cats are the best. Thanks for not over saturating them like so many do. Felt like I was there.

Thanks for your feedback. I received some constructive criticism on these indicating the photos were desaturated and lacking in contrast. I was going for a more realistic look...especially since several of these were captured in foggy conditions.

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

jlafferty said:
Great stuff. Care to indulge us: which camera(s), which lenses? Did anyone have something to say about that rhino’s incredibly long horn?

Thank you...

I used the Nikon Z9 with the 400 2.8 TC for 90% of my photos. I used the Z7ii with the 70-200 2.8 for the remaining 10%. There were a few photos captured with the 24-70 2.8 and one photo (the chameleon) with the 105 VR.

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

jlafferty said:
Great stuff. Care to indulge us: which camera(s), which lenses? Did anyone have something to say about that rhino’s incredibly long horn?

Oh...and regarding the rhino...yes, people were commenting about the long horn until we saw several others with even longer horns.

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

CNorre said:
Lovely images, every single one!

Very well composed and framed shots. The colors are wonderfully delicate, not too saturrated, just enough to make them set the scene in a pleasing way.

Great work Glenn! I really enjoyed the show!

Thanks for the feedback...much appreciated! I had received some feeback about the photos being lacking in saturation and contrast to the point that the viewer thought they were unedited raw files. I was going for exactly the look you described!

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

Ernie Misner said:
These are all so totally lovely and thank you for sharing. The processing is very tasteful, with a fine art look. What was your processing like? I thought your EXIF data usually came through. I miss seeing what you shot them with. Thanks again.

Thanks Ernie...I don't know why the EXIF didn't come through during my Lightroom export. It appears that the settings should have allowed it.

The processing wasn't much different than my usual approach. I bring the files into LR using a Nikon Camera Flat profile so that I can start from scratch. I make some global adjustment in LR to exposure, white and black points, vibrancy and white balance if needed. I then open the file in Photoshop and make a number of selective edits. Usually I make certain adjustments to the subject and other adjustments to the background. Typical subject adjustments include a curve adjustment for added contrast and then adding sharpening. For the background I might make some color adjustments and maybe introduce a bit more blur...sometimes I add a slight vignette.

Most of these photos were captured with the Nikon Z9 and the 400 2.8 TC lens. A few were with the Z7ii and the 70-200 2.8. The chameleon photo was with the 105 VR.

Glenn

gnagel · Aug 17, 2025

Ken Seals said:
Excellent! Your processing is alway wonderful.

Thanks Ken...much appreciated

Glenn

J2daV · Aug 17, 2025

Nice shots.

I’m going in November. Mind if I ask what lenses and focal lengths you got the most use out of?

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