Recent content by Johnmac1956

Nice. I plan to spend time at my nearest local with opportunity to catch the otter this winter. http://tophilllow.blogspot.co.uk/ If I get an image anywhere near your quality I will be a happy person...............

Shutter Speed is my main learning from my time in the local woods. Am now following the rules of a minimum shutter speed dependant on focal length, much more than I did in Kenya. Spent to much time purely focused on Av mode,not knowing or watching shutter speed. I had many soft softs. All my...

Bill Appreciate the comments,that is why I am posting. I am currently spending a lot of time reading articles on wildlife photography, also spending time in my local woods taking picture of birds and small wildlife in variable light. trying to improve my technique,what you have said mirrors...

This particular Cheetah(same as above.) was known to the local Maasai by the nickname of Supermum. She has successfully raised 5 cubs to the age of approx 10 months which is quite an excellent survival rate for the cubs. Ol Kinyei Conservancy. Maasai Mara. Sept 2014. Canon 70D...

My initial original post on this forum so any help/guidance appreciated. Since I retired, I am lucky enough to be able to travel to some nice destinations,principally with a wildlife intent. Prior to my recent trip to Kenya(1st time), I invested in a couple of DSLRs. Canon 70D(100-400L) and...

Really will depend on how much space in vehicle of if you plan to do walking on your safai trip. Also at some of the camps,it is possible to get good shots from within the safety of the lodge environment. This is a site I frequent,with a recent discussion on same issue...

Agree,I have watched some of the reviews and guides on his site. Excellent.

That is of great help thanks. Interesting that you prefer both lenses minus the 1.4 TC. People do say that the TC and the 70-200 do go very well together both on the f/4 and f/2.8. A lot of my time will be spent on vehicle based safaris,so I have also had a good luck at the 100-400. I was in...

Thanks Kevin. Good deal. Leopards are always the most difficult of the large cats to find and then get a decent opportunity to get a good photo. Just means you will have to go back!!!!!!!! On another forum I haunt "Safaritalk" ,somebody has just posted a good Leopard video. Hopefully I will...

Hi Sounds like you had a great time and the photos to prove it. Thanks for the info. I am staying in the Porini adventure camps in Amboseli and the Mara. Was looking to extend my stay deeper into the Mara for maybe another 3 or 4 days,will keep looking for alternatives. Cheers

I was not sure if it was the Mara. Hopefully Kevin might get back. I am in the Mara and Amboseli for 7 days mid Sept and thought about extending my trip. Cheers

Where in Kenya? Any recommendations...

HDEW currently have the 400mm f/5.6 on offer for £829. I have not seen it lower anywhere else. If I could make my mind up between going either Canon or Sony dslr,I think I would have bought it by now.

I will be using mine for mainly vehicle safaris. Sometimes walking safaris as well. That is why I think the 300mm F4 might give me more flexibility. With the 1.4 ext for longer reach and birds in a bush.... Still cannot decide which way to go on the new camera as well. Canon makes a lot of...

Thanks for the welcome folks. Hopefully some nice wildlife to show in the future. Just looking for a new dslr to take the photos.