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Apologies if this is in the wrong forum....mods feel free to move it:)

I'm going to the WHF on Saturday, and I know a few folks from here have been, what I'm after is, what is the ideal lens or lenses combo to take???

I can see from their website that getting close to the cats is very possible, is this a bit of a one off or am I going to be shooting at short range??

Cheers,

Darren
 
I'm there next month too and would be interested to know the same thing, it's worth having a look on flikr as there's a few nice photos from some people up there that have been before. Most have exif data so it'll give you an idea of what's good to take.
 
Darren9330 said:
Apologies if this is in the wrong forum....mods feel free to move it:)

I'm going to the WHF on Saturday, and I know a few folks from here have been, what I'm after is, what is the ideal lens or lenses combo to take???

I can see from their website that getting close to the cats is very possible, is this a bit of a one off or am I going to be shooting at short range??

Cheers,

Darren
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Are you taking your D300 or D700 (or both)?

I took a D700 and tbh needed more than the 200mm limit I had on the 70-200mm lens I used...on the close-up shots I used a macro lens (due to close manual focussing). I would recommend (if using full-frame) a focal range of 24-300mm if possible with your lenses.
 
sdb123 said:
Are you taking your D300 or D700 (or both)?

I took a D700 and tbh needed more than the 200mm limit I had on the 70-200mm lens I used...on the close-up shots I used a macro lens (due to close manual focussing). I would recommend (if using full-frame) a focal range of 24-300mm if possible with your lenses.
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I'll more than likely be taking the D300's, just for the reach factor. i've got a 24-70 f2.8 & 70-200 f2.8 and if needed i can wheel out a 300mm f2.8.

I'm a bit loathed to take the 300mm as it's just going to be a huge weight to carry around if it's not used :gag:

Cheers

Darren
 
Let us know how you get on anyway Darren, and post some pics up :D
 
We've organised loads of successful trips to WHF and there are many images displayed in the animals section, i would suggest finding them and reading the exif :

I found the most use for me came from a 70-200 f2.8 with occasional use of a 400
 
Problem is finding the threads as the search won't accept WHF as a search string as it thinks it's too short :(

Good call on the lenses, I guess I'll take the 80-200, 200-400 and my 105mm macro in that case

digitalfailure said:
We've organised loads of successful trips to WHF and there are many images displayed in the animals section, i would suggest finding them and reading the exif :

I found the most use for me came from a 70-200 f2.8 with occasional use of a 400
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Most of my shots were with a 70-200.

If youre going for the day i would suggest you just spend a bit of time taking in the splender of the animals with both eyes for a while before you attatch the viewfinder to your face ;)
 
Cheers for all of the advice, I think i'll just take the lot and grin and bear it...lol

Paulie, I think you're right about enjoying the animals for what they are as well as photographing them.

Darren
 
When i was down there i used my 70-200 all day and came away with some great shots (in my eyes anyway) :lol::lol:
 
You will never be more than a short walk from your car so take everything you think you may need. It is then easy to get at any time during your day.

I use my 70-200 for 95% of my shots.

We have 8 group (forum) photography days booked there for next year.
 
macky799 said:
When i was down there i used my 70-200 all day and came away with some great shots (in my eyes anyway) :lol::lol:
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in your opinion... lol


md

Great place and anything from a 24-105 up will be fine.
70 -200 2.8 is what i use when i am there. but you can get some shots with a macro lens

Enjoy your day there...
Taken with a 70-200 2.8
leopard_web.jpg
 
Have used a 70-200, 16-35, 50mm and 100mm Macro there. In many cases you are likely to be just inches away so have a WA with you.
 
Have seen togs using the 500... generally 24 - 200 IMO
 
hypnotic said:
We have 8 group (forum) photography days booked there for next year.
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I want to go again definitely so I don't want to miss out on getting my name down! :)

I found that I used my 55-250mm the most when I went but that is probably because it had the best zoom out of my three lenses. I definitely want to invest in something with a bit more reach before I go next time!
 
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