Day 108: Addo Elephant Park (2:3)

Here is set number 2 of 3 from Addo National Elephant Park. These were taken with the Sony RX10 IV.

Like all of our excursions we always wish we had more time.

This cruise is my first experience at a serious attempt to take wildlife photos. It is a lot harder than you would think. You need good glass, a long lens, a fast shutter speed, always check your ISO, and your Color Balance, and sometimes you want a shallow depth of field, and other times you need it deeper to get every animal in focus.

To get a handful of keepers - you have to take a lot of images. I have said it many times. Babe Ruth led the league in Home Runs (714). However, be also had 1,330 strike outs in his career. Ansel Adam’s goal was to get one great photograph a month. I wouldn’t mind having some of his bad ones.

What I lay like about the Sony RX10 is it has a fixed Carl Zeiss lens, 24mm to 600mm optical zoom. I do miss my Canon gear, but I wouldn’t want to be lugging it around.

As for my images - Right now I think I go by the mantra - “Even blind squirrels find nuts.”Read more