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Monday, August 10, 2009 at 03:23PM
African Wild Dog, or African Painted Dog (Lycaon Pictus), Botswana, July 2009
Nikon D3, 200-400mm f/4 VR, 1/125 @ f/8, ISO 6400
Botswana, Savuti, Wild dog, africa in Photo of the Day Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 09:51AM
Mark Dubovoy has written up a nice article on the Eizo ColorEdge CG301W display versus the Apple 30" Cinema Display. Sobering, to say the least. The price of the Eizo is roughly $4,400 at B&H, which is steep, but if you want the best it is the display to own.
Friday, August 7, 2009 at 10:38PM As you can tell from my schedule on my main web site (here), most of my safaris and workshops fill up and fill up early. Here is a quick status of those workshops and safaris in the next 12 months, found below. If you are wondering what your 2010 year will look like, my recommendation is to consider an African photographic safari! You can read my past safari testimonials online. I wish I could put all of the testimonials online, but there just isn't enough room (seriously)!
2009
October 8-11: Adobe Lightroom and the Fine Art Digital Print (Sold Out)
October 16-31: Ultimate Tanzania Photo Safari (Sold Out)
2010
February 25 - March 9: Tanzania Photo Safari (Sold Out)
March 6 - 18: Tanzania Photo Safari (Spots available)
May 15-23: Galapagos Islands (1 spot available)
July 21 - August 1: Botswana, The Premier Wildlife Photo Safari (Sold Out)
August 3-12: African Wildlife Photography Bootcamp (Sold Out)
Friday, August 7, 2009 at 10:33AM
African Wild Dogs, or African Painted Dogs (Lycaon Pictus), Botswana, July 2009
Nikon D3, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR, 1/125 @ f/4, ISO 1600
Botswana, Savuti, Wild dog, africa in Photo of the Day Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 05:45PM
African Wild Dog, or African Painted Dog (Lycaon Pictus), Botswana, July 2009
Nikon D3x, 70-200mm f/2.8 VR, 1/15 @ f/6.3, ISO 200
There is a den near Dumatau and Savuti in Botswana at the moment, and we had the great fortune of being able to spend some time with them and their new puppies. All 13 of them. What makes it amazing is that there are two mothers with 2 separate litters, and watching how they all interacted was an amazing sight. I have spent more time in east African than in Botswana if you are to look at the total number of days spent out in the bush, so seeing and being able to photograph African wild dogs is very special to me. In east Africa the African wild dog is more difficult to find, and the places to find them are in the southern parks of Tanzania where I don't spend as much of my time.
I have a few keepers from our time with them, and this is the first in a small series of images that I will post over the coming days.
Botswana, Wild dog, africa, safari in Photo of the Day Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 02:34PM This is the 6th trip report from my latest safari to Namibia You can read my Namibia trip report (Part 1 - Skeleton Coast) entry, Namibia trip report (Part 2 - Serra Cafema) entry, my Namibia trip report (Part 3 - Namib-Naukluft), Namibia trip report (Part 4 - Lüderitz and theSperrgebiet) and finally my Namibia trip report (Part 5 Namib Rand and Wolwedans) if you have not already done so.
Since I had already visited the Sossusvlei area on my first trip, I will only post images from my second round in the area in less than 2 weeks. I did take more time to photograph people from my group performing their work, so most of my images from the second visit to the area had less to do with 'portfolio' types of images and more images to help me illustrate and market future trips to Namibia.
I am also writing up an overall Namibia trip summary with more detailed explanation of my experiences with the Sony equipment. Overall very very positive, with some small nits here and there.
I have started a waiting list for a 2010 Namibia trip in either May or September of next year, so if you are interested in such a trip please send me an email to info@andybiggs.com or use the contact form on this blog. John Paul Caponigro will be the leader for this exciting trip, and the trip will likely include Kolmanskop, Sossuslvei and the Skeleton Coast. A truly amazing trip, as I cannot wait to return to the Skeleton Coast in future years.
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/10 sec @ f/16, ISO 100
Mary Grace on the dunes
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/100 @ f/11, ISO 320
Sossusvlei Angles
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/30 @ f/8, ISO 100
Wood, Sand and Shadow
Sony A900, 16-35mm, 1/80 @ f/8, ISO 100
Thumbs Up!
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/60 @ f/5, ISO 100
Gemsbok and Dunes
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/250 @ f/9, ISO 320
The Spooky Old Tree (remember that book from the Berenstain Bears?)
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/30 @ f/11, ISO 100
Trekking 'Big Daddy' and backlit subjects
Sony A900, 70-400mm, 1/2000 @ f/5.6, ISO 250
The Trip ends (boo hoo!)
Sony A900, 16-35mm, 1/320 @ f/2.8, ISO 250
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 12:58PM
Ok, so I am a sucker for electrical travel devices which are multifunctional. Here we have a Belkin Mini Surge Protector which has 3 plugs, as well as 2 USB ports for charging such items as mobile phones, iPhones, iPods and anything else that can be charged via USB. I bought one of these items before a safari earlier this year, and I love that I can leave my dedicated USB chargers back at home and just use this single device. Highly recommended. B&H has a good deal on them here.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 06:06AM 
Steven Frischling has posted a wonderful baggage limit and size chart for 65 of the world’s leading airlines. This is an excellent tool for planning your travels. A good read, for sure.
