MarkP Posted September 11, 2014 Share #21 Â Posted September 11, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) The 90 Macro-Elmar is spectacular and tiny - my only 90mm lens. A friend with his 90 Summicron started to have second thoughts after using my Macro-Elmar! Â Nice to see what are considered too-short-a-focal-lengths-for-safari put to such good use. Â Â Thanks for the Nick Brandt essay links. I have his third book. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Barry Posted September 11, 2014 Share #22 Â Posted September 11, 2014 Wonderful work. All the photos are exceptional. My personal favorite is the Ibis taking a walk on the shallows. There's something Cartier-Bresson about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share #23 Â Posted September 12, 2014 Wonderful work. All the photos are exceptional. My personal favorite is the Ibis taking a walk on the shallows. There's something Cartier-Bresson about it. Â Thank you for this stunning compliment!!!! Â The 90 Macro-Elmar is spectacular and tiny - my only 90mm lens. A friend with his 90 Summicron started to have second thoughts after using my Macro-Elmar! Â Yes, it's absolutely a great lens and I love how it draws. Still I thought it was a mistake not to take the APO-Cron 90 with me instead. But I did not expect to come across some situations where I needed the extended speed (such as in the night: for example the Leopards I could have taken with ISO 2500 instead of ISO 10.000, thats a big difference). Also I did not take into account that changing lenses out in the plains with lot's of dust from the jeep is a pain with the Macro-Elmar compared to any other lens (pulling out the collapsible plus mounting the hood, and finally all the dust on the lens which goes inside the collapsible part)... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted September 12, 2014 Share #24 Â Posted September 12, 2014 Also I did not take into account that changing lenses out in the plains with lot's of dust from the jeep is a pain with the Macro-Elmar compared to any other lens (pulling out the collapsible plus mounting the hood, and finally all the dust on the lens which goes inside the collapsible part)... Â ...but the lens is small enough that you just could have kept it extended. I use the small hood from the collapsible latest model 2.8/50 and I have found the lens to be quite flare resistant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newnew Posted September 14, 2014 Share #25 Â Posted September 14, 2014 Thanks for sharing this rich experience. Many first class pictures (not classic !). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted September 15, 2014 Author Share #26  Posted September 15, 2014 Your PP skills have progressed light years in days!  Thank you!! This weekend I tried to learn some more PP techniques, here is the result - much less artificial than the first attempt in my view... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/232353-african-safari-with-the-monochrom/?do=findComment&comment=2670443'>More sharing options...
leicatraveller Posted September 15, 2014 Share #27 Â Posted September 15, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) good work, really incredible photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrware Posted September 20, 2014 Share #28 Â Posted September 20, 2014 Beautiful imagery. I especially liked the Giraffe in particular because of the focal length used and the perspective it imparted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
A miller Posted September 21, 2014 Share #29 Â Posted September 21, 2014 you have some amazing material here, which can be processed in many different ways to achieve numerous rendition. This is a point of distinction from color, which (IMO) has less PP possibilities (still a lot, but not as much given the numerous options available with various levels of contrast and light that are available in B&W) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share #30 Â Posted September 22, 2014 More photos are online here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeleng Posted September 25, 2014 Share #31 Â Posted September 25, 2014 In a nutshell you have thought about composition before taking your photographs, a sign of a very good professional . Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpk Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share #32  Posted September 29, 2014 Thanks so much for the extremely kind comments! Here is the final version of the Elephant. I also posted some portraits of the people I met in Kenya here! Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/232353-african-safari-with-the-monochrom/?do=findComment&comment=2680393'>More sharing options...
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