Wildlife Photography in the Rain | Northern Kruger
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- Episode 3: I drive around the famous Mahonie Loop at Punda Maria in the far northern Kruger National Park. Along the way I run into some Crested Guineafowl, Nyala, and Duiker.
This is a place of legends, lost African kingdoms, ivory hunters, blackbirder's, villains and, of course, magnificent wildlife and scenery.
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My name is Will Goodlet. I am a wildlife, landscape and astro photographer working in the African Safari business. I spend my time exploring the dusty roads of Africa with my Land Rover, Basil.
I've been taking photographs for 40 years, first in Hong Kong, where I grew up and later to follow my dreams of a life photographing Africa.
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I’ve just got back from Kruger. Filming, taking pictures and realising I need lessons badly and possibly some upgrades or additions to my gear. I wish I had seen this episode before I left. Learnt so much and realised I have a long way to go. Thank you Will
Thanks for watching! We've all been there at the beginning and we all learn as we make more videos. There's a long and fun road ahead to enjoy!
For one who hasn't yet been to Africa I love your videos and will come.
Will Excellent Video, I enjoyed the rainy weather, it gives a sense of atmosphere. Thanks again for sharing.
Thank you! That's one of the things I enjoy about making videos, if there is a story, no need to worry about weather.
As fellow Kruger lover (specifically the northern part) and part time photographer, I follow a lot of relevant vloggers but I have to say you work is absolutely the best I've seen. Videography, photography, narration and production are all excellent! Such a pleasure to watch. Well done and thank you for sharing. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks Emile, what a wonderful compliment! Appreciate the encouragement :)
Even the birds laughed at your carrot joke.
Haha (the carrots survived the trip!)
I used to live 200km from the nearest supermarket. I would buy a pack of assorted creams saying to myself, 'that will last the fortnight till the next shop'. They would be gone on the first cup of tea!!
Love the video as always.
Haha, I bet! Best not to visit a distant supermarket hungry I'd guess :)
Greetings from Virginia, USA.Thank you for the video. You create images with words as impressively as with cameras.
Great video. All the more special you were filming in wet weather on your own. Loved it!
Thanks so much Andrew :)
Superb wildlife photography video, good story line with excellent voice over and narration.
Love seeing the wildlife in poor weather -- feels like we're getting to know them a little better when we're not just visiting under perfect conditions!
Thanks for watching. Summer is tough for photography but there is just so much more going on if you can find the animals :)
'Eat sum More'. Obviously, well named 😁.
Rainy weather can certainly make for very atmospheric images. Great video and images Will.
Certainly better named than ‘carrots’ ;) thanks for watching Robert!
Just love your view on rainy day's in Kruger... For me, it still are better than a day @home. I'ts like food for the soul just to be there. Can't wait for your next episode.
Arh the Krugar ... such a magic place, the only thing I really miss from no longer living in South Africa ... delighted to see your journeys there... we used to stop for our brekkie break with the giraffes or at some beautiful spot and like just enjoy the place ...
Thanks for watching Brenda, glad to bring a little of Kruger back to you.
March and April of last year I did 37 days in ZA as my first international trip from the US. I spent about 10 days total in Kruger total and had a blast. I'm kinda dying on the inside to get back out there. Would love to explore the northern portion of the park next trip. Also you are exactly right about the camps. They were always active with some sort of activity.
Thanks for watching Chris, nice to hear that you enjoyed your time in ZA enough to come back! Hope you do. The whole of Southern Africa is a photographer's playground with more to see over every hill and round every bend in the road. Take care :)
@@WillGoodlet I just posted on FB looking for friends to join me out there around August or so. Decided today I will do another 30-45 day trip layer this year.
@@chrsmdws1 Awesome!
From a wintery Cape Town so lekker to “join” you in the North 💪🏼🇿🇦
Cheers Andrew! Have to say it’s pretty Wintery in Joburg right now:)
Beautiful day!
Yes it was!
Thanks, Will. Always enjoy both the visual storytelling and the narrative. Great starter to the day with my coffee.
I’ll be heading out in the morning into the Canadian snow and ice, in pursuit of snowy owls, mink, coyotes, and foxes. But, while the setting is different 🥶, the spirit is the same. Cheers. 😎
Awesome!! Good luck
Atmospheric video, I like your way of feeling the place. Like me.
Thanks Carel :)
Good to see you back after a long time ,
Thank you!
Large and small. It is all part of the ride, we look forward to, ,looking over you shoulder wishing we were holding a camera too. . Thanks
Thanks for watching and hope you get to hold that camera soon!
Thanks for the great video, Will. A different landscape. Some wonderful stills too!
Thanks Ray, just snapshots - haven't had a chance to process any pics for months - I am trying to beat my back-ups into some kind of order before tackling the mess I will have created in my LR catalogue.
Great photo's and video's. Thanks for sharing. A vicarious visit to the bush for me.
A great pleasure :)
Glad to see the aeropress is still in use!
All the time!
@@WillGoodlet looks like you may have learned from a spillage incident!
@@jamesstubbs5651 there have been one or two
Nice video I loved the slow pace of the film very relaxing
Thank you Joseph!
Lovely video, really peaceful, inspiring.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Darren.
so glad to receive one of your videos
Thanks! Hope you and the family are well and enjoying life!
@@WillGoodlet everything is good at my end and I wish the same for you and your family
Lovely Will. Really enjoyed this one.
Thanks so much Rob!
Another great video Will, I cannot wait for the next one
Thanks Andrew!
Great video!! The R6 does produce great video!!
Thanks David :) yes it’s very nice - still figuring out the colour though..
Beautiful film Will. thanks for sharing it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved it….anticipating next..
Thanks for watching!
Nice video Will looks great out there.
Cheers Peter, wettest it’s been in my lifetime. Really amazing to see.
Awesome video as always!
Thanks for taking a look Con :)
Ah your videos are so soothing to watch. A great escape for the mind the time of a break. Thanks for your wonderful work and best of luck on your photography adventures. We'll enjoy all you have to share.
Thank you so much! Great to hear :)
Thank you Will, loved the production and attention to all the small things! things that make one attuned to nature and appreciate it. Northern Kruger is The Best!
Thanks Johan! I'm trying to bring much more sound into the videos steep learning curve :)
Thanks for all these videos. I get closer to Africa with the frequency of your videos. Great work.
Thanks for watching Miguel :) I hope I can get out and make some more for you!
Just seen you are back buddy!!! Gonna have catch up, hope you are all good and well x JP
Yes all good thanks JP - just trying to publish a bit more. Hope all's good with you too!
@@WillGoodlet Happy days buddy, Im relying on you for a SA wildlife fix lol.... All good here buddy, chomping at the bit to get travelling ATM ...
Not the same - but - when canoe tripping we enjoy long periods of time sitting under a tarp in the rain silently watching and listening. Sometimes a bit of amber fluid will appear. :) And, even when paddling, often we drift silently, without conversation, and yes sometimes in rain, and we will come around a bend and there will be a wolf, or a muskox, or a bear. You never know.
Sounds Magic Robert. I have had a couple of experiences on foot that sound similar. I remember waking up in the middle of a herd of grazing elephants. I had been sleeping under the back of a beetle in the Caprivi strip. They didn't bother me at all and I watched them as I brushed my teeth.
It's great to come across an animal in silence. I remember meeting an eland on the other side of a mountain stream in the mountains. The water was loud so it didn't hear me stumbling through the brush. But we held each other's eye for what seemed like hours before he turned and disappeared. Those moments live on.
Master work Will! You should put together a mini-documentary training class on your website! Haha. Just fantastic! Those biscuits remind me of crisps we have here in the US called Lays potato chips. You just can't have one. ROFL. Btw, was that an AeroPress you were pouring water into to make coffee?! That's my preferred method these days. Great single serving, perfect every time. Wow. I feel so immersed in your videos! You do such an amazing job of storytelling and mixing the video imagery as you go. Just awesome fun. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Cheers Steve, very kind! I am still learning about video - I can't seem to nail my colours particularly, so I don't think I should be let loose at training! Yes that was an AeroPress, present from a friend (James who appeared in the Elephant road series). Getting up at 4am and driving all day demands a great deal of good coffee!!
@@WillGoodlet Color. That's a good point. It's hard enough to do with a still image. Hrmmmph. A challenge for sure! Haha. Keep up the awesome work. Have a good one!
It's so nice to see you doing well and in your happy place in the wild! Wonderful, peaceful video Will. By the way, those are my favorite packaged biscuits as well :D
Thanks so much Liesl! Glad to hear I'm not alone with my biscuit addiction ;)
I love your videos. The conversational, humorous yet atmospheric commentary. The carefully put together video with well chosen music. If you aren’t you should be doing this professionally!
Thanks so much Mal! I'm not doing video professionally, but I am enjoying the journey. It's a very enjoyable way to share these experiences :)
Thanks for the amazing content Will. I really enjoy your adventures
Thanks so much for the support Sean so glad to hear this :)
Hey Will! Thanks for the videos! We are learning lots for our future visit. What month was this rainy video filmed? What month (s) are optimal for birding and wild life enjoyment in Kruger?
Thanks for watching. This was filmed in October 2021 - Summer is the optimal time for birding in Kruger (November - March).
The rain usually starts in November, while October is known as suicide month because it's usually extremely hot and dry.
So the rain in the video was early, and 2021 very wet (La Nina effect).
When the rain starts, it immediately becomes cooler and more bearable. While for birding, the summer migrants come south and the summer breeding plumage usually comes in.
The northern part of Kruger is by far the best are for birds, but wildlife is more obviously and often seen in the South.
Winter is better for interaction and wildlife photography - or at least, winter is more predictable and has better low dusty light, while summer is fresh, green and all about drama, new life, and thunder clouds.
@@WillGoodlet thank you, thank you for all the good infirmation .... and your time. Looks like November will be our target month!!!
Always great content Will! Love your ability to articulate the environment and add that great context. I've run into some evil biscuits like that myself in the past :) Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jim! Glad to hear I'm not alone with my biscuit addiction:)
Love seeing your joy at being out and about, in Basil, rain or no rain. Great video as always. Look forward to the next leg of this journey.
Thanks Giles! Hope all's good over there? Interesting things from OM at the moment
@@WillGoodlet It is cold and windy here at the mo. I have read the Oly reviews but I am not sure they have sorted the key issue of the focus system - the Canon, Sony and now Nikon systems are I think still streets ahead. I am not regretting my move to Sony!
Well that rounded off my Sunday evening nicely! Cheers for that, Will. I have been thinking of visiting some of the quieter rest camps next year, so that has given me more food for thought.
Glad you enjoyed it Christine! There's a surprising amount of space in Kruger, as long as you avoid the tar road along the Sabie river in school holidays :) Have you considered the Kgalagadi?
@@WillGoodlet it's all about the money, Will. I'm trying to do a safari that doesn't cost an arm and a leg 😁
Beautifull area. I never experienced rain in the kruger. Looks so nice. The smell of rain there must be realy nice! Beautifull pictures also. Specialy the first of the guinea fowl. Absolutely neautifull detailed! Grt guido
Thanks Guido! Just snapshots - I barely had time to process any yet. The crested guineafowl were great to see as they are a threatened species and only seen in the far north of SA.
@Will Goodlet yes i can imagine you take lots of pictures on these kinds of trips. I still look at my pictures from my trips to south africa and sometimes I still get a picture that I didn't notice before. I still hope i can visit the far North area sometime and also the park on the west side of Africa with all the flowers next to the ocean. So enough to come back for some day 😁
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Thanks!
Thanks for the ride.
Do you use ND filters when making pictures and videos in harsh sunlight?
Also can you please share settings on R5 that you use the most for the auto focus?
Thanks again.
Hi, Yes I use ND filters depending on the lens. I use ND on the R6 and 100-400 and I rarely use ND on the 400mm f2.8 (because it's main job is photography). I shoot video on both cameras when I don't have time to change over. 60% of the wildlife shots are with NDs
For video, I mostly use manual focus these days. I'll try to make a video for the autofocus settings I use
Thanks for sharing. I hope to visit myself one day. Seeing you drive around looking for wildlife brings to mind another potential benefit of electric vehicles. They could potentially be used as the ultimate wildlife stalking tool. The silent engines and lack of emissions would make them much stealthier and perhaps less disturbing for the animals
They certainly will have advantages, mainly for us! The animals are very used to vehicles. It’s interesting to see how different species behave. Lions couldn’t care less when cars stop - impala get very suspicious of stopped vehicles (because being common no one stops for them) but have no problem with passing vehicles. All the antelope dislike voices and move away.
Electric will be a bit problematic it the more remote areas when we cover long distances - even Kruger at 400km long would see a lot of recharges I’d guess?
So I have an opportunity to go to Zimbabwe in late January. I’m wondering if the rainy season/foliage would make a 5 day trip a bust for finding wildlife such as the big 5.
It’s hard to decide if my resources would be better used elsewhere or at another time. Any advice?
It's a difficult question to answer. It depends a lot on what happens in the area, what weather systems come through and also where you go.
Wet season can be very rewarding, because there is a lot of atmosphere. Usually lots of young animals around, a lot of additional birds (due to migrations), lot's of birds in summer plumage and a lot of activity BUT.
It's hard to see animals in the tall grass, there can be long bouts of wet weather and depressed sightings, the animals are spread out and not forced to concentrate at water & grazing. It's hotter and stickier. The sun is higher in the sky earlier in the day (more so in Zimbabwe because it's closer to the equator) and the light is harsher earlier.
For a first visit, I would not recommend summer unless it's likely to be the only visit... I think it's a season that you explore after a few other trips and experiences. You can get fantastic shots in summer but you just don't know for sure.
While in winter, there is better light (in terms of golden light), more concentration around resources like water and grazing and therefore more interactions and chances of predation. The grass is lower, there are fewer bugs and the climate better - although extremely cold in the mornings - below freezing depending on the area. You will sacrifice the summer migrants - but it you are not a regular visitor, you will still find MANY things to shoot. Additionally, you get clear night skies.
Was that bird laughing at you? when you said you wouldn't eat those biscuits again and have carrots instead.
Very possibly James ;)
@3:41 True story 👉🏼 …..it’s 22:50pm, and i’m also munching those “Eet-sum-mor” have last two left from a fresh box just opened a while ago 🙄
Haha :) I'm not alone!
Never begrudge rain in such a climate! November eh? So that's spring. But wait, it's February! Hmmm... You must be in process of posting unseen videos from "back when". I know you guys have had a hard time with the edicts re: the infamous C19 - so is that why we're seeing 3 months old videos? Things returning to "normal"?
Hi Breck, I’ve been working on recovering my house and computers from a devastating lightning strike which caused around $15000 damage. Still have lots to do to get back to normal. Nothing to do with C19! I still have unmade videos from 2019 so I don’t always make them in order
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It means Donkey in Swahili- which is the language it’s named in. What it means in Portuguese or Tamil is not really relevant. Lots of languages have words that are ‘offensive’ in some other language e.g the Mitsubishi “pajero’ means to jerk-off in Spanish but has no meaning in English.