Thursday, 3 September 2009

On my way to Africa

As the Common Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, I am flying to Africa, or more accurately Kenya. This will be my first trip to this Mecca for wildlife photography. Together with my wife I will be visiting Amboseli, Ol Pajeta and Masai Mara national parks. This is truly a dream come true, and we just can't wait to go.

On this trip I'll be carrying the whole lot from Nikon from 14-500mm and both D3 and D3X. As a bonus in the bag I packed the brand new D300s to test it in the field, and hopefully try out the HD video recording on some large predator action. I am hoping to show you the result upon my return at the end of September. I will also bring a new line of tripods, specially made for lightweight travelling. Together with Stavanger Foto I am trying out the RedGed carbon traveller series and also the monopod. First impression is that these are very sturdy for their light weight, and they do pack well into the already full bag. We will see how they work in the field.

Cheers for now!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dere får ha en riktig god tur!
Neste gang vil jeg og være med!! ;)

Tor Eirik

Gunnar Kjærstad said...

Lykke til med turen. Dere har virkelig fantastiske opplevelser i vente. I Masai Mara er det nå på tusener av Gnu, samt løver, sebraer og det meste du forbinder med øst-afrika. Skal bli spennende å se hva dere får til på bildefronten. Mulighetene ligger der!