my travels in pixels

What camera gear did we take? Canon 1D Mk4 - a cropped sensor - which has a fast frame rate, used with a f/4 600mm lens and a f/2.8 70-200mm. (Lindsay's photos) Canon 5D Mk3 - a full frame sensor, used with a 300mm f/4 prime lens (Jane's photos) Canon 5D Mk2 - a full frame sensor - the frame rate is too slow for animals, so it was used with a 70-200mm for taking close ups and landscape. We wouldn't take this camera again. A tripod that we didn't use. We either hand held or used bean bags (provided by the safari company) to rest our cameras on the car. Video of the Masai Mara a 9 minute video towards the end of our Masai Mara trip Photo Slideshows: Samburu Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Masai Mara

We kept to our schedule of being out at 6:30am and Andrew would be ready with a clean car; he must wash it each night after dropping us off. Yellow-billed stork Sacred Ibis Lesser Flamingo Today we went straight down to the flamingos and were rewarded with a spectacular sight with hundreds of them in the warm hue of sunrise. Lindsay of course, got the best shots with his 600mm lens but I was quite happy to take lots of pictures even though I knew mine would all probably be deleted as they were further away. I did get to use Lindsay’s camera for a little while, but they are really hard to catch flying, so I concentrated on some stills instead. Unlike Samburu, there are so many Cape buffalo here and they are considering moving a large number out of the park. I was given a survey to fill in and agreed that this was a good idea as this is normal practice when a specific species become over-populated. African Cape Buffalo Rothschild Giraffe Th...

Lake Nakuru We travelled from Samburu to Nakuru by road, passing through villages and towns that were very poor. Everywhere was dirt except for the road, the shops dotted along the side of the road were just small brightly coloured buildings mostly without windows. The shop names are all in English. Educated Kenyans are taught two languages at school, Swahili and English, so along with their own dialect, most of them are fluent in three languages. Houses Lodgings and Restaurant Shop There were many farmers looking after their herds of cattle, goats or sheep that were grazing on the side of the road as they have no land of their own to graze them. At night they take them home again and keep them in an enclosure. The more cows you have, the wealthier you are. Cows are given special status and they would never be used to plough a field, so this task is done by hand. Eco transport! Market There were many speed humps along the highway, from s...