Crossing the Mara River

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Masai Mara Settembre 2014 View gallery (15 photos)

Crossing the Mara River sent on September 12, 2014 (20:31) by Andblo. 19 comments, 1200 views.

con Canon EF 1.4x III, 1/1000 f/6.3, ISO 5000, hand held. Specie: Connochaetes taurinus

Foto scattata con pessime condizioni meteo ( cielo scuro, pioggia intermittente ) nel tardo pomeriggio a 5000 iso! Il rumore c'è ma lo scatto l'ho portato a casa! E' stata una grande emozione perché l'evento ha una gestazione infinita: un giorno ininterottamente dalle 8.00 alle 16.00 siamo rimasti appostati sulle rive del Mara per assistere ad innumerevoli tentativi di crossing che poi si rivelavano falsi allarmi. Centinaia se non migliaia di gnu e zebre che si ammassano in prossimità delle rive con alcuni più coraggiosi che entrano in acqua per poi improvvisamente (vuoi per la presenza di coccodrilli sempre appostati nei pressi, vuoi per qualche altra recondita ragione) fare dietro-front e dirigersi a qualche centinaio di metri di distanza. In questo caso si assiste ad una particolare "migrazione": quasi tutti i fuoristrada ( anche una cinquantina) si spostano repentinamente precedendo gli gnu per conquistare le posizioni migliori sulle sponde! E' una gara di velocità e destrezza dei driver che cercano di intuire le mosse delle mandrie,devo dire spesso non riuscendoci!! Quel giorno poi non c'è stato nessun crossing e l'attesa snervante e faticosa non ha prodotto risultati. In altra occasione invece,quasi casualmente il nostro ottimo driver-guida, accortosi che gli gnu lontani dal fiume si era lanciati in corsa ha guidato alla massima velocità possibile verso il Mara e siamo arrivati appena in tempo per assistere ad un crossing spettacolare con gli gnu che si lanciavano da una rupe direttamente in acqua attaccati dai coccodrilli! Tutto ciò senza neppure una piccola attesa!! E' un evento che non rispetta regole precise ed è alquanto imprevedibile anche per le guide che pure hanno una lunga esperienza. La nostra non si faceva ingannare dagli "abbocchi" della mandria e non si spostava, a differenza di quasi tutti gli altri al seguito dei capricci dei capibranco,restando in posizione nel punto che riteneva statisticamente più scelto per il crossing:strategia che ha pagato devo dire, consentendoci di avere il posto di osservazione quasi sempre migliore.

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Agroberto

sent on September 12, 2014 (20:33) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

beautiful !!!

Pmaffio

sent on September 12, 2014 (20:40) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I would say that as far as the lighting situation you have handled it very well. There never tired of watching scenes of crossing. Nice pic

Andros55

sent on September 12, 2014 (21:02) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

..coinvolgente ..:-)

Moro	sent on September 12, 2014 (22:09) \| This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original) Great shot, congratulations Very nice atmosphere in this crossing Maximum

Andrea Fineschi

sent on September 12, 2014 (23:37) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Great shot, beautiful moment! :-)

Marco Valentini

sent on September 13, 2014 (9:47) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I imagine the excitement!

Andblo

sent on September 13, 2014 (11:36) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

"I guess the excitement!"

Yes Mark, great emotion. :-P:-P:-P

Alessandro Beconi

sent on September 17, 2014 (14:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

ISO 5000? Misery. And honestly feared all this noise, I can not see it so strongly. Very dynamic scene. No sketches in front of the little guy jumping, would be more readable, but in this chaos, I suppose, is not at all easy. Congratulations to the guide / driver! :-D 8-)

Andblo

sent on September 17, 2014 (14:50) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

"ISO 5000? Misery. Feared And frankly all this noise, I can not see it so strongly. Scena very dynamic. Sketches Without jumping in front of the little guy, it would be more readable, but in this chaos, I suppose, is not for nothing easy. "

Iso 5000 in order to maintain a shutter speed higher than 1/1000 and freeze the scene! I've also, as you say more "readable" but the presence of the spray in my opinion makes the idea of ??dynamism and urgency of the moment:-D:-D

Marco Mercuri

sent on September 17, 2014 (22:31) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful scene ..... With an exciting story.
Compliments
Hello Marco

Gianni Aggravi

sent on September 17, 2014 (22:52) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Wonderful document, exciting portrait let alone live to see it, congratulations.

Paolo Gualandris

sent on September 18, 2014 (3:45) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

There is always a fascinating sight to see .... !! Congratulations .. beautiful shot .. Hello paolo

Mario Vigo

sent on October 02, 2014 (9:57) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful, high ISO and you do not notice the noise, however, takes a back seat to the spectacle of nature!
Hello, Mario

Andblo

sent on October 02, 2014 (10:19) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I greet you here, too, the appreciation of Mario ... Thanks:-P:-P

Fabio Gnoni

sent on November 25, 2014 (16:46) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

caught the moment is really good and I imagine that the experience proved to be just as amazing wow! ... 5000 of the mark IV held and why she deserves the reward;-) hello

Pandamonium

sent on November 25, 2014 (16:56) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

really amazing! great wildebeest frozen during the jump, the sketches of what preceded it and the herds hesitant, piled on the shore. spectacular, congratulations

Andblo

sent on November 25, 2014 (17:28) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Fabio, considering the time (late afternoon) and weather conditions (rain and grayness spread) the 1D MkIV net of iso behaved very well and the merit is justly attributed ... If we consider that I shot freehand perched (literally!) on the roof of the jeep in precarious balance, a little bit to me:-D:-D:-D

Pandemonium thanks for your enthusiastic comment:-P:-P

Matteo Bertolaso

sent on June 26, 2016 (19:12) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

beautiful report

Andblo

sent on June 27, 2016 (15:22) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thanks for visiting Matteo: in shooting effects deserved to be contextualized in a story that, even partially, would recreate the atmosphere of those moments ;-) ;-)
Hello,
Andrew

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