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Hyenas – Natures Villains or Heros?
I missed the boat on World Hyena Day yesterday! Like most animals, spotted hyenas have their own fascinating behaviours and ecology. Along with vultures, they're an unfairly maligned species too, often portrayed as cowardly, skulking, thieving and even demonic! After all, they're the villains of the Lion King films! [...]
Official FUJIFILM X-Photographer
I’m very pleased (absolutely buzzing, actually!) to share the news that I have accepted an invitation from Fujifilm to become one of their brand ambassadors, an Official FUJIFILM X-Photographer. The fantastic Fujifilm cameras and Fujinon lenses have become my photographic tools of choice since I bought an X-T2 [...]
Fujifilm / Fujinon XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 – Review
INTRODUCTION The Fujinon XF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR is a super-telephoto lens designed for Fujifilm’s range of X-mount mirrorless cameras. It was announced in January 2016 and to date, it is the longest focal length lens in the Fujifilm lens range. It produces a field of view [...]
Using the Fujinon (Fujifilm) 200mm f/2 on Safari in Kenya
In October 2018, I had a fantastic opportunity to use a pre-production version of the Fujinon 200mm f/2 lens. It also coincided with the date of one of my Rural Northumberland Birds of Prey wildlife photography techniques days. In a nutshell, my thoughts were that the lens is incredible, [...]
Graduated Filters and Wildlife Photography
Take a look around a location which is popular with landscape photographers and the chances are, you will see some neutral density graduated filters being used. If you’re unfamiliar, their purpose is to balance the overall exposure, usually in a scene where there is bright sky and darker terrain. [...]
Fujinon XF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 Variable Aperture
I am regularly asked a few questions about the variable aperture on the Fujinon (Fujifilm) 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 and so as I often do, I decided to write a blog post covering them... IS THERE AN APERTURE RING? Yes! Because the aperture markings are not marked on the [...]
Medium Format Wildlife Photography
Last year, a visit to my local branch of London Camera Exchange in Newcastle-upon-Tyne resulted in an opportunity to use Fujifilm’s medium format GFX50s camera during one of our photography safaris in Kenya’s Masai Mara. Fujifilm’s longest telephoto lens in their medium format range, the GF250mm f/4, had just [...]
Formatt-Hitech Brand Ambassador
I am delighted to announce I have accepted an invitation from Formatt-Hitech to become one of their UK brand ambassadors. Not many people associate wildlife photography with filters but I often use a polariser and ND soft graduated filters when I photograph wider 'wildlife in the landscape / habitat' shots, [...]
Sabi Sands Juvenile Leopard
Hosanna, juvenile male Leopard, Djuma Reserve Sabi Sands, South Africa. At a wildlife photography talk a couple of weeks ago I was talking about this photograph, how I took it, why and the circumstances around it. It’s a photograph I have always liked so I thought I’d blog [...]
Telephoto Questions and Answers
WHAT IS A TELPEHOTO LENS? A telephoto lens has a focal length, or reach, which allows you to photograph a distant subject, magnify it and make it fill more of your frame. Generally, a telephoto lens with a focal length of around 70mm to 200mm is considered a [...]
