Leopardattackinganimpalaafter
leapingfroma baobabtree
SonyA7III,CanonEF600mmf/4LISII USM,
1/5000secatf/13,ISO12,800Lonegiraffewatchingfromthe
treesin RuahaNationalPark
SonyA7III,CanonEF600mmf/4LISII
USM,1/4000secatf/10,ISO10,000Sunsetoverthepalmtreesin
RuahaNationalPark
SonyA7III,CanonEF600mmf/4LISII USM,
1/4000secatf/9,ISO10,000IN THE FIEld Testbench
been exhausting. Instead, I worked with my
standard kit producing landscape photos,
action shots and different kinds of wildlife
images, just not so many close-ups.
Returning the lens to the hire company
was tough. It is undeniably both a heavyweight
and a heavy weight, but certainly not a
dead weight.
On a recent assignment to Kenya’s Maasai
Mara Conservancies, where I travelled without
the 600mm, I got results I’m equally proud
of, using smaller and less expensive lenses,
and it was a pleasure to travel and work
without such a heavy burden. But looking
back at my photos from Ruaha and the few
days of using it in Tanzania’s larger Selous
Game Reserve, I have images that more than
justify the rental cost and inconvenience. The
occasional pain of working with it was easily
outweighed by some of my favourite wildlife
photos from my career. Life will be a
little duller without it.
Graeme Green is a photographer and journalist for publications
including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Sunday
Telegraph, BBC, Wanderlust and South China Morning Post.
See more of his work at http://www.graeme-green.com and follow
him on Instagram @graeme.green.