I'm Back!!!

[shoey]

Well hello there!

Not that many of you probably noticed i was gone, but I'm finally back from my trip to kenya.

After all of the pre-planning, buying, and trying to make sure i had everything i would need, the trip was fantastic.

I took over 12gb's of raw using mainly my 70-300 IS and 20D, and its going to take a fair old while to go through all of the photos.

There are about 1200 photos so i won't put them all on here:D

I'll try and sort through the best for on here and put the rest on my site.

Anway, i'm very ill at the moment, running back and forth to the loo every 10 seconds, so you'll have to excuse me if the PP work is shoddy on the first few, i rushed them.

Enough talk, here are the first 2:)

http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Lion-1.jpg

http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Lizzard-1.jpg

Like i said, i'm very ill so go easy on the first batch;)

[michaelb]

Both of these are just fantastic. Glad you had a good trip - can't wait to see more.

[adam75south]

lookin good. i definitely like the lion.

[coldrain]

Beautiful photos, shoey... especially the lizard shot... beautiful colours, very nice composition and nice use of depth of field.

[toriaj]

Wow. Beautiful. Did your zoom lenses really bring you that close to the lion?

[gilly]

Wow great pics so far! Look forward to seeing the remaining 1198! ;)

[Nickcanada]

Welcome back! looking good! Hope you're feeling better soon!

[JMWallace]

Hey Shoey - Welcome back. Sorry to hear about the little bug thats got a hold of ya!

Your shots look GREAT! Love the Lion, but the colors of the lizard and the seperation from the background are stunning!! Slide those into a National Geographic and no one would know the difference!!!

BRAVO!

[forno]

Awesome shots, lizard is one for the wall

[aparmley]

Well hello there!

Not that many of you probably noticed i was gone, but I'm finally back from my trip to kenya.


Who the HELL is this guy; who let him in?



http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Lizzard-1.jpg


Absolutely stunning! Love the colors and exceptional DOF control.

[RichNY]

Great images- I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more shots from this trip.

Care to share some of the details of your trip? Africa is one of the places I'd love to visit soon.

[cdifoto]

The kitty looks a bit oversharpened to me, but the Geico spokesman looks awesome!

[forno]

The kitty looks a bit oversharpened to me, but the Geico spokesman looks awesome!

Kitty needs a napkin too:D :D

[cdifoto]

Kitty needs a napkin too:D :D

*Hands you the napkin* Here, you can wipe kitty's mouth... :eek:

[forno]

meh pussy cat I tell ya:D

[AdamW]

The drool on the lion is great!

[shoey]

The kitty looks a bit oversharpened to me, but the Geico spokesman looks awesome!

I've updated the lion with a new version using bicubic resize instead of bicubic sharper, hope it looks better.

Thanks for all your kind words guys! I'll ellaborate on more specific details when i get more time to sit at the pc without running off:D

Still feeling a bit ill, although i'm going to attempt to go back to work today, so look for another photo tonight:D

[achuang]

Can't wait to see the rest of the photos if the first 2 are this good. Love that lizard shot, the colours and isolation are fantastic.

[shoey]

Well, in the end, i didn't manage to get to work, i spent all morning in bed instead. I've just managed to keep some ice cream down:) so thought i'd stop keeping you all waiting and share 4 more photos with you.

A lot of these are almost straight out of the camera, just passed through lightroom for very slight tweaks and jpeg conv.

http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Bird-1.jpg

http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Giraffe-1.jpg

This has been heavilly cropped hence the lack of quality compared to the rest.
http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Hippo-1.jpg

This one was a little test with my new cokin grad filter (kit lens)
http://www.philshoebottom.co.uk/Photos/DCR/Kenya/Landscape-1.jpg

[Nickcanada]

WOW! that 70-300 is sharp! Great pictures! :cool:

[cdifoto]

Don't fall into that hippo! :eek:

LOL. Those are awesome!

[Sungrazer]

Awesome, shoey. More please. I've had a trip to the Serengeti on my to do list for too long now. I'm going just as soon as CW sends along his 600 f/4..

[forno]

Great work mate, that Giraffe shot is awesome, all these remind me of my youth:D