Awesome work and your ideas are great.

Love those detailed shots and panoramas 👍

Some Super Stuff. Thanks for sharing Tom

I want a D850, and to stay on that houseboat. Thanks for the video 🙂

Great Elephant shots Tom 👍👍

Cant wait for the next vidoe

Another great video Tom, looking forward to the next!

Absolutely stunning pictures Tom. Loved your discussion leading up to the elephant shots. Incredible texture! They are amazing creatures. Also really enjoyed your discussion of space and stitching photos together. Thank you for sharing.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed the video and images and found the discussions helpful

Amazing place for safari photography

Love Your vids and awesome Wildlife Photography!!! Great work!

Amazing work Tom. Thanks for tips of silhouette and panorama in wildlife. Great

Beautifully done, and inspiring! Thank you, Tom, for sharing your experience and the great tips. You are among the few I hit the notification bell for. Keep up the great work.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen, that means a lot! Glad you’re enjoying the content

Love the panorama shots. Amazing video. Thanks for sharing. 👍

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris!

Great video and great local! Wow

Well done, Tom. Enjoy your channel.

Fantastic film and amazing images as always :) thanks Tom :)

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul, glad you’re enjoying them!

Love these Vlogs mate . Beautiful images too you have a great natural style . Your a natural in front of the camera too . Thanks for sharing your experiences .

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mark, really appreciate your comments, glad you enjoyed the videos and images, cheers, Tom

After watching this video I had to subscribe. Those panoramic shots look amazing. Thanks Tom!

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Runal, really glad you enjoyed the images! Lots more to come

Wow, you're killing it with these videos Tom. What a place, what a boat, lol. Fantastic images you're producing, looking forward to seeing them all at the end. Stay safe buddy and have fun.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude, the boat was fantastic to work from the the images I’m really happy with, can’t wait to share my final shots!

Loving these videos Tom

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Darren!

A stunning work, Tom! Thank you for sharing with us ;-)

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video

Looks like an amazing trip👍

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

It was indeed, so many great Photograohic opportunities!

Nice video buddy 👍🏻

That warthog shot was amazing!

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it’s certainly one of my favourites from the trip!

Really enjoy your videos 👍 Hi from New Zealand 🇳🇿

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good job man ...... Love your work..... You should visit Pakistan next

I could just like a comment below but to let KZread know that a lot of people really engage, I will write it again: Thank you very much for such nice videos and images of wildlife on a totally different continent! Really enjoy watching those videos - just to enjoy and also to learn some stuff ;)

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pete, means a lot you wanted to add the extra comment, so glad you enjoy the videos and images - I love sharing the shots and some tips along the way - even better when I know people are finding them helpful!

Great video, like the panorama idea. Will give it a go when I get the chance. I need to plan another safari, as you are making me jealous.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony, you should come to Bots with me 😉 !

@tonyutting6508

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Mason it’s a possibility, but Botswana is soooo much more expensive than Kenya. Maybe when in a few years when I get my hands on my pension pot. Keep the videos coming. Loving the shots

Hey great video, I have the D850 as well which is great but I notice I get a lot more digital noise even at relatively low levels of ISO say 2000 compared to the d800, I wondered if you had any tips on fixing this?

I had the same question. Where are the rest of the photographers. You do great work.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Did you see my above reply on the other comment?

Good video and pictures Tom. Can you advise of the company you used to book this trip?

These videos are amazing, and your tips+images in this one were great. Quick question: why/how were you alone in the boat with only the driver, but not fellow photographers?

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

I was on a scouting trip for running tours so had a boat on my own with a good friend (who’s filming me) for certain parts of my tour that enabled me to do my filming for these videos and shooting! On other days I was in the boat with other photographers but due to not wanting to ruin their trip out by me filming myself etc I kept my recording to the times when I was alone as curtesy for those others who were shooting.

@eiricnj7664

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomMasonPhoto Okay, that explains a lot. Of course you're not going to film when you're with others, but is there a chance we might get to see the images you took then as well?

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

At the end I’ll show my favourite images from all the days I was away - I was in Botswana for 3 weeks so I made quite a lot of images!

Hi Tom another great video, love the wildlife panoramas they look great. Looks like you are the only passenger on the boat, how do you manage that? do you arrange a private cruise or are you just lucky and it’s really quiet?

@peterrudolf6780

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Tom, sorry for asking a question you have already answered! I should read the previous comments before asking the same thing again!

bro one question, how far can we push the d850's iso before noise creeps in? foggy, early morning, dark, cloudy winter conditions when im stuck at f4. please reply, ive been meaning to get myself a d850 soon, thanks.

Great stuff, thanks! 2 questions, if you can answer: 1- which Pangolin tour did you take? 2- would the 300mm be your first option for this safari or a larger lens? Thank you.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

I was on a specialist tour organised separately from the normal packages in order to scout locations for my own tours (coming soon) The trip was a 3 week stay with over a week at the Pangolin Lodge in Chobe, 2 night on the house boat before heading to the Delta, that we will get to on the next episode... and I think everyone will want to go there! For me personally I LOVE my 300 2.8, I have used it for years now and know it very well in regards to the distance I need to be away and how to use it for the images I'm after. Pairing it with TC's (a 1.4 and 2.0) I had more than enough reach to cover everything from Birds to the larger mammals. For myself I like the more environmental approach so being a little further away than with a 400/500 suits me well. On the boat I never found the 300mm a problem, but if you want lots of frame filling Kingfishers, a 400mm-500mm might be better, but its all down to your own style and shooting - I could have easily made lots of the images on have easily made lots of the images on a 70-200!

@mpimpaophoto2075

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomMasonPhoto Thank you Tom! I was going through the options that Pangolin has and wondering which one you had chosen. Now I know :-) As for the 300mm, I understand what you mean and I was trying to understand whether you spoke of that option ("environmental" photo) in the video as a solution to mitigate the lack of reach or as a preference. I now understand it is clearly a preference and one that I share with you. That is one of the reasons why I dislike Instagram with wildlife photography: as it is meant to be seen on smartphones, one ends up using close ups particularly with smaller creatures (something I end up doing myself) or the animal will be too small to be seen. Instagram has been contributing to turn close ups into mainstream, which is a pity. Again, thank you!

Great video & the places look amazing. How much would a trip like this cost? & you say it’s a scouting trip, is that for a future workshop? If so I’d be really interested. Mark 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

It indeed is a scouting trip for a future tour, don’t have a confirmed price yet as working out some details for the plans and locations - price will be on the higher side just due to logistics and locations (the next episode we go onto the delta) so that adds but it’s worth it... as you hopefully see! - I’ll add a link to a new mailing list for on a comment on this video this week so those who are interested can get the first details as soon as they are ready!

The sky looks almost normal there, here in the Nederlands, the sky is almost full of aircraft stripes every day, about which nobody tells anything about it .. But Many dust particles making small raindrops...dark blue sky, becomes rare ..

Hi Tom. Just went on the link for Pangolin Photo & it truly does look tremendous. I’m not on any social media so can’t keep up with any announcements & was wondering if there were any other ways I could keep up to date regarding announcements on future trips? Thanks. Mark🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

I’m going to add a mailing list link to these in the future so you’ll be able to keep up to date with the tours when they go live

Please advise how you get a panoramic shot with a D850

@TomMasonPhoto

4 жыл бұрын

Shooting panoramic images I do by taking two images with an amount of overlap, then joining together in Lightroom. For wildlife subjects you have to get pretty efficient at switching and making the two images in quick succession in order to get the composition and framing, often a decent support is handy for keeping everything well positioned. Cheers, Tom

Great video, as usual. Does the 300mm f/2.8 give you enough reach on your full frame D850, or are you having to crop quite a bit during post-processing to bring your subject in closer? Also, what is the highest ISO you are willing to push your D850 to? Thanks for another cool and helpful video!

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Mac, the 300mm I’m finding perfect for my style - often a little more “in the environment” but most of these shots you’re seeing a full frame or with very slight 5-10% crops, the panos I’m doing to gain extra space because sometimes the 300mm is too close so it certainly works for me. For some stuff I can certainly see some people might like more reach, maybe a 400mm 2.8 but for my shooting the 300 is perfect, that’s why I’ve had it in the bag for 7 years now! The D850 ISO wise can go to 6400 quite easily but for most of my shooting in Africa or in the UK I rarely need above 1600 anyway because I work with fast glass

@macmcmillen6282

5 жыл бұрын

@@TomMasonPhoto Thanks very much for the detailed answers Tom. It's greatly appreciated!

As normal a great video full of amazing images and advice, but I feel you are pushing the Pangoline photographic holidays a little to much, are you being sponsored? I believe you should if you are, make this clear in these videos, however have learned much from you and hope to do so in the future.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

Hey John, I am indeed pushing the location as I’ll probably be leading a tour here in the future staying with the Pangolin crew - I’ve already toggled this video to show it’s been supported as well as noted it in the description so it’s clear for everyone to see below. Glad you’ve learn from the videos and I’ll certainly be making many more videos this year! Cheers, Tom

How did you like Pangolin?

Did you see a pangolin bro....

How much are they paying you for advertising for them, I hope a few quid.

@TomMasonPhoto

5 жыл бұрын

I’ll be running trips back here in the future, and wait to bring people back!