3 Zimbabwe Video as promised

[Dale D]

As promised, here is the Zimbabwe video, which took me about 40 days of editing since returning Sept 30 . Already stated, no drones were allowed.

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE? You can experience all of this for viewing this 18 minute video. The video features the amazing wildlife , both mammals and exotic African birds, and African bird songs of two famous Zimbabwean national parks, Huange and Mana Pools. You will see colorful birds and elephants standing on their hind legs to feed from trees. Also, watch for time lapse sequences of sunrises, sunsets, and astrophotography of the stars and the Milky Way.

For best enjoyment, view full screen by clicking on the small box in the lower right corner of the frame, and move your cursor off the screen to clear the progress bar.

A reader pointed out a typo so I fixed the edit and here is the latest version

Zimbabwe Trip last edit Nov 8

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE?…

vimeo.com

Tech information:

Filmed with a Nikon Z8, and these lenses- Nikkor 24-200mm, f/4-6.3, 20mm, f/1.8S, 180-600mm, f/5.6-6.3, DJI Osmo Action 5, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Really Right Stuff tripod. Edited in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, LR Lightroom.

 

[mavic3usa]

Watched the whole video; very cool.

 

[Dale D]

Watched the whole video; very cool.

My gosh! I just posted it and didn't think it would appear until tomorrow. I am so glad you liked it. LOTSA work!

 

[PepperBird]

This is excellent. I can't thank you enough!

 

[Dale D]

This is excellent. I can't thank you enough!

You must be a bird watcher too considering your Avatar. Thanks for watching and so glad you enjoyed it. So far I am not hearing any complaints about not having drone footage.

 

[MavicA2S]

As promised, here is the Zimbabwe video, which took me about 40 days of editing since returning Sept 30 . Already stated, no drones were allowed.

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE? You can experience all of this for viewing this 18 minute video. The video features the amazing wildlife , both mammals and exotic African birds, and African bird songs of two famous Zimbabwean national parks, Huange and Mana Pools. You will see colorful birds and elephants standing on their hind legs to feed from trees. Also, watch for time lapse sequences of sunrises, sunsets, and astrophotography of the stars and the Milky Way.

For best enjoyment, view full screen by clicking on the small box in the lower right corner of the frame, and move your cursor off the screen to clear the progress bar.

A reader pointed out a typo so I fixed the edit and here is the latest version

Zimbabwe Trip last edit Nov 8

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE?…

vimeo.com

Tech information:

Filmed with a Nikon Z8, and these lenses- Nikkor 24-200mm, f/4-6.3, 20mm, f/1.8S, 180-600mm, f/5.6-6.3, DJI Osmo Action 5, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Really Right Stuff tripod. Edited in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, LR Lightroom.

One of the best nature video’s I watched, awesome camera work ,weldone mate

 

[MAVE (Little bird)]

As promised, here is the Zimbabwe video, which took me about 40 days of editing since returning Sept 30 . Already stated, no drones were allowed.

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE? You can experience all of this for viewing this 18 minute video. The video features the amazing wildlife , both mammals and exotic African birds, and African bird songs of two famous Zimbabwean national parks, Huange and Mana Pools. You will see colorful birds and elephants standing on their hind legs to feed from trees. Also, watch for time lapse sequences of sunrises, sunsets, and astrophotography of the stars and the Milky Way.

For best enjoyment, view full screen by clicking on the small box in the lower right corner of the frame, and move your cursor off the screen to clear the progress bar.

A reader pointed out a typo so I fixed the edit and here is the latest version

Zimbabwe Trip last edit Nov 8

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE?…

vimeo.com

Tech information:

Filmed with a Nikon Z8, and these lenses- Nikkor 24-200mm, f/4-6.3, 20mm, f/1.8S, 180-600mm, f/5.6-6.3, DJI Osmo Action 5, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Really Right Stuff tripod. Edited in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, LR Lightroom.

What a beautifully done video. Was a fun watch, thank you for taking us along.

 

[Dale D]

One of the best nature video’s I watched, awesome camera work ,weldone mate

Thank you.We have done many trips to South Africa, including Mala Mala, and extensive touring in Johannesburg.

 

[Crash Gibby]

As promised, here is the Zimbabwe video, which took me about 40 days of editing since returning Sept 30 . Already stated, no drones were allowed.

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE? You can experience all of this for viewing this 18 minute video. The video features the amazing wildlife , both mammals and exotic African birds, and African bird songs of two famous Zimbabwean national parks, Huange and Mana Pools. You will see colorful birds and elephants standing on their hind legs to feed from trees. Also, watch for time lapse sequences of sunrises, sunsets, and astrophotography of the stars and the Milky Way.

For best enjoyment, view full screen by clicking on the small box in the lower right corner of the frame, and move your cursor off the screen to clear the progress bar.

A reader pointed out a typo so I fixed the edit and here is the latest version

Zimbabwe Trip last edit Nov 8

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE?…

vimeo.com

Tech information:

Filmed with a Nikon Z8, and these lenses- Nikkor 24-200mm, f/4-6.3, 20mm, f/1.8S, 180-600mm, f/5.6-6.3, DJI Osmo Action 5, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Really Right Stuff tripod. Edited in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, LR Lightroom.

Well done, Sir.

 

[sikspy]

As promised, here is the Zimbabwe video, which took me about 40 days of editing since returning Sept 30 . Already stated, no drones were allowed.

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE? You can experience all of this for viewing this 18 minute video. The video features the amazing wildlife , both mammals and exotic African birds, and African bird songs of two famous Zimbabwean national parks, Huange and Mana Pools. You will see colorful birds and elephants standing on their hind legs to feed from trees. Also, watch for time lapse sequences of sunrises, sunsets, and astrophotography of the stars and the Milky Way.

For best enjoyment, view full screen by clicking on the small box in the lower right corner of the frame, and move your cursor off the screen to clear the progress bar.

A reader pointed out a typo so I fixed the edit and here is the latest version

Zimbabwe Trip last edit Nov 8

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE?…

vimeo.com

Tech information:

Filmed with a Nikon Z8, and these lenses- Nikkor 24-200mm, f/4-6.3, 20mm, f/1.8S, 180-600mm, f/5.6-6.3, DJI Osmo Action 5, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Really Right Stuff tripod. Edited in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, LR Lightroom.

Great job Dale! You're one of the few members I enjoy watching the entire video with. Long interesting video and very nicely edited. Thank you.

 

[Topo]

Epic trip Dale! That was fantastic. Great unexpected bird shots too. All the usual safari vids focus is on the animals, albeit amazing, too. Accommodations and people looked wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Dale D]

Great job Dale! You're one of the few members I enjoy watching the entire video with. Long interesting video and very nicely edited. Thank you.

Loved your comments. Many thanks. It is a hell of a lot of work, but gratifying when I hear comments like yours.

 

[Cees]

Great , loved this whole video , thanks for sharing !!!

 

[smbishop]

I lost track of time relaxing with a cup of coffee before sunrise watching this amazing edit. Thank you for taking the time to put this together and to share your adventure with us!

 

[Richard R]

Nice job Dale. I was born in Zimbabwe and have been to many of the places filmed. I go back as often as I can. A special place with fantastic people. I'd be interested to hear how you managed to take all that photo equipment with you.

 

[Dale D]

Nice job Dale. I was born in Zimbabwe and have been to many of the places filmed. I go back as often as I can. A special place with fantastic people. I'd be interested to hear how you managed to take all that photo equipment with you.

This was our 2nd trip to Zimbabwe. I did a volunteer catarct surgery mission in We loved the people there.They were all very special at our two camps. They cannot do enough to help us, grab your luggage, help us off the vehicle when loaded down with gear, etc.

My camera bag carried two bodies (Nikon Z8, Nikon D 750 for time lapse), three lenses (20mm/1.8 S, 24-200mm/f/4-6.3, for the Z8) and a third lens for the D75o 28-300/3.5-5.6. Also a selfie stick and DJI Osmo Action 5. Separately I carried a gimbal that attached to the jeeep and held the 180/600mm f/5.6-6.3 for 95% of the shots of animals an birds. This was placed in a carry-on in the ovehead. Various filters for ND and sky and several chargers. Also in the checked baggage was a RRS carbon fiber tripod. A lot of the video was done with the Osmo, the Z8 with the long lens, and even the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

What city were you born in?

Dale

 

[Richard R]

This was our 2nd trip to Zimbabwe. I did a volunteer catarct surgery mission in We loved the people there.They were all very special at our two camps. They cannot do enough to help us, grab your luggage, help us off the vehicle when loaded down with gear, etc.

My camera bag carried two bodies (Nikon Z8, Nikon D 750 for time lapse), three lenses (20mm/1.8 S, 24-200mm/f/4-6.3, for the Z8) and a third lens for the D75o 28-300/3.5-5.6. Also a selfie stick and DJI Osmo Action 5. Separately I carried a gimbal that attached to the jeeep and held the 180/600mm f/5.6-6.3 for 95% of the shots of animals an birds. This was placed in a carry-on in the ovehead. Various filters for ND and sky and several chargers. Also in the checked baggage was a RRS carbon fiber tripod. A lot of the video was done with the Osmo, the Z8 with the long lens, and even the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

What city were you born in?

Dale

Thanks for the detailed reply. Weight restrictions are often an issue with airlines to Africa and within. Yours was certainly heavy, however often they don't check if it doesn't look heavy. I was born in Harare.

 

[Dale D]

Thanks for the detailed reply. Weight restrictions are often an issue with airlines to Africa and within. Yours was certainly heavy, however often they don't check if it doesn't look heavy. I was born in Harare.

This was our 2nd trip to Zimbabwe. I did a volunteer catarct surgery mission in We loved the people there.They were all very special at our two camps. They cannot do enough to help us, grab your luggage, help us off the vehicle when loaded down with gear, etc.

My camera bag carried two bodies (Nikon Z8, Nikon D 750 for time lapse), three lenses (20mm/1.8 S, 24-200mm/f/4-6.3, for the Z8) and a third lens for the D75o 28-300/3.5-5.6. Also a selfie stick and DJI Osmo Action 5. Separately I carried a gimbal that attached to the jeeep and held the 180/600mm f/5.6-6.3 for 95% of the shots of animals an birds. This was placed in a carry-on in the ovehead. Various filters for ND and sky and several chargers. Also in the checked baggage was a RRS carbon fiber tripod. A lot of the video was done with the Osmo, the Z8 with the long lens, and even the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

What city were you born in?

Dale

Richard:

I did a volunteer eye surgery (cataracts) mission in Harare 1994 at the main hospital, for a week. (Stayed at the Mickles Hotel). We have a friend here in Miami who was born in Bulawayo.

Fortunately I met no weight problems with the small planes and I was actually under the limits anyway. I carrried the Z8 ands big lens over my shoulder.

Dale

 

[Sky Wombat]

Well worth the wait for you to edit Dale. A really nice job. I watched the clip in one go and will rewatch later.
Very enjoyable and good to see you roughing it. Mind you, you get fed up with hard ground after a while so I think I’ll follow your example in future.

 

[Dale D]

Well worth the wait for you to edit Dale. A really nice job. I watched the clip in one go and will rewatch later.
Very enjoyable and good to see you roughing it. Mind you, you get fed up with hard ground after a while so I think I’ll follow your example in future.

Thanks for your positive commentary on the Zimbabwe video. It was a real slog going though literally thousands of images, selecting those to be used in the show, editing those in Photoshop, and deciding how long to leave each image on the screen. The entire trip was 3 weeks of which only 12 days were actual safari days , so a ratio of 12 camp days /21, but each day's shooting took me 3+ days of editing. One reason is that I decided to shoot my Nikon Z8 usually at 10-15 frames per second (fps) which yielded a greater chance of getting a better image. For the birds in flight and the animals leaping (impalas) , I shot at 60 fps!!!

By the way, there was not much roughing it. We had a nice tent with hot and cold running water, a tent caretaker who made the beds and changed the linens, etc. This, indeed, was a high end safari in comfort and in cost. We stayed in the best available camps.After all, my wife and I are old and this trip may we have been our last big one. The most difficult part was getting in and out of the safari vehicle, as you will see in the video as my wife struggles to board.
I find myself watching this video over and over. It is a great memory for us and our kids.

Zimbabwe Trip last edit Nov 8

Would you like to go on a two week African safari with a private vehicle and guide, flying business class, and stay in two safari camps for 6 nights each, for FREE?…

vimeo.com

Dale