EP. 9 Safari of my Life - Behind the Scenes The Camera Box

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On a previous trip Klaus had a steel camera box made to capture images from the ground. On that trip they tried several times to get it to work, but technical problems with the remote trigger got in the way. John had kept it for Klaus and now was time to try it again.

The idea is simple enough.

Place the camera in the box on a fixed tripod mount. Set the focus to roughly 2 meters with a high aperture. Link up the trigger and place the box in the path of moving animals.

The result: it’s harder than you think.
-------A couple of kilometers away was the Pride of Lions we had met on Day 1 here in the Mara. It had been a cold wet day sofar and they had been lazing out in the open. The sun was coming out and we could see they were about to get up and move to find shade. The perfect opportunity to use the camera box.

John pointed out that they would very likely use the road for a while on their way to the nearest bushes. We drove out 200 meters ahead, dropped the box and retreated to a safe distance so as not to disturb them passing.
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The funniest was when they knocked it over completely and one of the females made off with the beanbag. By the time we got it back it was destroyed.

We tried again and again, every-time being outsmarted by the lions. Klaus did manage to get a couple of OK images but nothing worthy of publishing in his collection.

We did however get some great low angle footage using the camera box as well as the tripod, but you will have to watch the film to see it in action.

Видео EP. 9 Safari of my Life - Behind the Scenes The Camera Box канала Klaus Tiedge Fine Art Photography