On Safari, the final images. Wildlife Photography fine art prints.

Hey guys,
I hope you're all keeping safe and enjoying some wildlife photography close to home. Today I'm really excited to share some of my final images from my work in Botswana last year!

Whilst away on Safari I had so much fun creating the behind the scenes videos for here on YouTube as well as planning and scouting out for a future tour, however of course, one of my biggest focuses was on creating new images! (I mean that's what I love to do more than anything!)

Having been thinking about the trip for many months, researching and taking on inspiration, I decided that whilst in Botswana I wanted to create a portfolio of panoramic wildlife images for a fine art print collection. I've always loved panoramic images and hadn't seen too many of wildlife before, giving me a great and slightly unique angle on the classic African safari portfolio.

In this video I'm sharing a few of the final proofs from my final fine art print series (that will be available to purchase later in the year),
A huge thanks to the team over at Fotospeed https://www.fotospeed.com for all the help. Vince is a printing master and has been answering all my questions on printing, papers and colour matching over the last few years!
If you are getting into printing yourself I can highly recommend Fotospeed, personally I love the NST Bright White 315 paper for my fine art printing, for natural subjects and colours it prints beautifully. With Fotospeed, getting a free paper profile is super slick and simple and really helps with colour matching from screen to print. Certainly worth looking into!

These images were all originally intended for my talk at the Photography Show back in March that was unfortunately postponed, but I wanted to share them with you guys here, whilst stuck in lockdown!
I'm really happy with the final images and can't wait to have my new website completed to showcase the work and fine art prints!

Whilst in Africa working on these images I was staying with the great team at Pangolin Safaris https://www.pangolinphoto.com , I'll hopefully be leading a tour back in 2021 (global situation permitting) so If you fancy joining me be sure to stay tuned for updates or drop me an email over via my website for more information. Spaces will be limited, so be sure to get in touch!

As always guys if you have any questions, drop them in the comments below and I'll be more than happy to get back to you.
I'll be back soon with another video, we have camera trapping to catch up with and some gear reviews coming up, but until then stay safe and enjoy your wildlife photography!
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For more of my work be sure to check out my Instagram @TomMasonPhoto or on the web - www.tommasonphoto.com

In my bag : (UK affiliate links help me fund the channel and cost you nothing)
Lowepro Whistler 450 AW II - (travelled flawlessly on all my flights with ALL the gear below inside!)
http://tidd.ly/ee5e459a
Nikon Monarch HG 8x30's - Simply love these. http://tidd.ly/3df767bb
Nikon D850 + Grip + D5 batteries http://tidd.ly/5e9ce68e
Nikon D5 http://tidd.ly/4fb4af7b
Nikon Z6 and 24-70S - (All video for the channel now shot on this - love this little camera!) http://tidd.ly/18f827ed
Nikon 300mm 2.8 VR II (My all time favourite lens) http://tidd.ly/c3774d0f
Nikon 70-200 FL http://tidd.ly/50423b68
Nikon 35mm 1.4 G http://tidd.ly/74102f76
Nikon 20mm 1.8G http://tidd.ly/792d72d0
Nikon 1.4 TC http://tidd.ly/51bb49a8
Nikon 2.0 TC http://tidd.ly/6d38e4fe
Nikon SB-700 http://tidd.ly/40a57f1a
Spare D5 battery http://tidd.ly/3c45d8ba
Gitzo Mini Traveller http://tidd.ly/eda4b0c
Petzel Headlamp https://amzn.to/2LX80SW
G-tech external drives https://amzn.to/2Yil63y
Macbook 12" https://amzn.to/2ZBQ57e
Gitzo Rocket Blower (however i'd get this one) http://tidd.ly/8d6a3ab4

I also carry a trusty Gitzo Tripod and Monopod
Gitzo 2 series mountaineer (will do a video about this soon) http://tidd.ly/56738206
Gitzo monopod http://tidd.ly/bb4c85ec

If you have any Gear questions drop them below as well, I'm always happy to help! Or hit me up on Twitter or Instagram @TomMasonPhoto.

#Safari #wildlifephotography