West African Wildlife Photography in a canoe 🛶 With the Sony A1
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Filmed back in January & February 2022. A small glimpse into the magical Gambia, a Bird paradise. Please visit our website for more information: benjaminsmailproductions.com/
Testing out my Sony A1 with the Sony 200-600mm for wildlife filmmaking and photography during my 19-day trip to the Gambia.
Staying in the beautiful Marakissa river camp:
www.marakissarivercamp.nl/
/ @marakissarivercamp7403
The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa, with an extent of about 330 km east to west, and less than 50 km north to south. It is a former British colony, forming an enclave within Senegal, a former French colony.
The Gambia has also found a niche in tourism, taking advantage of its beautiful beaches, warm water, and nature retreats. It is well known for bird watching, with over 540 species of birds recorded.
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Beatifull video of mama land
Thanks!
I'm going in November I can't wait!
Lovley! I will also be back in Octber to early November. Hope you have a good time. Check out Marrakissa river camp if you get a chance.
One month ago I was at the exact same lodge taking pictures of the birds at the lake. The sounds, the atmosphere was incredible. This video was like a journey back in time to November, where I was sitting in the canoe at the same lodge and sailing across the river. Very emotional and the quality of the film exceeds everything I expected. I thought the channel had well over 100,000 subscribers. For me it is incomprehensible how you can only have so “few” subscribers. Keep it up, your videos and photos at the end of the videos are incredibly beautiful. ❤️
Thank you so much for the kind words. It is a really magical place and can't wait to go back
Beautiful video. I live in The Gambia and its a birds paradise . SO many beautiful birds even in my back yard
Thanks, it is a real special place for sure!
Again a dream of video great
Thanks for this journey on the river
And showing again how beautiful it is. In the Gambia marakissa rivercamp hoop and adama
Thank you cant wait to come back!
Great video, amazing pictures.
Thank you!
What a great video...compliments for the recordings, the image sequences and also the accompanying music: that appeals to me a lot!
Thank you!
Nice footage ! Truly true, the one would like to know how wildlife was before they were cutting down the forest to just 2%. Thanks!
I would have love to have seen it myself. I have head stories but love to see footage or photos.,
Just came across this channel and so glad I did…. Great videography and fantastic images, nice Benjamin 👍🇬🇧
Welcome aboard! Glad you like it!
stunning images of beautiful wildlife ... thanks for sharing with us . would be nice to hear your experiences and thoughts of Africa as a wildlife photographer .
Thank you!
Thanks for the great images and video ! btw can you provide the link for buying the beautiful lens coat for the 200-600 .
alphagvrd.com/products/sony-fe-200-600mm-f5-6-6-3-g-lens-skin?variant=32838317605002
Thanks see link below
Thanks
Benjamin: As another A1/200-600 bird shooter, I am impressed with the stability of your video clips - was that all shot hand-holding? Even with IBIS/lens stabilization and the addition of some slow motion (assuming you were shooting video at 120 fps?) adding to the stability, it's nonetheless noteworthy! Are you perhaps using additional stabilization in post on those video clips?
Thanks for the comment. Most shots were just shot with IBIS and at 100fps. With some shots have had a warp stabiliser added in post-production, but on a lower intensity as it does degrade the image and crops.
with my a7iv, i use GyroFlow , very useful for stabilisation