Top 40 collection of National Geographic Photos

The Big Picture has put a top 40 collection of National Geographic Photos on their site. Amazing stuff.  I put up a small collection of my own "National Geographic" collection below.  Let me know what you think. 

Saltwater Crocodile

Rainbow in Nambung NP

Village near Lake Turkana in Kenya

Zebras in Serengeti NP

Working with a model

Last weekend I had a great time at the Calumet workshop "Portrait and Model photography". Instructor Bert Meelberg did a great job on teaching us. We started with some theory about the use of studio lighting but most of the day was spent shooting a real life model (Dian Biemans). I must say that I am really pleased with the results.

I want one

It has been around for a while but dpreview got a review online now. I am talking about the new Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8 L IS II USM 

It is on my wish list for quite a while now, but there are two things holding me back. First off all the price. In europe you have to pay around €2200,-  I have to sell a lot of stockphoto's to earn that. Secondly the weight of the lens. It weighs more then 1.6 Kilo.  It will make you work hard for some great shots. 

But still I want one

Warrior Portraits

A few years ago I took a trip to Kenya and Tanzania. During this trip I had a chance to take some shots of Samburu Warriors in a town called Maralal. The Samburu are a tribe in the northern part a Kenya and are related to the Masai tribe.   It took some time to gain there confidence but after while the really started to pose like warriors. 

The images where shot on slide film and scanned with a Nikon slide scanner.


EDIT: The two little guys on the first slide were just tagging along all day, trying to get on film.