UWOL48-The Masai Mara at DVinfo.net

Bob Safay · September 3rd, 2018, 03:12 PM

This past month I had the opportunity to spent over two months in Kenya. All video was shot with the Canon XF300 and edited with Vegas Pro 14. Enjoy and please send comments! Bob

Rainer Listing · September 3rd, 2018, 04:16 PM

Beautiful carefully shot and edited footage, congratulations. Mongeese are so cute, don't know why they aren't more promoted, seem to be almost regarded as nuisance by the locals. Your wildebeest were lucky, crocs had had enough?

Henry Williams · September 4th, 2018, 01:28 AM

I really enjoyed this. The opening sunrise/sunset? shot was perfectly Framed for your titles and footage throughout was of a high quality. I thought the voiceover had been nicely recorded too. The secretary birds dance, Lion feeding and river crossing were interesting behaviours to capture. I'm sure it must have taken a lot of patience

Trond Saetre · September 5th, 2018, 03:10 AM

Hi Bob,

You had the ultimate location for wildlife filming!
After your opening shot, maybe you could have one of your aerial shots before the elephants? This way, the audience would get even more impression of how huge area the Masai Mara is. Just a thought, but I like it the way it is too.

Was kinda hoping for some "action" at the river crossing, but I guess it was a calm day.

Music and the voice over, were good as usual.

Well done!

Bob Safay · September 5th, 2018, 12:44 PM

Trond, great suggestion of starting the video with an aerial shot of the Mara to show its true expanse. Thanks. Bob

Tim Veal · September 6th, 2018, 03:11 PM

Hi Bob,
Great video and footage! I too was waiting for the action at the wildebeest crossing. I guess we've all seen too many Planet Earth episodes, huh? For suggestions, maybe some stabilization on the more static shots where there isn't much going on in the frame (like the opening and ending scenes) so the hand-held movement is as distracting. Actually, the opening and ending could probably have been stills? And it looked like there was a repeat of the wildebeest pan (that one with the itch behind the ears gave it away!) All in all a good job.

September 3rd, 2018, 03:12 PM	#1
Bob Safay Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,561	UWOL48-The Masai Mara This past month I had the opportunity to spent over two months in Kenya. All video was shot with the Canon XF300 and edited with Vegas Pro 14. Enjoy and please send comments! Bob Masai Mara on Vimeo

September 3rd, 2018, 04:16 PM	#2
Rainer Listing Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Nowra, Australia Posts: 440	Re: UWOL48-The Masai Mara Beautiful carefully shot and edited footage, congratulations. Mongeese are so cute, don't know why they aren't more promoted, seem to be almost regarded as nuisance by the locals. Your wildebeest were lucky, crocs had had enough?

September 4th, 2018, 01:28 AM	#3
Henry Williams Major Player Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lewisham, London, United Kingdom Posts: 408	Re: UWOL48-The Masai Mara I really enjoyed this. The opening sunrise/sunset? shot was perfectly Framed for your titles and footage throughout was of a high quality. I thought the voiceover had been nicely recorded too. The secretary birds dance, Lion feeding and river crossing were interesting behaviours to capture. I'm sure it must have taken a lot of patience __________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIDJBgq9ek

September 5th, 2018, 03:10 AM	#4
Trond Saetre Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bergen, Norway Posts: 3,377	Re: UWOL48-The Masai Mara Hi Bob, You had the ultimate location for wildlife filming! After your opening shot, maybe you could have one of your aerial shots before the elephants? This way, the audience would get even more impression of how huge area the Masai Mara is. Just a thought, but I like it the way it is too. Was kinda hoping for some "action" at the river crossing, but I guess it was a calm day. Music and the voice over, were good as usual. Well done!

September 5th, 2018, 12:44 PM	#5
Bob Safay Trustee Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,561	Re: UWOL48-The Masai Mara Trond, great suggestion of starting the video with an aerial shot of the Mara to show its true expanse. Thanks. Bob

September 6th, 2018, 03:11 PM	#6
Tim Veal Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 70	Re: UWOL48-The Masai Mara Hi Bob, Great video and footage! I too was waiting for the action at the wildebeest crossing. I guess we've all seen too many Planet Earth episodes, huh? For suggestions, maybe some stabilization on the more static shots where there isn't much going on in the frame (like the opening and ending scenes) so the hand-held movement is as distracting. Actually, the opening and ending could probably have been stills? And it looked like there was a repeat of the wildebeest pan (that one with the itch behind the ears gave it away!) All in all a good job.