Erictator
Offline
• • •
Upload & Sell: Off
|
Hi Chad,
I don't have any of your gear, and have never been where you are going, but saw that it's been a while since you posted this with no answers so far, so I thought I would bump it to the top for you and make some small talk.
My .02 cents is meditate on what you are doing as if you were going to do it right now. It is a different mindset to think "in the present".
I can't tell you how many times I have prepped for something way in advance but then think of things when I get into the driver's seat to go do something and that mental check list doesn't really hit you until you are actually about to do said "thing" because you are preparing to do it in the now, not some time in the future. It's like a basketball player pre-visualizing the shot, they are almost always more successful.
For me, if I had unlimited resources and funds and a sherpa to carry it all, I'd bring it all. Since you can't, and this may or may not be a once in a lifetime trip, all I can say is bring what you envision will give you the greatest chance of success that won't slow you down and inconvenience you too much. Maybe roll play a few scenarios with your actual gear at home and see how you feel without certain pieces and how you can work around it. (like having a custom button for APSC crop mode with the 70-200 ready for the occasion instead of a lens change to the 400mm, and keep the 600mm on the other body, or I dunno... just a thought)
Let's face it, we've all seen great photo's of just about every possible "you name it", much has been done before... BUT! What we haven't seen are these great photo's from YOUR perspective. Having the perfect gear with you is nice, but not the end all be all. I would postulate that it's being there for the shot and putting your take on it that will make it special. Getting up early, having a good guide, staying in the right place patiently until the right light, or key moment, or knowing when to let go because you are at a dry location and move on to something else. Those are things you can control a little. When the exquisitely rare purple polka dotted velociraptor brushes by you closer than the minimum focus distance of your 600mm F4, just be glad it didn't eat you, and don't forget a 600mm f4 makes a dandy club. ;-)
Hope that helps, and have an awesome trip!
Eric
|
