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fialka 🌸 unpacked's avatar

This makes me really appreciate the fact that I did a budget safari and it was just me my friends and the guide 😅 also, which one are you?

Scott Monaco's avatar

I feel exposed. If I have to self-assign, I would probably be the big lens although I do not have a lens that large.

Nick at PlanB Photography's avatar

I went on a game park safari in South Africa last year as part of a wedding.

I was the Big Lens, although without the camouflage decals, and I TRIED to keep the RAW vs. JPEG lectures to a minimum.

We didn't have an obvious influencer, but we certainly had the rest.

Lovely post.

Scott Monaco's avatar

Haha, but you get some good shots though?

Nick at PlanB Photography's avatar

I certainly did, and they were much better than what people were capturing on their phones 😁

Duwan Dunn's avatar

I am the medium lens. I can be very self conscious about it. I don't want to get in anyone's way. But I do love taking pictures of wildlife.

Scott Monaco's avatar

Same, always trying to be aware of the lens. Wildlife photography is wonderful. It feels so intimate, just you and your subject through the viewfinder.

Michael Jensen's avatar

“Looks the same as my iPhone shot." BWA HA HA HA!!!

Scott Monaco's avatar

😬 How many times have we both heard that one before, lol.

Brad Yonaka's avatar

I know four of the types all too well. The influencer not as much, since I did a lot of safaris before smartphones came out.

Scott Monaco's avatar

Ah, that is a pleasant thought. The last group one I was on (which was the genesis of this piece), a girl put her phone on speaker and started blasting Toto’s ‘Africa.’ She also wore a romper, so you can imagine how that went when she needed to use the bathroom.

Brad Yonaka's avatar

Playing music aloud during a safari is a terrible sin!

Scott Monaco's avatar

Most definitely is!