Lobo Lodge Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

We stayed one night in the Lobo area in the north of the Serengeti National Park. Like its sister lodge in the Seronera area, Lobo Lodge is built into a kopje. On the left you can see one of the large kopje rocks. There are lovely views from such a high vantage point. The Lobo area has its own permanent water, making the dry season, between June and November the best time to visit. You can see how wonderfully green it is, although I expect it doesn't look like this in the dry season.

We arrived here in the afternoon and had some rare R&R and a swim before going out on a 4pm game drive.

In the WS there’s a shot of some distant impala taken from the very top of the kopje. You might also be interested in the road sign.

ISO100 FL32mm

snunney, Photo65Net, cbrman, Dyerco, dareco, Gerrit, Tue, chrisnet, leo61, Floydian, skippy007, TopGeo, imrek, Cricri, stego, bakes888, OLF, ruisc_pt, pboehringer, plimrn, scobert, jwmunro has marked this note useful

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snunney (34508) 2008-03-26 2:02

Hello Kath,
A well composed landscape with all the elements nicely placed and making for a well-balanced whole. I like the understated natural tones. Very good clarity.

Photo65Net (43084) 2008-03-26 2:58

Hello Kath,
A very attractive landscape.
Your compo is working well, with great depth and lots of elements to see.
Nice job,
Regards,
JB.

gilou530 (34973) 2008-03-26 3:21

salut kath
un bon POV de ce lodge qui permet d'avoir une vision du mara a perte de vue, un moment de repos aprés un safari riche en belle photo
amitiés
gilbert

cbrman (18776) 2008-03-26 4:47

Hello Kath,

Un paysage à nouveau grandiose et captivant. J'aime bien ces lignes sur le sol qui formes de belles courbes dans l'image. La compo est bien pensée et permet à l'oeil de se balader dans l'image .
Bien vu !

A+

Dominique

mesutilgim (36515) 2008-03-26 5:46

Hi dear Kath,
Very nice and informative capture ! Good pov and nice compo. Good light control and nice cloudy sky.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Dyerco (8980) 2008-03-26 7:01

Hi Kath
Which wildlife group plays volleyball? Just joking. It does indeed look green. This a place I would like to get to in the not too distant future.
Phil

dareco (17094) 2008-03-26 7:19

A beautiful view of this 'fantastic' scenery. Very nice pov and great color! TFS

Gerrit (35575) 2008-03-26 7:55

Hi Kath,
It sure looks like a divine place to spent sonme nights in the middle of this overwhelming nature. Good composition.
Regards, gerrit

Tue (25608) 2008-03-26 13:49

Hi Kath,
A very pleasant view over the area with indeed very pleasant green hues. Good composition with the rocks included on the left hand side. The light is fine and the clouds create a nice background. Overall a beautiful landscape photo, well done and thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

chrisnet (20354) 2008-03-26 13:52

Hi Kath,
Nice landscape, the cloudy and blue sky is partuculary well seen, a good work.
Regards

leo61 (43148) 2008-03-26 13:59

Hi Kath!
No wild animals in sight this time,but a great landscapeshot,well composed with the agarve at the left side.Thre is a great depth and I like the green tones turning from light and bright in the foreground into the green/blueish tones in the distance(UHHH,my bad english).
Regards,Leo

skippy007 (6935) 2008-03-26 19:23

Hi Kath,
A beautiful view of this picturesque scenery with plenty to look at. Very nice pov and great colour.

jurek1951 (25872) 2008-03-26 22:40

Hi Kath,
this is a fantastic landscap photo. the color and the composition of the picture was successfull. congratulation to this photo,
Georg

Stepan (27171) 2008-03-27 0:11

As I've never been there, I enjoy to discover a "normal" view from a lodge. I don't know why I would have imagined that in a forest... Interesting and useful to me... Thanks.
Stéphane

TopGeo (21595) 2008-03-27 1:11

Hello Kath!Do I like these marvellous landscapes of Tanzania Do show so much calmly and serenely? Good the view and the background with the clarity and the detail.
Regards
Georgios

Floydian (30970) 2008-03-27 2:49

Hello Kath,
First i thought that the lodge was down there somewhere, but you are standing with the back to it and this is the view...right?
The big cactus on the left i would like to see more in the frame, but have to admit than you loose space on the right which is also very interesting to see with the view down in the valley. And because i like that view as most in this image you should keep it like it is ;-)
Regards, Henk
p.s.
The WS with the Impala is VERY good..!!!

imrek (4) 2008-03-27 4:00

Hi Kath,
the composition and colours are splendid, very crisp and sharp photo with a good sense of depth...well done!
regards,
imre

Cricri (43030) 2008-03-27 7:09

Hi Kath,
Je pense que c'était le bon moment pour visiter cette région avec une lumiére idéal sur ce paysage plein de fraicheur et de calme, bien aussi les WS,
compliment
Have a nice day
cricri

coco (27714) 2008-03-27 14:40

Hi Kath.

This is a very nice and good landscape where the deep and colours look amazing.

Regards.

stego (22348) 2008-03-28 15:22

Hi Kath,
They made a very wise choice for placing the lodge, the view is gorgeous from this POV. I like the way you used the rocks and plants on the FG to make the compo. The colours, clarity and sharpness are equally great, making it very attractive.
The WS of the impalas is fabulous!
Regards, José.

bakes888 (18055) 2008-03-29 0:15

Hi Kath. Looking at this there must be much worse places to stay on the Serengeti ;-). Great view and plenty of wildlife as per WSI. Well captured photo. Good colours and nice sky. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

OLF (3886) 2008-03-29 10:20

Hi Kath,
A very beautifull landscape, a lot of thing to see. Good diagonale foreground with grass, plant roxk and tree. The bakground is alo very interresting with the montain and that beautifull sky. There is a very good depth in the picture, good sharpness.
Very good work!
Regards,
Olivier

pablominto (40334) 2008-03-30 4:38

Hello Kath,
I like the framing of the view and fine details in the landscape!
The cactus is an eye-catcher and a fine framing, and helps create this fine feeling of depth...
A well balanced composition with a fine sky!
Greetings,
Pablo -

barni (14477) 2008-03-30 11:41

Hello Kath
Le cactus du premier plan augmente bien la profondeur de l'image.
Difficile de se croire en afrique avec tout ce vert.
Regards
Christophe

ruisc_pt (6206) 2008-03-31 3:56

This is a fantastic exposure from your travelogue in Tanzania.
Wonderful scenario and tonalities.
TFS Kath
R

pboehringer (770) 2008-03-31 12:11

Kath,
youshows us the beauty of the place quite well although I'm not sure if I would have done some steps to the background and the the left to include more of the plant at the wery left. At the end you would have had a "boehringer-style" shot :-)
Peter

plimrn (19592) 2008-03-31 16:05

Hi Kath,
I do like the FG detail of the century plant and the rocky paths. I was just watching a BBS special on Planet Earth that features the amazing animal migration in Africa, was that part of the impetus for your magical trip. That is SOME sign and quite a nice impala shot that many would use as a PP.
HLJ, Pat

Angshu (33487) 2008-04-02 21:04

Hi Kath
Fantastic depth & colours in the shot. The cactus in the left FG enhances the depth. Lovely clouds & sky. Like the clumps of trees in the plain well. Very interesting WSs especially the one with the impalas from the high POV. The other one with the skulls & the horns (surprising with their natural colour) is also interesting. Good work!
Regards
Angshu

scobert (5333) 2008-04-03 6:35

Hi Kath,
I find it very interesting that all of your safari shots so far have been taken with less than a 300mm setting, and most from a normal to short telephoto perspective. You really study and observe your envrionment very thoroughly. Many safari photographers mainly take only tightly cropped closeups of the wildlife. These shots have their place, but they tell me nothing about the surrouding culture and the terrain. This is an excellent and most useful photograph which helps me to understand the layout of the landscape. Thanks for sharing this excellent photo!
Stan

jwmunro (6567) 2008-04-07 15:05

Hello Kath -

This looks like a lovely p;ace to stay. I hope our lodges are as nice. A very nice composition and well exposed. Well done!

Thank you for sharing.

John