Kirk and Black Widow

Many aspects of photography require specialized tools. Wildlife photography is one of these, and there are quite a few products available to make the photographer's work simpler, safer, faster and more efficient. This review reports on two products which I used for the first time on aSafari / Workshopwhich I co-lead in Tanzania in January, 2004.
Working with long lenses, such as myCanon 500mm f/4L IS, means having to deal with a large, heavy and sometimes awkward bit of kit, that while essential for getting high-quality wildlife photographs can be a real pain (literally) to use.
Big solid tripods and specialized gimbal mounts help make this easier when working in the field. I have previously written about both theWimberly Sidekickand the full-sizedWimberly gimbal mount, both of which I own and regularly use. But shooting from within a Land Rover while on Safari requires different solutions.
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The Beanbag Solution
Fig. 1Canon 1Ds with 500m...