Filming wildlife in the Kalahari (Rooiputs Ep9)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- It's a slow morning in the Kalahari. Rob gives some #wildlife #filming #tips while filming a Wildebeest. On the way back from Twee Rivieren Rob chats about filming permit technicalities (fascinating stuff). Later, back at camp we go over our 12V electrical setup.
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In this wildlife filmmaking behind-the-scenes series, Rob and Andy travel to Rooiputs in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Rooiputs is the name of the waterhole, campsite, and lodge 25km up the Nossob river from Twee Rivieren/Two Rivers. On this safari our primary objective is to find and film caracal, but we are also looking for general Kalahari wildlife: lion, cheetah, leopard, raptors, gemsbok, cape cobra, and all the smaller species that make this part of the world so special. The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is a massive game reserve and national park in the Kalahari. It occupies an area of 38 000 square kilometres. The reserve spans both South Africa and Botswana and borders Namibia. Rooiputs campsite and lodge are across from Rooiputs waterhole, on the Botswana side of the dry Nossob riverbed that marks the border between South Africa and Botswana. The harsh Kalahari environment, vast red dunes, and ancient riverbeds support a fascinating variety of desert-adapted species, making this conservation area a very popular destination for wildlife photography and cinematography. Unlike most of our adventures, in this series we are only visiting one location and thoroughly exploring a small section of the park in search of the elusive caracal. Follow along as we set up camp in the unfenced wilderness campsite and attempt to capture footage of the park's diverse and majestic wildlife.
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Filmed and edited by Robert Hofmeyr and Andrew Caldwell.
Behind-the-scenes shot on a GoPro Hero 11. Timelapses filmed on a GoPro Hero 10. For the telephoto wildlife shots we used a Canon 200-400mm f4 lens on a Red V-Raptor camera. Aerials filmed using a Mavic 3 Pro.
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Chapters:
00:00 The life of wildlife filmmakers
01:23 Intro
01:51 Filming for the edit
04:49 Filming permit technicalities
08:42 Vehicle and trailer electrical setup
11:23 Rob puts Andy to sleep
Music for this series was licensed from soundstripe.com
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Fabulous, and totally appreciated the technical info about batteries 😊
Haha 🙂. I knew people would appreciate!
Filming wildlife is "Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of excitement or sheer terror."
For wannabes , this video is comforting, relaxing and encouraging.
The only two on YT I'd really like to hang out with.
🙂 thanks Joan. You are absolutely correct.
Kgalagadi is a great place to chat to people, maybe the best place. Everyone is friendly and intereted.
True
Yes, I watch all kinds of videos about the technical stuff. Keep it up!
Thanks Scott! Glad you appreciate it 🙂
@@MovingPicturesAfrica Did I ask you what lenses you prefer to shoot on?
@@ScottBalkum All my telephoto stuff is on my Canon 200-400. It has a built in 1.4x teleconverter, but on this trip I actually added an additional 1.4x TC. So with both TCs activated I could get up to 784mm f8. Useful for smaller animals in the desert. Also, the V-Raptor vignettes a bit at 200mm and the 1.4x fixes that.
The wildebeest footage was great! I have never seen a wildebeest doing a flehmen grimace. I can’t believe it’s already episode 9 of Rooiputs, I also appreciate the filming tips and the technical info about batteries. I have learned something new again😁 great episode 👍😁
Thanks Smet! Glad you learned something 🙂
Hi Rob and Andy always enjoying your videos . Some very good info about where you oaks may or may and what and what not you may film . So many rules in life .
Thanks Sarel. Glad you are enjoying the videos 🙂
Love the hair guys 😂Awesome as always so entertaining and we learnt how to film a wilderbeest! Oh Rob you do love a good chat, poor Rob just wants a bloody nap 😂😂
🙂 thanks
Really enjoy the banter between you two along with the great video content - hope you find the karakal
Thanks Alec!
Got great Caracal 2x near Kij Kij south to Rooiputs about 5 kms from Kij Kij
Yes, that is where we were searching. When did you see the caracal there?
Lekka ROB, I will be your friend as long as you limit your daily dictionary to 100 words! 🙂 O and tell Andy that you would be more successful if he would look for tracks, not prints! Enjoyed this one, especially the technicalities about commercial filming and RSA/Bots issue.
😂 thanks Luka. Glad someone enjoyed that monologue 👍
More lions 🦁
👍 we will try
12v for the win!!😂
😂 thank you!
More info on the 12V system please 😂
😂 I'll make a whole video next time
So you can’t sell anything you film in South Africa because you don’t have a commercial SA license?
And fun to watch as always. 😁 Bickering Brother-In-Laws. 😂
Glad you are enjoying the series! In the Sanparks regulations it specifically says it is okay if you sell your shots afterwards. This is in relation to photography, but I assume it applies to videos too. As I said, it's a bit of a grey area, but if Sanparks was being strict then every TH-camr would have to pay ~R6K per day since they will probably one day make a few cents from their videos 🙂.
Hey, incredibly interesting video!
We'd like to collaborate with you. Please let us know how we can get in touch
Hi. Thanks, but I'm not really interested in collaborating 👍