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pgo images is the work of Per-Gunnar Ostby, a wildlife and travel photographer based in London England. Equipment Whilst in Botswana in early 2003, I was finally convinced of the value of digital and decided to take the (expensive) plunge and bought myself a Canon EOS 1Ds. It took very little time for me to be completely convinced of the value and I have shot hardly any film since, and in early 2005 I upgraded to the brand-new Canon EOS 1Ds Mark 2, and in June 2007 to the Canon EOS 1D Mark 3. Lenses include a 600 f4L IS, 300 f2.8L IS 100-400 f4.5/5.6L IS, 70-200 2.8L IS, 15mm f2.8 Fisheye, 16-35 f2.8L, 24-70 f2.8L, 15mm f2.8 Fisheye, 85 1.2L, 180 F3.5L Macro. Previous to this nearly all of images on this site were shot on slide film (my favourite being Fuji Provia), primarily with the Canon bodies Eos 1v, Eos 3, Eos 50e, Eos d50, with underwater work on a Nikon f100 in a Subal body, and a medium-format Bronica etrsi In early 2005 I switched to shooting RAW, initially using the excellent RawShooter, for post-processing, but after its demise I have happily migrated to Adobe Lightroom in which I do all my editing, categorizing, and converting from RAW. In general the only manipulation I do is in Photoshop CS, sharpening and leveling. For noise reduction I sometimes use Imagenomic's plug-in for Photoshop. Site Development The entire site is hand-coded by me in HTML, JavaScript and PHP, with the exception of the following key elements - the Lightbox, the Comments script and the Aksimet anti-spam filter utilized with the Word Press blogging system - which are available free on the net. I also recently started using the PSPad freeware editor, with which I am very happy. Sites such as javascript.com and CodingForums.com have been very useful when I've been stuck. Published Work Swimming Lion published in Summer 2007 edition of BBC Wildlife Magazine Below is non-exhaustive assortment of the operators and locations I would recommend Travel Companies
Safari Camps and Photographic Locations Mombo (Okavango Delta, Botswana) - in the midst of some of the finest game viewing in Africa sits possibly the best safari camp I know The Selinda, Botswana - an excellent camp in the northern reaches of Botswana Jack's Camp (Mkgadikgadi Pans, Botswana) - a beautiful camp in the stark beauty of the Botswana pans Chitabe (Okavango Delta, Botswana) - another of Wilderness Safari's excellent camps Duma Tau (Linyanti, Botswana) - another excellent Wilderness Safaris camp Serra Cafema (Namibia) - in the remotest part of Namibia sits a fantastic safari camp, one of my favourites Jaci's Lodge (Madikwe, South Africa) - a five star lodge in a fantastic private game park Thornybush Game Lodge (South Africa) - adjacent to the Kruger Norway Nature - excellent birding photographic trips in Flatanger. Work in concert with Wildshots. Hotels - a sampling of some of the best hotels I've stayed at Pousada Redfish - an excellent little hotel in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil Four Seasons Maui - top-notch beach resort in Maui Four Seasons Bali Sayan - one of the most sumptuous hotels I've ever stayed in Four Seasons Bali Jimbaran Bay - private pool, right on the beach, what else do you need to say? Palais Rhoul - pure luxury in an enwalled old palace in Marrakech, Morrocco The Red Mangrove on Santa Cruz, The Galapagos - a very comfortable boutique hotel to base yourself for day trips to the astonishing islands of the Galapagos The Peninsula, Beijing - a pricey but excellent hotel in the heart of Beijing. Try the apple martinis!!! Wickaninnish Inn (Tofino, British Columbia, Canada) - very nice hotel away from the crowds on the edge of the Pacific |
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