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BBC2 this evening - Martyn Colbeck Photographer

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Posted by Sean Bolton on November 1, 2006 at 4:20 AM
Hi All

I have just spotted that there is a program about photographer Martyn Colbeck on BBC2 this evening. Martyn Colbeck is the guy who does the arty black and white elephant images.

Natural World at 8pm BBC2.

Not often nature photography gets featured on prime time telly so I thought I would mention it here as it might be of interest to forum members.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Tim Munsey on November 1, 2006 at 6:32 AM
I must set my memory for this (my mobile) cheers for heads up.

Tim
Posted by Dave Courtenay on November 1, 2006 at 9:18 AM
Sounds Good will set the tape-cheers for the tip off :toast:
Posted by Justin on November 1, 2006 at 2:05 PM
Excellent.Thanks Sean. :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on November 1, 2006 at 4:53 PM
That program was fantastic :toast:

Heart warming stories of the elephants, was very interesting :cool: .

His B & W shots of the 2 bulls fighting were awesome :toast: (as were all of his shots, and filming).
Posted by Justin on November 1, 2006 at 4:54 PM
What a superb program it was.Totally inspiring and very moving indeed.
I thoght Martyn's black and white images were outstanding,especially the ones conveying movement.



:toast: :toast:

Thanks again Sean.
Posted by Rob Fisher on November 1, 2006 at 5:05 PM
Great Program. Thanks for the tip. :toast:

I wonder how he decided when to film, and when to shoot stills?

Rob
Posted by Justin on November 1, 2006 at 5:17 PM
An excellent point! I'd imagine/guess that the filming took priority particularly when there was an oppurtunity to record new behaviour that he didn't already have on tape,and the photography may have mainly been done on those quieter moments and during times when the behaviour had already been recorded in depth.

Although saying that he mentioned there was only two serious fights that he witnessed in 15 years,so I'd love to know what he did in those situations,regarding video or stills.

Posted by Sean Bolton on November 1, 2006 at 5:29 PM
Very enjoyable and interesting program. I remember seeing some of Martyn's black and white photographs in the WPOY competition and they looked fantastic at the NHM, inspirational stuff.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Dave Courtenay on November 1, 2006 at 5:38 PM
Martyn is with the same agent as me and the agent said to me that when he walked in and put his slides on the table they signed him straight away as they had never seen anything like it,I see he does stuff for big cat diary etc for the beeb-would like to know how you can leave the uk and think right i am going to spend the next 15 years with elephants-great programme and hope there will be more :toast:
Posted by Rob Ashton on November 2, 2006 at 5:42 AM
He was in a unique position when he upped sticks and went out to Amboseli. Lucky guy to be able to spend 15 years in the company of Elephants.

Very interesting behavior captured on film too. Brilliant program by BBC2

Rob