Grayham Allott Photography

Hi there,

What a great album, your photo's truly reflect the diversity of the wildlife in Africa. Especially love the photo of the Giraffe and Wild Dog.

Well done Lintrathen

Welcome to PN! You have some marvelous wildlife images in your portfolio, well done! South Africa is a very beautiful country. Happy clickings, Kon

You have some fabulous photos here, Grayham. They are such a pleasure to see. There is nothing that compares to seeing these beautiful animals in their natural habitat. All the best to you.

I would like to Thank you for your visit and critiques you have given me over the year. Wishing you and the family Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. All the best in 2010.

Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas. May the new year brings you all success, happiness and peace. Many greetings and best regards, Linh Dinh

Very interesting and nice wildlife collection Grayham, hope to see more of your works and thank you very much for your comment on my Rexy.

Best regards Sadegh

Hello Grayham...Thanks a lot for taking out time and going through my portfolio and your encouraging comments on my work. I am still a newbie and learning as I go along. I recently posted a photo of the Sun Temple in Konarak, Orissa, in my single shots folder. If you could take time out and take a look and leave some comments I would be much obliged. I myself like wildlife photography very much. You have an absolutely great portfolio. Thanks again and regards - Suvendra.

Thanks a lot Grayham for taking out time to comment so comprehensively on that shot of the temple. I actually don't carry any filters with me when travelling for the simple reason that I don't have any and also I wouldn't know which to use when even if I had them. :) I had to increase the saturation and sharpness of that shot to make it presentable. Thanks and regards - Suvendra.

You got a beautiful pet in there,Raptor. Right? Your portfolio are outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you all for your kind and encouraging comments.
Regards

Thanks a lot Grayham for your comments. You are right about my shot "Reflections". After taking the shot I realised that there was no unique point of interest in the shot. I guess I would have done better had I taken a shot of any single subject. Your crop of the shot however improved the visual aspect. And no..I don't mind the cropping you have done at all. In fact I will be grateful if you take the liberty of voicing your opinion (and modifications if any) of my shots without any reservation. Thank you once again for sparing your time. With warm regards and best wishes - Suvendra.

I know it will take me some time to truly appreciate all your photos, but it will be a pleasurable time for sure. I'm so glad you happened upon my portfolio, as I had never seen yours. What an exciting life it must be, and your 'Louise' must be one special woman, you are so fortunate to have her as a 'mate'........I am getting tired - far beyond my bedtime. I will be back to visit soon, sincerelly, Gail

hola grayham very nice shoots congratulations

Africa Calls!
I wish I was there!

Thank you for visiting, and for your kind comments.
Regards

Engaging, spectacular, technically clear - I don't know what else to say. Nothing superfluous, everything speaks for itself.

Andrew.... thank you so much..... you are too kind. Your comments are gratefully received.
Best regards

Grazie per la tua piacevole visita,e complimenti per la tua Africa, ricca di avventure ! Saluti Paul

An excellent portfolio. Thanks for coming to see my pictures. I hope you'll watch my others shotsmy shots, to gime me some suggestions.
Ciao. Giò

Paul and Giovanni..... thanks for stopping by and looking at my images. Your kind comments are appreciated.
Regards

every image is perfect and well composed
Regards,
Subhankar

Thank you very much for your comment about my Rexy and I'm so happy that a expert breeder like you have this opinion on this beautiful dog. We all at family really love him. He is a very brave and proud dog. We have 3 other dogs (Bijoux which is Belgian shepherd) (Rocky & Larisa , they are Great Dane) but Rexy is something else. Your are absolutely right about this breed.

Thank you very much again and sorry for the late response.

Best regards Sadegh

Subhankar and Sadegh..... thank you for visiting and your kind comments. May the New Year bring you many photographic opportunities.
Regards

Thanks Grayham for your kind words on one of my shots. I have really enjoyed your wonderful port, I see that you love the animals. At the same time I want to wish you "Merry Xmas and a Wonderful New year 2011 " Peace, Love, Health and lots of shots, best wishes from Mexico // Salvador

Hi Salvador........ thank you for your Xmas salutation and my best wishes to you and yours.
Regards

A wish

excellent work

May you have a very Memorable Christmas Season, filled with moments that will truly bring a smile when you recollect them in future years. Many thanks for your kind Support, Encouragement, and Inspiration, throughout the year. I am truly thankful for your Friendship here on PN and look forward to seeing your lovely images in the New Year, most sincerely, Gail

*I do hope in the New Year, I'm able to have the time to really delve into your wonderful photos Graham...so much to see and learn! what a pleasure it would be!!!

We want to thank you for your support during this year and we wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!
Best regards,
Linh Dinh

Hi Subhankar, Grigoriy. Gail and Linh..... thank you so much for your Xmas wishes and your visits to my portfolio during the year. Here's hoping that 2011 is a great year for us all.
Happy New Year.
Regards

Very nice portfolio! And thanks for rating my 'Next Door' photo. Hope you have a wonderful New Year.
Diane

Hi Grayham!
This is an amazing portfolio! Very inspirational and imaginative. I loved your seascapes - simply breathtaking! A real treat.
Thank you for commenting on my pictures - as a beginner, I appreciate any comment, advice, suggestion or critique.
Thanks once again and Happy New Year!
Irina

Diane and Irina..... thank you so much for your visit and kind comments.... both equally appreciated.
Irina.... we are going south to Denmark (SW Australia) for an extended weekend in mid Feb and hope to find some great countryside to shoot.
Thanks again.
Regards

Beautiful collection of nature photography. Thanks for sharing and well done.

Thank you Raymond..... I appreciate your visit.
Regards

thanks for your comments.you have beautiful pictures.
regards

Paramdeep..... thanks for stopping by.
Regards

Thank you for comment, much appreciated

Congratulations for your wonderful portifolio. I expect one day I can go to Africa to take some beautiful photos as you do. Thanks for your comments on my last posting about New Zealand Cathedral. Regards, Chico do Vale

Thanks for stopping by Francisco. A trip to Africa will surpass all others....... it is an absolute smorgasbord of Wildlife. Hope you make it some day.
Regards

Hi,
My picture comes from a speedway training that took place on a frozen lake near Gdansk (Poland). Thank you for visiting.
Regards

You have a beautiful and versatile portfolio. Thank you for viewing and commenting on my photo.
Best regards,
Wei

........ thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate your visit.
Regards

hola amigo
gracias por tus comentarios de mi foto
espero por enseñar mas de mi trabajo
saludos
esto es mas de lo que hago.
www.camilofotografia.com

Grayham,
Thank you for the kind words about my photographs.
Yours are also terrific. Your portrait work is very nice, you should keep at it.
-Mark

Hi Mark... thank you for your kind comments and words of encouragement.
Regards

Very nice nature work, "Africa calls" is especially beautiful .Enjoyed the "travel".

Graham, for leaving a comment on my portfolio. You are right and I have now followed your advice to organize the photos into folders, at an early stage. You know how it is - rather do some fun stuff than organizing, right? You have got some really beautiful wildlife pics here. I hope one day I'll make it to Africa... Claudia

......... thanks for your visit and kind comments. I have two annotated presentations on PN..... My Favourites and Addo Elephant Park, should you like to extend your "journey".
Thanks again.
Regards

.......... thanks for stopping by. I will look at your "organising" skills next (smiles).
Africa, for the photographer, is God's own country and a visit will give you life-long memories......... hope you make it someday.
Regards

Hello Grayham,
After finding your kind comments on my portfolio, of course I had to return the visit...and I'm so glad I did. Your photos are truly amazing. I've been captivated by elephants from a very, very young age, (reincarnation? :) and "The Addo Elephant National Park" presentation brought tears. I've gone back several times and examined each photo in detail. Wonderful.
Also, "An Entrance Marker to a Farm" has been added to my favorites. All the best, Beth

.......... notations to my Presentations seem to slip under my radar, so my aplogies for the delay in reply.
So pleased you found (and enjoyed) my Addo elephants...... they are the gentle giants of the bushveld (generally). If you would like to continue your elephant "journey" you may like to look at my "Favorites" presentation that holds images from the Pilanesberg National Park.
Thank you for visiting, and your kind comments.... both are really appreciated.
Regards

Hi Grayham, my daughter has missed her bedtime because I have been captivated by your photos. Truly wonderful shots! I Have subscribed to PN so will upload some more of my efforts in due course. Best regards, Gareth.

Welcome to PN........... and thank you for your visit and kind words. I look forward to more of your work.
Regards

Hi Grayham,
I've really enjoyed stopping by your portfolio. Beautifully captured and composed nature shots. Lovely work. All the best. Sarah.

.thank you for your visit and kind comment. Hope to see you again.
Regards

I love your lions, congrats, and all lovely images.

Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I do miss the opportunity to shoot the King as often as I used to. Australia is just too damn far away (smiles).
Best regards

I read you Bio and envy your trayectory throw many years of wonderful image taken...all your images are well composed and beautifuly exposed, I really enjoy your collection. I be back! Thanks for your help, I highly appreciate you taking the time. Warm regards from Miami.

........... thank you so much for taking the time to view my portfolio, I really appreciate your time.
Thanks also for your kind and generous comments. Photography is my hobby.... keeps me sane and gets me out in the fresh air.
Best regards

I’m not in the habit of explaining my art, which is about feeling rather than seeing, and one either feels my images or doesn’t, but since the same issues seem to arise again and again, you’ve prompted me to cobble together a brief statement of intent, something I can use as a personalized form letter in the future.
No Grayham, I did not use a “pin-hole” lens cap, I wouldn’t know where to begin. I have no interest in pin-holes or lenses or f-stops or anything else related to the techno side of photography. Not being a painter, I employ photography as a vehicle to achieve my goal. I use a camera to “sketch” my images before scanning them into the computer where I can achieve the effects that “speak” to me, the same way a painter will sketch from nature before retiring to the studio to finish the work. I prefer to call it photo-based art, in an attempt to remove the stigma of photography as a bastard form.
“Look, for me the smaller image is the better version…” You’ve got it completely backwards. The image, most of my images, should be printed huge. You worry far too much about my “imperfections.” Has it not occurred to you that every effect is the result of a conscious choice? I am not a dabbler. What you see in my body of work is a consistent and hard won personal style. But then, you don’t feel my images.
Yes, I’m drawn to the vignetting, moodiness, and atmospherics of the Old Masters. I often hear the relatively unsophisticated comment that my works reminds someone of a painting. I think the way they mean it is in assuming that I simply push a button in Photoshop to create a painterly effect. Trust me, I could map out the list of tools and steps taken to create those effects, and they still, in a dozen lifetimes, would not be able to recreate it.
Vision lies between the ears, not in focal length, sharpness, or accurate color. The vast majority of the images shared on photo.net and similar sites are utterly meaningless, they evoke absolutely nothing. Why they’re even posted under Fine Art is beyond me. At best, they’re “pretty,” and those are the images that garner the most responses. They’re easy to like by people who have no interest whatsoever in art. Bluntly put, American really don’t give a shit about art.
Here’s how it works. I’m standing beside someone, they have a camera. A dog walks past. He snaps a photo of the dog, shows it to me, leaving me entirely befuddled. What was the point? Had I never seen a dog, I’d be quite impressed. But I’ve seen dogs, in fact, I was there when he snapped the photo. Unless he has an entirely new way of presenting the image of that dog, I’m not interested.
And, without any attempt to insult you, I see the same in your own work. Photos of elephants, lions, and zebra. Yes, they’re all very nice, but nice is not nearly good enough, has nothing to do with art. In the most basic sense, they’re about photography, but only in the sense of having used a popular mechanical device to record the image. They don’t transcend the image, the raw material. In some of your images, the composition and groupings are already there, so why not go far, far beyond, show us elephants like they’ve never been seen before. Tragic, mysterious, otherworldly elephants, anything but…just elephants. They’re “pretty,” but they have nothing to do with art.
So now you know what I was hoping to achieve. Am I satisfied with each and every image? No, of course not. Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Onward and upward with the arts!
Hans Bauer

I have copied this response to your ROLL CALL image thread.
Regards

LIKEWISE, A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS, SIR.
HANS B

Season's Greetings from South Africa. Thank you so much for your lovely message left at my Port.
I also would like to thank you for your great support and lovely comments left every time there was a capture posted and sometimes before I even posted it for C&C.
Have a wonderful Christmas with your lady and family as well as friends and may the New Year only bring you all great health,happiness as well as those great captures to follow. Enjoy and have a great time.
Warmest Regards
Johanna

Dear Grayham, wishing you and all your loved ones a very merry Christmas and the best New Year ever. I would like to take this opportunity and thank you for your tremendous support and encouragement during year 2011. Best regards, Linh Dinh

Hans, Johanna and Linh............. looking forward to seeing your 2012 postings.
Best regards

Hello Grayham,
Thank you for visiting my site and commenting on my recent bird pictures. You really have an impressive collection of pictures in your portfolio. I especially appreciate your birds and raptors.
Best regards Per.

Delighted to have you visit my portfolio and I thank you for your generous comments.
I too have enjoyed your recent bird images, and look forward to more in 2012.
Seasons Greetings

Hi Grayham
Thanks for stopping by my pages. I very much appreciate your comments about my improvement. Not sure I have improved as much as I would like but I'm still enjoying the learning.
I always enjoy a look around you images and now see you are branching out into portraits, good luck with your endeavours. I find the lighting very hard work to get right.
KInd regards
Gareth

Thanks for stopping by, and your generous comments on my images in general.
Yes, the lighting is the "bane of my life" too. The few models at my disposal are of very fair skin, so any direct sunlight causes white "blowouts". I'm working on it though.... thanks to the patience of the models.
Best regards

Hi Grayham,
You have a very interesting portfolio. I particularly like your bird and animal photos. I was in Africa in 2007 and going again in September this year, a lovely place to visit. Thank you for your comment on my Spruce Grouse, and yes I agree a more so diffuse BG would have been better, but one cannot get a bird to move when he is in the middle of a serenade!!

I'm green with envy over your September trip to Africa..... you enjoy it, and I look forward to your images later in the year.
Thank you for looking through my portfolio and for your kind comments on a couple of the genre there.
Good comments are always well-received (smiles).
Best regards

Grayham,
Your portfolio is truly international! I love seeing your birds from all over the world. You have captured the rainbow of colors so well. My favorites are the herons, all forms. You have such a thorough treatment of them. I read your biography as well and it is very interesting. Thanks for sharing that. And thanks for stopping by my portfolio. I really appreciate your kind words and the fact that you were the first to do so. And thanks for commenting on my mallard shot as well. You were right, it was morning light.
Phil

Thank you so much for your time in visiting my portfolio, and for the generous comments left here.
Much appreciated
Regards

What a bonanza of shots? Great episodal pics indeed. Though all are extremely good, 7 and 9 are my favourites. Looking for more, Rgds

Thank you for visiting my portfolio and leaving some nice comments. I appreciate your time.
Best regards

Beautiful portfolio Grayham,such diversity, loved looking through it.

I'm delighted with your visit and kind comments. From such an accomplished and published photographer, I am overwhelmed, and thank you for your time.
Your bio tells me who you are and what you are about and I appreciate your concern (and beliefs) about the plight of our Fauna here in Australia.
Best regards

Enjoyed browsing through your portfolio. The African photos were a favorite. My young grandson was fortunate to travel there a year ago and shared many of his photos with me. I enjoyed all of the birds as well and checked a few slide shows of your folders. I'll be back. Thanks for sharing.

So nice of you to visit and leave such encouraging comments. Yes, PN's slideshow option does give a nice viewing perspective and I to, give it a whirl on some members folders from time to time.
Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again.........
Best regards

beautiful portfolio.
about 20 years back I went on Safari too, but I did not have the equipment, I have now. Those very nice scenes, I saw it, but the photos are in my head only.
Your pictures represent what I saw, and they are beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with me, i kept some in my "hard-drive" to show my grand-children.
Thank you for your interest in my pictures and helping me to make them even better.
Regards
Wobby

Thank you for your visit and most generous comments. Africa is an amazing place for photography and should be on every photographers "bucket list".
I'm glad my images brought back good memories for you.
Stay well
Regards

Thanks for your kind welcome and comment. You have a wonderful variety of birds and animals, some of them I've never seen before. Africa is a dream, and some day I will go there... hopefully there will be some animals left alive. Tommy.

I really appreciate your visit and kind comments........ thank you.
Africa is amazing, and I really hope that it is high up on your "bucket list"
Best regards

Hi Grayham...Congratulations on a fine compilation of images. The wildlife is great & I especially like the photos you got of the Raptors. And what a great opportunity to obtain those images of the African wildlife - beautiful.
Best wishes...Paul R Farley.

So pleased that you found my portfolio and that you found it worthy of leaving such a nice comment.
Thank you so much for your visit.
Regards