The good old Warthog, a great character in terms of watching and to photograph in my book. Again, some people may wish for more space below for the
'virtual feet,' but for me it's all about the face and the character of this animal.
Steve
Subject: Warthog in golden light
(Phacochoerus africanus)
Location: Botswana
Camera: Canon MKIV
Lens: 500f/4 - HH
Exposure: 1/400s at f/5.6 ISO200
Crop: Slight crop
(original capture vertical)
Comments
7 comments-Cam
I think this is nice. Love the golden hues around him, makes him stand out and adds some vibrance to the overall image.
I hear you about the "feet"...see my recent image about the "tail"
I quite like this - image detail, colours, and your chosen depth of field all work together here to produce a very pleasing image. To me this is pretty much a portrait, and the missing feet don't bother me in the slightest. In a perfect world it would be nice if a few of those pieces of grass that overlap the snout/tusks weren't there, but they sure aren't a major problem (and nor would I advocate cloning them out).
Cheers...thanks for sharing this...
Brad
Morkel I think it depends upon the image, I looked at your Cheetah and as it's 98% in frame the clipped tail is a bummer, but not a deal breaker, however if the tail was in, then for me it's a cracker, but we all have different ideas and that's what makes each image different. As my is quite tightly cropped hoping for more focus on the face, the virtual feet bit IMHO isn't a big issue.
Kurt sometimes we get swayed by the classic or the more beautiful animals of Africa to photograph, but occasionally it's nice to shoot a variety and I have to say, these guys were really fun to photograph and allowing the opportunity to be a bit more creative in how we shoot, which I will post at some point, but I will prefix it by saying it could be a marmite image.
Thanks again guys.
Steve