Good light and ...

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 13, 2012231 views11 comments

Good light and something interesting, that is what we are all very often after in Wildlife photography. How often doesn’t it happen you capture great action or interesting behavior, but the light is absolutely horrible!? Then when you do have good light during that golden hour, there is nothing happening or worse, not even a subject to shoot!? Too often indeed, but, luckily sometimes you get both, which is what keeps us motivated

. This particular morning wasn’t very promising at first with a lot of cloud cover in the East, but just as the sun rose above the horizon it managed to find a little gap to squeeze some soft light through.

Nxai Pan NP, Botswana.
Camera Model Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
Shutter Speed 1/640 Sec.
Aperture Value f/5.6
ISO Speed 800
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM + 1.4xTC
Beanbag

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11 comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on March 13, 2012 at 8:31 AM

Great interaction, very nicely captured ! I just love the light, pose and the fact that you were able to capture eyes of both.
I was just wondering if I would like to have some more room on the left & right side, but then would end up with square frame.

Jagdeep Rajput

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Comment posted by James Campbell on March 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM

You've said it all! Beautiful light and a lovely moment, well captured

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 13, 2012 at 7:12 PM

True words Vincent! Particularly true of my recent Kgalagadi trip. Most interesting behaviour observed at 12 noon. Many a morning/afternoon without anything interesting to shoot. As you said, the moments it does fall into place are what gets us going back again and again.

Lovely light and interaction here. Zebras always tend to deliver.

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Comment posted by Guy Runco on March 13, 2012 at 9:49 PM

Really cool shot Vincent, good light indeed.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on March 13, 2012 at 10:38 PM

I like the interaction you captured here and of course, the good light as well! Nice work!

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on March 13, 2012 at 11:40 PM

You are absolutely right, Vincent! You need 3 ingredients to make a good image - good lighting, a subject doing something interesting, and a good bg. This image has all three in ample measure!

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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 14, 2012 at 4:22 AM

Nice mood lighting for what I think is happening here. Awesome behavior photo Vincent!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on March 14, 2012 at 5:04 PM

With pose,light and DOF, this is one of the best Zebra photo I ever seen. TFS.

Registered on February 16, 2012, 118 Posts, 767 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 15, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Sweet light and perspective, Vincent.

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on March 15, 2012 at 5:37 PM

Awesome light! Really cool image! Hopefully I can get to Africa someday...

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Comment posted by Paul Whippey on March 16, 2012 at 7:22 PM

Superb detail, light and interaction. Your spot on with your comments on wildlife photography!

Registered on September 16, 2011, 16 Posts, 69 Comments