It's been a while since I have posted in this forum ( have been checking all the great work here almost on a daily basis though ) and wanted to get more active again.
Starting off is an image of two Wolves in the bavarian forest wildlife park intensely watching their pack-mates a little further down hill. As you can see both wolves are covered in snow, this is because the snow was stacked so high the wolves use their bodies to 'dig' a trench through the deep snow, in essence creating a path that they then use to traverse their territory.
While captive subjects (like these) may not be preferable for photographers, they do give a photographer (and basicaly anyone willing to wait and see) a wonderfull insight in the natural behaviour of these animals, it's like watching a great documentary (live, while your hands are freezing off )
A larger version can be seen here: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/largephoto.cgi?ref=141856
Tech: Canon 7D, 400mm f5,6 iso 800 and 1/400th. PS with Tk's action's/layers.
please note that (c) means this image contains captive subjects
Posted by David Taylor on March 1, 2010 at 12:32 PM
I find this a rather beguiling image which seems to undermine their fearsome reputation. I like it a lot. Perhaps more space to the left and less to the right would balance it better?
You have caught the moment perfectly with them both looking in the same direction. I wouldn't personally have just chosen to have them on the right, but the top right, so that they were looking down through the centre of the frame. Whatever, it is a fine shot. eric
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8 repliesIt's been a while since I have posted in this forum ( have been checking all the great work here almost on a daily basis though
Starting off is an image of two Wolves in the bavarian forest wildlife park intensely watching their pack-mates a little further down hill. As you can see both wolves are covered in snow, this is because the snow was stacked so high the wolves use their bodies to 'dig' a trench through the deep snow, in essence creating a path that they then use to traverse their territory.
While captive subjects (like these) may not be preferable for photographers, they do give a photographer (and basicaly anyone willing to wait and see) a wonderfull insight in the natural behaviour of these animals, it's like watching a great documentary (live, while your hands are freezing off )
A larger version can be seen here: http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/largephoto.cgi?ref=141856
Tech: Canon 7D, 400mm f5,6 iso 800 and 1/400th. PS with Tk's action's/layers.
please note that (c) means this image contains captive subjects
Glad you like it. I agree more space on the left and less on the right would have been better, sadly this is FF
Glad you like it. I agree more space on the left and less on the right would have been better, sadly this is FF
Rene de Heer
you know what I am going to say next though
As stated more space on the left and less on the right would make the image even better
Oh and get rid of that stick behind the RHS wolf
http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=141856&CGISESSID=2a59c562367dc0ed8cc639eee045a1aa&u=13830