Showing posts with label animal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2016

Black and White: Horse Photography

Fall by Ivan Borys on 500px.com
Fall - Ivan Borys (500px)
Cold Wait by David Bair on 500px.com
Cold Wait - David Bair (500px)
Love by Max Bryan on 500px.com
Love - Max Bryan (500px)
winter by Jesper Hake on 500px.com
winter - Jesper Hake (500px)
3 Horses by David Donohue on 500px.com
3 Horses - David Donohue (500px)




Monday, June 13, 2016

Black and White - Giraffe Photography

A tower of giraffes by Jonas Stenqvist on 500px.com
A tower of giraffes - Jonas Stenqvist (500px)
Shady Giraffe, B&W by Denis Roschlau on 500px.com
Shady Giraffe, B&W - Denis Roschlau (500px)
Giraffe Trio by Urszula Kozak on 500px.com
Giraffe Trio - Urszula Kozak (500px)
Giraffe in a Storm by Morkel Erasmus on 500px.com
Giraffe in a Storm - Morkel Erasmus (500px)
Split Sip by Joshua Kelsey on 500px.com
Split Sip - Joshua Kelsey (500px)






Sunday, April 17, 2016

Saturday Morning at the Zoo

Saturday morning at the Zoo. - When wildlife
awakens.

Some weeks ago I went to the Basel Zoo together with some of my photography friends. An opportunity to use once more the big glass sitting most of the time in the storage at home.

Erdmännchen by Andreas Müller on 500px.com


My setup for the day was the following:

Camera: Nikon D4
Glass: Nikkor 300mm f2.8 VR II together with teleconverter TC-20E III
Support: Manfrotto

For results visit my 500px profile.
Cheetah by Andreas Müller on 500px.com




Main difficulties taking photographs at the zoo using long focal length setups are caused by finding the right perspective across the fence and finding the right background.
Most of the time, even tough not in focal plane, the very geometrical structure of the fence causes blurred areas in pictures to end up with certain unwanted structure.
Same applies to background. In a zoo the farfield background often is something one would not expect the main subject - exotic animals - to sit in.

More images of my friend Joe Lackner using Nikon D800 with the Nikkor 200 - 500 mm lens can be found at http://joephoto.jimdo.com/tiere/zoo-basel/