Glenn Pure
03-11-2018, 06:08 PM
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Our guide told us that some animals seek 'shelter' on the pan: obviously not from the sun but being in the open, it is a lot easier to spot predators even though the pickings are slim. He also said that many of the big predators like lions are unable to roam as far from water as some of the herbivores so that provides some additional safety on the pan. I'm unsure about this shot. I did like the concept of 'animals against the stark flatness' but not sure it has worked that well here. I did try a number of shots at different times and places and felt this was about the best of them. It would have been nice if I'd had the full head visible of the zebra on the left side. This is a pano slice from the full frame.
Thanks for looking and any comments you may have.
Technical: Canon 80D with Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm handheld. Manual exposure 1/3200, f7.1, ISO 500. Processed in Canon DPP 4 (digital lens optimiser @ 50, Sharpness = 3, crop, lighting adjustments, reduced luminance NR) then exported 16 bit TIFF to Photoshop Elements. NR using Neat Image plus sharpening in Neat Image. Minor global lighting adjustments (midtone contrast, highlights). Sharpened in-focus band across middle of frame only (sharpness function: remove Gaussian blur, radius = 0.4 pixels, 50%) after final size reduction.
Our guide told us that some animals seek 'shelter' on the pan: obviously not from the sun but being in the open, it is a lot easier to spot predators even though the pickings are slim. He also said that many of the big predators like lions are unable to roam as far from water as some of the herbivores so that provides some additional safety on the pan. I'm unsure about this shot. I did like the concept of 'animals against the stark flatness' but not sure it has worked that well here. I did try a number of shots at different times and places and felt this was about the best of them. It would have been nice if I'd had the full head visible of the zebra on the left side. This is a pano slice from the full frame.
Thanks for looking and any comments you may have.
Technical: Canon 80D with Lens EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at 400mm handheld. Manual exposure 1/3200, f7.1, ISO 500. Processed in Canon DPP 4 (digital lens optimiser @ 50, Sharpness = 3, crop, lighting adjustments, reduced luminance NR) then exported 16 bit TIFF to Photoshop Elements. NR using Neat Image plus sharpening in Neat Image. Minor global lighting adjustments (midtone contrast, highlights). Sharpened in-focus band across middle of frame only (sharpness function: remove Gaussian blur, radius = 0.4 pixels, 50%) after final size reduction.