The original backlit Guanaco image was created in Torres del Paine National Park on my recent trip to Chilean Patagonia. I used the Gitzo 3532 LS carbon fiber tripod, the Mongoose M3.6 head, the Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS II USM lens, the Canon 1.4x EF Extender III (Teleconverter), and the Canon EOS-1D X. ISO 200. Evaluative metering -1 stop: 1/3200 sec. at f/9 in Av mode.
Central sensor Surround/AI Servo/Rear Focus AF on the rim light and re-compose. Click here to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial.
To see the original along with three other black;-lit Guanacos and to learn how to create Black-lit Magic click here.
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This is certainly a piece of art and I like the idea, and your tutorial on how you did it. I would prefer to see the halo in a more natural colour and actually I also like the Original RAW as shown on your website....
Hi Artie - Always nice to see you posting a wildlife shot. I too enjoyed the tutorial. I tried this with some reindeer shots in Svalbard. Getting it just right can be tricky and I had not thought about raising the saturation to alter the rim lighting color. Definitely creates another option. The eyelashes are great!
Love everything about this back-lit, except would wish for a more natural rim-light colour, understand this is a personal preference, and yes Artie have been a rear AF button guy for over a decade now, could never go back to the old system.
This is so original and also great fun, Sir Arthur-shows your playful nature as well as knowledge in terms of photography techiques-I am very taken with this image of yours-certainly a winner as far as I am concerned, inspiring "out-of-the-box" thinking and it makes me feel like a little mouse when I think of what I have achieved so far with my photography...