Not a serious one, but my friend and I in the blind had a slight disagreement on this photo. I like it, because the kit fox pup had been digging, the dirt on the nose is great. AND I liked the creosote hiding part of him slightly. However, I'm a biologist and like to see all the habitat.
He strives for more "clear" shots, and he sells ALOT more than I do.
Probably just a personal preference, but was curious to see what you guys thought.
Canon 7D
100 - 400 F10 1/200 sec (4 remote flashes set up around den)
ISO 400 and focusing was really tough!
Hi Stan Great points your making with the points of view !!
Personally I go for both !!! How? Try showing the environment in a pleasing way, here in particular is just fine but could be better without the prominent oof branches. Anything up front takes away more than in the rear. I feel environmental type images are much more difficult to come up with !!!
Do like it as presented, wish for the AF point to have been square on the face to have it razor sharp, would take eye away from other areas !! Would also darken the corners slightly do draw attention to the center !!! btw my mayor was zoology :) ... didn't do any plants !!!
A nice capture of this little guy. The bg habitat is lovely, but I do find the oof bush in the foreground to be distracting. You probably didn't have much option to move to the left to minimize that. Might consider removing one of the two catchlights.
Agree with all above, and-
Probably a biologist will "see" a wildlife photo differently than a photographer. A zoo/biologist may see a "story" in the photo, a photographer will see the "light" in the photo.
I can not tell there is dirt on the fox's nose I see a very small brown spot. Typical fox nose?? So that has no meaning to me. I'm not a zoologist. Etc.
Tom
Hi Stan,There is nothing wrong with either point of view.
There are images taken which represent behavior or simply to record a species. These are fine and have their own merit.Very often the maker was not necessarily looking for an artistic representation so the flaws we might find in an image are not an issue or concern to that person.
Thanks guys, all good points.
I would have loved focus to be razor sharp but we were focusing based on the light from headlamps layed on the ground and night stands. Any suggestions for focus lighting that won't scare the subject????
And no way to move, we were in a blind and this was the best chances I got in 3 different evenings. Pups, at least these, were real skiddish. Going to give it one more try before they start dispersing.
And I guess I'll still plead guilty to what I like most, but understand that I'm the minority. I love pics of animals looking around something at the photographer. It brings back the excitement of anticipation of "Will I get the pic?", but I'll remember that's more of a personal choice when I finally put together a portfolio/website.
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