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COMPETITIONS
Contemplation Don’s response
By Elizabeth McGinnes Photographing animals in a zoo environment
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Canon 600D; EF 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L IS USM II lens
nice and close to your subject(s), you often face
@ 400mm; f/5.6; 1/160 sec; ISO 800
the problem of fences between your lens and the
I found this little guy in San Diego Zoo. He was creature of interest. Backgrounds are generally busy
just chilling up the top of a branch in his exhibit and distracting too. Elizabeth has avoided those
and when I started to compose the shot, he looked issues and because her subject is one of our close
straight at me. I wonder what he was thinking? relatives, we can 'read' the watchful, but relaxed
In the three minutes he looked at me, I think simian expression that is at the heart of this portrait.
I took more photos than for the entire rest of the
day at the zoo!
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