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Friday, 4 November 2011

Young Swan Portrait


I will continue to post some photos and make some explanations regarding how I shot them, will try to do this once a week :)

This is a picture of a young Swan, it was shot at a local lake after an afternoon of photographing. The main objective was to get some good photos of some Gray herons (soon to be published). After a lenghty walk around and a good amount of photography me and my friend sat down to have a break, at this time some young swans swam up where we were sitting and started to polish their feathers.

I started to take some photographies in the hope of getting some nice photos with the swans in an unusual position, just to get something different, which is the challenge! Many photos of animals are in a common position and nothing much else to it, which makes for quite run of the mill basic photos.

He/She finally adopted this stance which I quite like, especially the negative space between the neck and the body, I also quite like the way the feathers look on the neck, so this was the one I choose out of a bunch of photos.

The things that I feel that could be improved is the space around the Swan, it would benefit from it. The white part of the body feels a bit over exposed and it would be nice with some more details there as well, else I'm quite satisfied with it!

Saturday, 29 October 2011

Squirrel


This picture of a Squirrel eating a leaf or seed from a tree was taken at Skansen open air museum, they live free there (so it is not a captive animal), but they are quite used to humans so he was just a few meters away from me (which was lucky as the minimum focusing distance of the lens is 1,8 meters),

Quite satisfied with it except it would have been fun to have a picture from it's eye level, but when i squatted to get another angle, he ran away.. but that is the charm with animals :)

The New Blog

Welcome be all, this is my new blog where I will share with you pictures, stories, tips and tricks and more regarding my photography, and my learning to become a better photographer!

I have always been interested in art and done a fair amount of drawing but in June this year, I bought a DSLR and have jumped into the wonderful world of photography! So I'm quite fresh in this world but I love every second of it!

I first did some travel photography but I got really interested in wildlife and bird photography, I love the serenity of the forest and just being calm and waiting, it is a wonderful feeling and really helps to relax and also the thrill of getting a good photo!

My current gear is:
Canon 500D
Canon 100-400 mm L USM IS
Canon 75-300 mm (kit lens)
Canon 18-55 mm (kit lens)
Tripod