A2.16162 - Up Close & Personal ...
PHOTOGRAPHERS THOUGHTS …
Sometimes persistence pays off - and many times is doesn’t …
We were on a cruise in Walvis Bay, Namibia, when we were visited on-board by several pelicans. I decided to get some close-up images of their features, but trying to catch a front-on shot was not to be as easy as I thought. I think this character was out to make my life very frustrating. After about 40 shots, I finally captured one with the symmetry I was after …
LIGHT SOURCE
10.30am light hazy overcast conditions, which diffused the light nicely (no harsh contrast)
COMPOSITION ELEMENTS
Close-up, B&W (so as not to be distracted by colour), Symmetry, Lines, Neutral space, Eye contact, Patience, Wide Pano, Tonal graduation, Texture, Impact, Contours, Perspective, Luck …
LOCATION
Walvis Bay (near Swakopmund), Namibia, Africa
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Taken on Photographic Society African Trip Away on 15th July, 2019
SETTINGS
1/400, f5.6, 400 ISO, Manual Exposure based on blinking highlights in viewfinder, exposure meter & histogram, EV 0, AF, RAW, Fuji X-T2, Fuji 100-400mm (400mm on cropped sensor), Lightroom enhanced.
These ‘Photographers Thoughts’ are posted to aid photographers to recognise compositional elements, as well as the camera settings used, so you might learn from what worked, or through my mistakes … enjoy Greg
A2.16162 - Up Close & Personal ...
PHOTOGRAPHERS THOUGHTS …
Sometimes persistence pays off - and many times is doesn’t …
We were on a cruise in Walvis Bay, Namibia, when we were visited on-board by several pelicans. I decided to get some close-up images of their features, but trying to catch a front-on shot was not to be as easy as I thought. I think this character was out to make my life very frustrating. After about 40 shots, I finally captured one with the symmetry I was after …
LIGHT SOURCE
10.30am light hazy overcast conditions, which diffused the light nicely (no harsh contrast)
COMPOSITION ELEMENTS
Close-up, B&W (so as not to be distracted by colour), Symmetry, Lines, Neutral space, Eye contact, Patience, Wide Pano, Tonal graduation, Texture, Impact, Contours, Perspective, Luck …
LOCATION
Walvis Bay (near Swakopmund), Namibia, Africa
PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Taken on Photographic Society African Trip Away on 15th July, 2019
SETTINGS
1/400, f5.6, 400 ISO, Manual Exposure based on blinking highlights in viewfinder, exposure meter & histogram, EV 0, AF, RAW, Fuji X-T2, Fuji 100-400mm (400mm on cropped sensor), Lightroom enhanced.
These ‘Photographers Thoughts’ are posted to aid photographers to recognise compositional elements, as well as the camera settings used, so you might learn from what worked, or through my mistakes … enjoy Greg