A2.15505 - Yes, I had fish for dinner ...

PHOTOGRAPHERS THOUGHTS …

We were at Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia, at a 10,000 strong seal colony, and boy you knew it ... ! But that is nothing to the estimated 210,000 that arrive in the breading season (Nov-Dec).

So many opportunities, but finding or being lucky enough, is another thing entirely. The biggest problem is trying to isolate the subjects – there are just so many seals, laying all over each other ...

I was lucky enough to be composing for a head shot, when he decided it was my lucky day …

LIGHT SOURCE

12.30pm in July, with lightly overcast conditions, perfect for limiting the contrast and shadows.

COMPOSITION ELEMENTS

Luck, Colour, Lines, D of F, Unique subject, Simplicity, Neutral background, Focal point, Complementary colour palette, Texture, Action, Drama, 1:1 crop

LOCATION

Cape Cross Bay, Skeleton Coast, 130km north of Swakopmund, Namibia, Africa

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

Taken on Photographic Society African Trip Away on 14th July, 2019

SETTINGS

1/200th, f7.1 (sweet spot), 400 ISO, Manual Exposure based on blinking highlights in viewfinder, exposure meter & histogram, EV 0, AF, RAW, Fuji X-T2, Fuji 100-400mm (125mm 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

 

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