Grazing by photosynthesis
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Was taking a short walk on a road I wasn't familiar with, camera in hand & had a hard time finding subjects of interest to photograph. This was the best I could do that day. The toughest part of this shot was capturing the tail, which was swishing back & forth rapidly, at just the right position - it took me several tries (I know I should probably just shoot in burst mode, but I kind of enjoy the challenge of doing it the hard way sometimes). I took this from a pretty good distance away at high zoom & then played around with lens blur effects in Photoshop to bring the focus in on the subject. As always, zoom is better...
Comments (6)
Faemike55
Very moooving capture
bmac62
Cracking good shot Claude. Like your postwork too.
MrsRatbag
She's a lovely model; nice work getting her to jump out of the shot!
Nathan_Ruby
very cool post work! Great shot!
anahata.c
(I'm glad I went back to check my comments, this one came out garbled---server problems. I'll try again...) I like your blur-circle around the cow, it's a sweet gentle hug of your subject. It's another kind of "irising" to me (even though I know I'm using the word wrong, as it's supposed to be the black frame created by tightening the camera's iris around a shot; but bear with me because you're still creating a circle that envelops the shot, so I use the word for lack of any better). And re burst-mode: I know it's essential in action and sport shots, etc, but I've always felt I was cheating when I used it, because I had little control over the composition, etc. So I'm all for not using it, when possible. But you got the cow in a relaxed pose (grazing), and the tail is sweet, at the end of a 'sweep'; and you got detail on her body too, lots of wrinkles and her yarn-like strands on the end of her tail. Worth waiting for. I know animal photography takes patience. Once my childhood dog got "flashed" by a camera, and he didn't go NEAR a camera after that. He must've thought the world was coming to and end...But your wait paid off. A sweet shot, Claude.
danapommet
A sweet photo and great timing to catch the tail on this side of the cow!