What’s Your Preference?

sdo · #1 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 03:39 AM

I went to the zoo to take a look at the new cheetah exhibit and to try out the new 400mm f/5.6 lens that I'd rented from lensrentals.com. I hadn't expected (or was even trying) to find shots that would go together in a triptych, but when I was reviewing the shots, these stuck out at me. They just seem to work well together (at least to my eye), so I fired up Photoshop and threw some text on the photo to make it more like a gallery print and this is the result.

The three shots that make up this triptych were shot at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL. The camera is a Canon 7D and the lens is a Canon 400mm f/5.6L. They were all shot in Av mode at ISO800 f/5.6 and a speed of 1/100 to 1/160. They were somewhat hand-held though I was able to set the lens down on a fence for stability. I had to make some post-processing adjustments to get them all to have roughly the same looking exposure. They were cropped to focus on their faces. There was also a fence wire that went around the top of their cage. It got in the way a bit and left a blue tint even though it was far out of focus. I desaturated the blue to more or less get rid of the affect.

Anyway, I think these worked as a tripych. Agree? Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks!

chl0e · #2 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 01:17 PM

Lovely set of photos, they really do look cool together!

Chloe
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arsifferlen · #3 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 06:48 PM

he looks sad in the first, and full in the third.

tchudson · #4 (**permalink**) 02-11-2010, 10:33 PM

I love these. But then, just about any shots of big cats work for me.

bdbolin · #5 (**permalink**) 02-12-2010, 01:59 AM

Very - very cool set of shots!

ZannieGirl49 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-12-2010, 02:09 AM

I think that these work really well as a triptych. The differences in the cat's expression make it totally work for me. They're great shots, thanks for letting us know how you captured them.