Exp: 1/500sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400
Gear: Canon 40D, 400F5.6L, Handheld
I finally got around to processing the rest of the images I shot at the zoo back in the beginning of the month. I came across another lion shot that I thought came out pretty good. I’m always surprised when I’m lazy and don’t process images right after they were shot, I tend to find images that I might have overlooked. The above image got overlooked because it was a part of a large series of images I shot of this lion. I think I’m going to make it a new work process to wait a little bit to process a whole set of images. It tends to make me much more willing to delete images that just don’t meet my own standards or have a composition that works.
The most interesting things that I’ve learned about photography in the past few months are the creative aspects. In the past I’ve been too focused on getting the shot, “is my exposure set right?”…”is my shutter speed fast enough to stop my motion/the subject’s motion?” I’ve started to slow down and be more methodical about how I shoot. I believe this is a side affect of the fact that I’ve started shooting in manual mode. This requires me to set the aperture/shutter/iso. So once my exposure is set the only thing left to do is take the image. I now do much more composing and seeing new images that I wouldn’t have before. Hopefully this will lead to a more creative set of images in the future…
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