Lillian Roberts, APSA, GMPSA/B
December 2024 - Wildebeest Cluster
About the Image(s)
I wasn't sure how this image would do in competition, but it finished right away, achieving 11 acceptances in two circuits. I can't say exactly why, but some features it has going for it include the fact that the animals are all approaching the camera, and together form an inverted pyramid. Three-sided shapes tend to please the eye. I feel that the OOF impala grazing in the BG give a bit of environmental flavor as well.
Shutter speed: 1/1000 sec
Aperture: 11
Exposure mode: Manual
Exposure compensation: -1/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Lens: FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Focal length: 341mm
Lillian
4 comments posted
Deborah Albert
I agree with all you said but find the impala a bit distracting....maybe stronger if you crop the two from top and one on the left. Posted: 12/11/2024 17:24:04
Wild beast heads form a visual rhythm . Fory taste I will take out the Impalas from the behind
Posted: 12/19/2024 22:18:17
Posted: 12/19/2024 22:18:17
Pinaki, I'm sure you know that it's not permitted to remove elements from an image other than by cropping! Posted: 12/22/2024 18:41:38
I selected both this and my bird image this month specifically to illustrate that the pictorial "rules" don't always apply in competition. Judges are human and it can pay off to give them something unusual without being "weird." For that reason I often process images I'm not necessarily thrilled with but that catch my eye. This is such an image. It does not always work out well!
I recently played with a few from the same shooting, but I don't have any results from those exhibitions yet. None has the tight group of this image.
Lillian Posted: 12/22/2024 18:44:08
I recently played with a few from the same shooting, but I don't have any results from those exhibitions yet. None has the tight group of this image.
Lillian Posted: 12/22/2024 18:44:08