Luiz Paulo Grinberg
December 2024 - Crossing
About the Image(s)
"Crossing" was taken at the Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya), at 11:11 am. The light was burst, and the day was cloudy. That was the expedition's highlight: watching the "Great Migration" of hundreds (even thousands) of wildebeests that had been traveling around Tanzania and Kenya plains in search of pastures. I wanted to convey the stressful crossing of those animals trying to get to the other side of Mara River. Even tough that was not a long distance, once in a while a puppy or even an adult succumbs in the jaws of a crocodile. I set up my camera to 1/5000 sec to guarantee the freezing of the movement and the splash of the water. My aperture was f/14 and the auto ISO gave me 11400. I was using the Nikon Z8 with a NIKKOR Z 180-600 mm at 600 mm. Turning the photo into BnW emphasized the shapes and contrast between the animals and the water.
5 comments posted
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(Groups 2 & 3)
I wonder if you took any with a slower shutter speed?
As far as the crop, it's a hard decision to make. In general, you want to include the entire animal in front of a group but can clip those in the BG. In this situation (at least this moment) that was not possible. But I am bothered by the clipping of the two heads in the lower left. OTOH the one leaping in the upper left the most dynamic aspect of the image. So I think you make if (as I assume) the foreground is the original and not a crop.
Lillian   Posted: 12/22/2024 18:35:07