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cameraEOS 50D

settings Aperture f/inf ISO 100 Shutter 1/400 

upload_dateJun, 2013

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8 Comments |
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta July 16, 2013
Terrific shot. Congratulations.
QHfilly
 
QHfilly July 17, 2013
Congrats on the Award :) Great shot!
gailannkaberlinebaierle
 
gailannkaberlinebaierle July 17, 2013
Awesome shot
gailannkaberlinebaierle
 
gailannkaberlinebaierle July 17, 2013
Congrats. Your work deserves recognition and an award.
jleiweke
 
jleiweke July 20, 2013
Congrats!
ThompsonsPhotography
 
ThompsonsPhotography July 22, 2013
great shot congrats
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cynthialesley December 13, 2015
GREAT AWARD!
DenaeAmber
 
DenaeAmber February 18, 2016
This photo is so colorful, and yet so serene. Just one of a kind! (Btw, is this by chance a Lineback bull?)

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Behind The Lens

Location

This is one of my favourite photos, I was lucky in that I had my wide angle on and that cow was in the right place munching its way to me. It happened to be very friendly as well. It was taken in Leicestershire on a walk. These cattle are not always in this area so doubly lucky.

Time

It was taken about midday on that day and it was lovely and warm, the cattle were enjoying the grazing as much as I was enjoying getting up close and personal to them. They were the stars here.

Lighting

The lighting was great at that time of the day and i was lucky that the sun didn't appear and ruin the shot from behind the cow.

Equipment

My choice of camera is the Canon 7D with my trusty and much used 8mm Samyang Fish eye. Always a great lens to get some weird and wacky shots from odd angles as in this case.

Inspiration

Simply that I was there and this lovely horned beast that was taking no notice of me was almost asking to be photographed ;)

Editing

The only post processing I used on this was Machinery HDR and playing with the colours and saturation.

In my camera bag

I normally carry my Canon 7D with a Sigma 18-250 mm for general purpose shots, my 8mm Samyang Fish eye and a trusty Canon 50mm 'the nifty 50' . I carry a backup Canon 450D just in case, along with flash and a Manfrotto Compact Tripod.

Feedback

The only advise I would give is be careful but go for the shot, not all horned cattle or so friendly!

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