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upload_dateDec, 2014

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24 Comments |
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta March 23, 2015
Beautiful capture. Congratulations on being Featured.
Wendy-May
 
Wendy-May March 23, 2015
Fab shot!
akhtarkhan
 
akhtarkhan March 23, 2015
Wonderful capture, congrats on the feature.
Remraf
 
Remraf March 23, 2015
Great shot!
SamWellsArt
 
SamWellsArt March 23, 2015
Thank you! :)...my first feature...excited! :)
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tetvet March 23, 2015
nice shot, congrats
chuckrickman
 
chuckrickman March 23, 2015
Gnarly! Congrats on being featured.
CaroMailly
 
CaroMailly March 23, 2015
Congratulations on being Featured It's a great photo
noahshoaib
 
noahshoaib March 23, 2015
beautiful
tmlakshmi PRO
 
tmlakshmi March 23, 2015
congrats
Timbo
 
Timbo March 23, 2015
Nice colour constrast...... Well done
kathyk_abq
 
kathyk_abq March 23, 2015
wonderful portrait! Congrats on being featured! :)
SamWellsArt
 
SamWellsArt March 23, 2015
thank you everyone for the nice comments :)
kkat Platinum
 
kkat March 23, 2015
Love these beauties!!
SamWellsArt
 
SamWellsArt March 24, 2015
lol thanks CaptureLife77..they are the cutest cows i have seen :)
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 March 25, 2015
LOVE this...Congrats! ")
Time-Is-Momentary
 
Time-Is-Momentary March 27, 2015
Beautiful!
rueromani
 
rueromani March 31, 2015
I love this photo I want to frame it in my home!
SamWellsArt
 
SamWellsArt March 31, 2015
i'm glad you like it rueromani :) I have just checked my website and it's the only one i missed putting on there..doh! It's on there now lol :)
donnescott
 
donnescott May 31, 2015
incredible shot, love the colors. The animals are awesome. What type of cow is it? congrats.
SamWellsArt
SamWellsArt May 31, 2015
Thanks donnascott...i believe they are Scottish Highland cows :)
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laurajane_1735 August 25, 2015
Love the wooly koos. Nice blurred, abstract background.
daniyyeln
 
daniyyeln August 30, 2015
Beautiful!
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mihrt January 17, 2016
Excellent captured!
SamWellsArt
SamWellsArt February 04, 2016
thanks, first time i had seen these cows :)
lyoung403b
 
lyoung403b November 04, 2019
Nice!

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Behind The Lens

Location

Alverstone on the Isle of Wight

Time

This was taken around 1pm on the 27th November 2014

Lighting

The lighting was actually quite good considering it was November and it was very overcast and damp, and it rained about an hour later.

Equipment

I used my Canon EOS 500D, with a EF-S 55-250mm canon lens, as this is the biggest zoom lens i own, and i had to take the photos from the road. I had the settings on iso 200, 135mm, 0 ev, F5, 1/80, and set to cloudy in camera. There wasn't time to set up my tripod, so i hand held or rested the camera on the metal gate.

Inspiration

I had gone out with a friend and we decided to go to the squirrel hide down in Alverstone. On the way we saw these cows in a field and stopped on a very narrow country lane to take some photos as i had never seen this type of cow up close before. Unfortunalty we could only stay for 5 minutes as the lane wasn't wide enough to stop, and cars couldn't pass us.

Editing

I used On-1 software for this photo with one of my own presets in effects. I started post processing images with On-1 as it was very easy to use when starting out. But now i am slowly getting the hang of Photoshop CC and do all my post processing in that and Lightroom.

In my camera bag

I had to upgrade my camera as the 500D was too noisy for my liking. I now have a Canon 70D with a variety of lenses and i take them all with me, as i never know what i might need. canon kit lens 18-55mm. canon zoom 55-250mm. Canon 50mm. Canon wide angle 10-18mm. And my absolute favourite is my Tamron 90mm.

Feedback

I don't really have any advice on capturing this type of image. I would just say, take all the lenses you have (with in reason lol) just incase you see something that inspires you enough to get your camera out. I didn't go out to take this image, i was actually going somewhere else to take photos. We saw these cows as we were passing, so always keep your eyes open :)

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