Baby Monkey eats
Aug, 2015Views
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Location
The photo was taken at the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary, in Ubud Bali.Time
To be honest, I don't remember the exact time of day. We were in Ubud for a week long vacation with friends and our days started around 8am as our driver came to the villa to take us into the town. The tree line within the sanctuary hid almost all views of the sun, which I think gave great lighting for this shot. To my best guess, the photo was taking closer to 11am.Lighting
I love shooting with natural light. Almost all my photos, I do not use flash because of the harsh lighting it places on subjects. With this picture, the natural light gleaming in from the lush tree lines was perfect. It was direct sunlight, but enough that a flash wasn't needed and the image wouldn't become grainy or "noisey." because of the lack of light. I'm by no means a good photographer as I don't/can't remember the rules, settings and positions for the perfect photo. I do love photography and shoot what I see. This photo I miraculously was able to capture everything I saw with just the push of the button. No editing was done on this photo and for that Im am beyond proud.Equipment
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T2i Lense: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6IS I "think" I had my filter on this day: vivitar series 1 UV 58mm. No Flash or tripod. iso: 800 focal length:194mm f/5.6 1/250Inspiration
I like to try and capture things within their natural/candid state. I think the term is called "lifestyle" photography in the photographer world? To me, these types of pictures speak more to the viewer then those that are posed. Animals are a lot easier to capture in this way, in my opinion. When I saw the monkey sitting there eating on a rock, without a care about the people around it, I had to take the shot. It was so tiny sitting there in the Big open space surrounded by so much. You could see its eyes watching everything, soaking it all in while it ate.Editing
I did no editing on this image. What you see, is exactly what I saw when I pushed the button on my camera. This is my "style" when I photograph. I try my best to capture everything within my camera and so I do not have to use any post-processing. Again, I try and in this case, it worked! This has become my favorite picture for that reason.In my camera bag
I carry my camera equipment in lower-pro backpack, with three sections. 1. lower camera compartment, 2. upper backpack, and 3. full back h2O compartment. Lenses: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6IS, Canon EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6 III USM, and canon EF-S 18-55 1:3.5-5.6 IS. Filter lenses: vivitar series 1 CPL 58mm, sunpak 58mm ultraviolet, vivitar series 1 FLD 58mm and vivitar series 1 UV 58mm Flash: Speedlite 430EX II Lens cleaning items and quite a few SD cards. I use a Mac for uploading of all my photos. I plan on growing my arsenal of equipment. I love all things photography, even the old stuff.Feedback
To be honest, I think Im the last person you would ask for advice. I just point and shoot most of the time, winding up with some stellar shots and some not so stellar. This picture is a prime example, that sometimes it works. You do need to get to know your camera and the lenses/ equipment you buy for it. Take your camera out and just shoot. Make mistakes and you will possibly get some great shots. I would say research what you are going to capture to make sure you know what you are getting into. I do use pinterest a lot to get quick instructions if I know exactly what Im trying to capture and know that certain settings are needed. My memory is horrible, so those quick setting cheat sheets are perfect to save and keep handy. Some of my most devastating defeats are walking into a shot, taking the picture and it not turning out at all like I wanted, then going home to research and realizing there was way more work for that type of shot. For instance, moon photography. My husband purchased the 75-300mm so that I could capture the moon a lot more clearer. The first time I used it, I had no idea what settings and equipment I needed, I just went outside on a full moon and pushed the button. My photo came out blurry, because I had no tri-pod to stabilize my camera, the image turned out grainy because I had the wrong settings and I don't own photoshop to crop the moon image into the landscape image like most all the photos you see these days. That last part is my biggest heart break. For someone who loves not doing post-editing, the moon and landscape photos you see are some of the biggest users of that software and it broke my heart that I may never capture it that way. I also just browse the internet and the photos on it, ie. Veiwbug. If I see a photo I like, I try to go out and recreate it. This helps to either broaden your capabilities or shows you what exactly what you are capable or want to capture. I've come to see that I don't care much to capture people. Most people want a perfect, cookie cutter photo they saw somewhere. Im not great at capturing those type of photos, nor do I care to outside of my family and friends. I do however love to capture animals, flowers, the moon and the life surrounding us. We are able to travel a lot, so I get to capture all the things quite a lot. Most importantly, you have to love photography. When you love what you are doing, it shows in your work. I think that is why my animal photos turn out better then my people photos. :D I enjoy taking pictures of everything, but I love taking photos like my monkey eating.
