Zoo3
Feb, 2016Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photograph was taken in April 2015 at the famous Zoo in Berlin. We were there on holiday. The lions were very difficult to photograph because they are in captivity behind strong fences. It was difficult to get a head-shot of the lion without showing the fence. I had to get as close as I could with the lens almost protruding through the fence. The hardest part was waiting for it to make eye contact with me. It took over 30 minutes to get this image.Time
It was taken at 12:30 in the afternoon.Lighting
There wasn't much natural light within the lion enclosure so I had to set a high ISO value of 2000 because it wasn't possible to use flash and startle the lions!Equipment
This photograph was taken with an Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera and an Olympus M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 zoom lens. The focal length was 145mm.Inspiration
I always wanted to get a head-shot of a lion.Editing
My usual post-processing workflow is to import the RAW files into Adobe Lightroom and rate them to determine which ones will be edited and which shots are non-keepers. I'll then use a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop with the excellent Nik (Google) plugins. This particular shot was processed using Silver Efex Pro 2 which is my favourite tool for producing black and white images.In my camera bag
My DSLR is a Canon 7D Mark II. However, I don't tend to take this on holiday because the camera bag is too heavy and impractical. I now own an Olympus O-MD E-M5 Mark II which I think is excellent and much more portable. This photograph was taken with an OM-D E-M5 which was traded in for the Mark II model.Feedback
Try and get as close as you can so as not to include distracting elements and be patient!
