Little goat (IMG_4979)
Little goat at a children's farm that I went to with my niece
Little goat at a children's farm that I went to with my niece
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Location
This photo was taken at Mead Open Farm, in Bedfordshire, England. I went with my sister and little niece, and found it a great opportunity to get some photos of the farm animals.Time
This must have been taken around half 10 in the morning, as we had not long been at the farm having got there for 10am opening. We had gone around to one of the barns with goats and donkeys, where this little chap was waiting patiently for a handful of feed.Lighting
The sun was just coming up over the barn, so was still quite soft lighting into the barn. With his head just peaking through the fencing it helped provide a darker background when focusing on his nose.Equipment
Canon EOS 700D (aka Rebel T5i outside of the UK I believe), which is my first and only dSLR which I had saved up and bought for myself. I had been recommended to buy the EF 50mm f/1.8 II as a cheap little prime lens, very glad I did as it has proven its worth many times over and allowed me to get this shot. Also is nice and small to carry about. Also no tripod or flash were used.Inspiration
This was not a planned shot as such, I just took the opportunity to tag along to the farm to give me more practice in taking photos of animals than the usual dogs and horses I photograph. As these were enclosed animals, I was trying to make the fencing work for me and be a part of the image instead of it just getting in the way.Editing
I usually only increase the contrast a bit to enhance my photos, but some work better with some further tweaks. For this, and a number of other photos, I use a preset as a base then further change contrast, saturation, highlights/shadows etc til I am happy with the effect I am going for.In my camera bag
I only have one body, Canon EOS 700D, which came with a EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS kit lens. This was all I had for a while, until I was given an EF 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM which fueled my desire to take more animal based photography. Eventually I added the EF 50mm f/1.8 II prime lens to my kit plus a wide angle lens, the EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM. Which allowed me to dabble in some landscape photography. And recently I was able to upgrade my zoom lens to the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, which despite the bulky thing it is I will carry to the end of the world with me. It most certainly travels with me if I am going to anywhere involving animals - the yard or zoo for example.Feedback
Take every opportunity to take photos, and don't limit yourself. Challenge yourselves, and see what you can get from any situation you are thrown into. For example, when I am at the zoo I like to try take "natural" shots, where there is no obvious signs of a fence making the animals look like they are in the wild. In this instance I went out with just my prime lens, and challenged myself with only using this one lens instead of having my usual selection.
