kaitlynhand

Warm brown

Apr, 2016

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I took this photograph while dad was taking a photo of me in one of the rooms in the Chateau. And well of course my photography eye picked this up and

Captured this young boy while he sat in the captains seat of the Wellington Navy ship on the Naval Open Day in Auckland.

This bunch of orange flowers found in the Winter Gardens, Auckland Domain.

Aucklands' most iconic building there is!

I used three different gradual filters in this shot. Brown, Blue and Purple.

This ground crawler plant puts out a stunning mini field of these beautiful pink, purple and even white with a mixture of these flowers each year! And

This photo was taken hand held and while I stood on a rock right in the middle of the stream and just before a dam, while my legs were incredibly wobb

Myself out at Oceans Beach, Whangarei Heads, New Zealand.

Two gliders enjoying the updraft of hot air that was coming off the waves out at Muriwai Gannet Colony west of Auckland.

My favourite pet and reason why I love dogs, Tam. She's a shih-tzu X Pappilon.

Behind The Lens

Location

Over the fence from the next door paddock, on the farm in Whangarei, New Zealand.

Time

Around late summers' afternoon.

Lighting

Before I photograph absolutely anything, I have to feel the thoughts and emotions that come across when I photograph it, plus I have to view it in such a way as if it has been already framed. Otherwise I'll just over look it. So the facts are true about lighting that it's always way easier and far nicer to capture your photographs with soft shadows. This meaning to photograph during early sun rise or early sunsets these are called "Golden Hours". In this case this was captured in the late afternoon during summer so the lighting around that time of year and day was becoming more of a golden orange colour.

Equipment

My Nikon D3200 camera and my Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6. This photograph was handheld and without the use of flash.

Inspiration

Inspiration from this photo came from the fact that growing up on a farm I was always surrounded by farm animals such as cows, chickens, ducks, horses, sheep and surrounding wildlife. so I learnt how these animals moved the way they react to things and of course how to approach them. So one late afternoon as I was photographing other subjects during the suns golden/ orange colours I watched this horse from the fence and had then admired the way this light was hitting the horses' coat. So of course I captured this photograph before the light started to change again.

Editing

For this particular photograph I didn't need to do any further post-processing. But when I do, I'll use just the simple Windows 10 photo editing application and its tools since I generally photograph in JPEG. When I do use this application, most of the time I'll use the lighting adjustment tools and some colour adjustment tools if I wasn't able to get the right colours in my photograph the way that I saw it.

In my camera bag

I normally carry my only DSLR camera which is my Nikon D3200. But for my lenses these are normally used based on what I plan to photograph that day. So for example; if I'm planning to do night photography then I'll use my Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, if I'm planning to capture subjects that are constantly moving then I'll use my Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6 lens as it allows me to zoom in on far away subjects that I couldn't get close enough to or zoom out for when the subject moves closer to me. If I'm wanting to photograph people then I'll use my Nikkor 35mm f/1.8 lens since this lens always has a fabulous focus on these particular subjects eyes which is what you want when you're photographing people.

Feedback

For similar results just simply get to know the horse, so it's characteristics, how it reacts to you and what snacks you may feed it. And of course how comfortable it is when hearing your cameras' shutter releasing as this may spook them. So be sure to be on the other side of the fence if you're meeting the horse for the first time. Once all this has been over come by you and the horse you'll be able to get more relaxed photographs, more unique angles of the horse and eventually you'll be able to take photos of them whenever you wish to. Just be sure you don't do anything that may potentially harm the horse such as if the horse gets spooked and causes injuries from running into/ or on something.

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Warm brown

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