Chimpanzee #1
Sep, 2017Views
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Behind The Lens
Location
My sister gave me the most awesome birthday present - a two days visit at one of Sweden's best zoos, Kolmården! It's situated in the south east of Sweden, with a great view over the bay of Bråviken. Since my interest in animal photography has grown bigger in the last year, I was really happy to go there, looking at both exotic and domestic wildlife animals with the camera ready at every single step.Time
It was mid day, a bit cloudy but still bright.Lighting
No lightning used.Equipment
I used a handheld Canon SX60 for this shot. Despite some small issues with faded colours in photos, I really like the simplicity of the camera, and most of all - it's amazing zoom!Inspiration
I shot hundreds of photos during that weekend, but this was one of my favourites. I like the innocent and happy look of it's face, and it looks almost human.Editing
I transfered it via wifi straight from camera to phone, which makes the resolution a bit less good. In my phone, I used the Pixlr app to enhance the saturation a bit (as I said, I often think that the photos taken by this camera is a bit too faded and desaturated). I also added some vignette to slightly frame the chimpansee.In my camera bag
I use either my Canon SX60, Sony A5100 or my Sony A6000. I used to be really into macro photography, but in the last couple of years I've stepped out of my comfort zone and take more and more landscape and animal photos. For macro shots, I either use the camera's standard lens combined with a Raynox clip on, or a cheap, unbranded manual macro lens.Feedback
The main key, in my opinion, is not to focus too much on the camera gear or to change its automatic settings, just keep shooting! I really like to edit my photos, and to be honest, one can compensate a lot for technical flaws easily with post editing. I have also learnt very much about composition from looking at other people's photos here at Viewbug.
