SarahElcombePhotography

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Canon EOS 1200D

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Jul, 2018

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at Ickworth House near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, during their Wool Fair, where they had some birds of prey.

Time

It was taken around midday, on a very hot July day in 2018

Lighting

The birds of prey were in a gazebo type thing to keep them out of the hot sun, so I didn't have to fight any direct sunlight and just used the natural light.

Equipment

I used my trusty Canon EOS 1200D camera with my Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6, no tripod, I knelt one knee on the ground and used the other knee to rest my camera on the stabilize it a bit.

Inspiration

The owl just caught my eye with only one of his eyes partially open looking as though he was trying to sleep with all the people and noise around him.

Editing

I very rarely do any post-processing and if I do in is minimal such as cropping or adjusting the brightness, but I didn't do anything to this photo.

In my camera bag

I don't really use a camera bag, but if I know I'm going somewhere where I'll want to take photos I always take my Canon EOS 1200D with both my lenses; Canon EFS 18-55mm with image stabilizer and Canon Zoom Lens EF 75-300mm 1:4-5.6, and always an extra battery for my camera. Sometimes I'll have my mini tripod which I got of Amazon for around £15 which ranges between 9.5 inches tall to about 19.5 inches tall so is very portable.

Feedback

Patience. If your wanting to take photos of any animal you need to be very patient or very opportunistic. Animals have minds of their own and they won't do as their told (with the exception of some dogs in my experience, even my own dog rarely does as hes told if I've got the camera out). Chances are you'll have to take 40-50 photos to only have a handful of them being any good.

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