Comments on: Crocodile – Botswana https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2011/11/03/crocodile-botswana/ Technology opinions and others Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:28:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Yves Roumazeilles https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2011/11/03/crocodile-botswana/#comment-30889 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:28:06 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=5126#comment-30889 All these shots were done with my beloved Minolta APO G 400mm f/4.5 (a marvellous lens).

Actually, those are three different crocs. In all cases, this the result of several factors:

  • A very good boat driver able to approach the animal with minimal perturbation
  • Good choice of locations to ease the approach
  • Excellent light: Very early morning or very late evening
  • Some reasonable re-framing (the last two ones are actually part of the same RAW file)
  • A little bit of patience

One additional element hidden here: I am not that good at shooting pictures, so I first shoot one “for the memory”, then I start thinking about light, focus, future framing in PS, exposure, etc. In this second phase I tend to burn memory card more quickly than most (trying, trying, trying again, varying my options on each shot).

]]> By: Shane Ryans https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/2011/11/03/crocodile-botswana/#comment-30882 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:52:25 +0000 https://www.roumazeilles.net/news/en/wordpress/?p=5126#comment-30882 Great shots, how were you able to get so close, was it a lens or were you really that close. The detail on their skin is beautiful.

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