Images Copyright Nathan Montgomery, 2008
For the last two pictures from the zoo trip, we leave the mammals and make our way to the Horned Puffin, Fratercula corinculata.
I alays enjoy the puffins at the zoo. Unfortunately, they are in an indoor facility on a light cycle coordinated with the Arctic Circle or somewhere thereabouts. As a result, in addition to the normal challenge of shooting through fiberglass, I had to deal with really low light. To take these images, I maxed out my sensor sensitivity, setting the ISO to 1600. Then, I opened up my aperture as far as it would go, and I went with the longest shutter exposure (1/100 sec) I could without getting movement in the image. Even then, I needed to add some light in Photoshop.
The final result are probably better technical feats than artistic ones, but I think both are okay shot anyway.
3 comments:
I now think, this picture of the puffin floating on the water, is a great shot. The water looks "plastic" and the eye to the bird is perfectly situated in the shot. I have heard that the eyes get our attention... this guy's eyes certainly got mine.
have a great day
LTA
I think the eyes are definitely the key in wildlife photography, and even though, strictly speaking, these animals aren't wild, it still applies. They've got to be in focus or the shot is ruined.
Whoa, having been in the puffin room in the last week, nice work. My sister gave us a zoo membership for christmas and we went on saturday. I didn't even attempt a picture in there!
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