FAO .....PAULN........ZOO PHOTOGRAPHY

[FUJI]

Very interesting and informative, for those who take their camera to Zoos.....

FUJI

[DBT85]

Loads of good info in there from what I've skimmed though.

 

I learned a lot on my only visit to a zoo thus far when I went to London Zoo last year.

 

Biggest takeaway was get as much separation between subject and fence as possible, and get as close to that fence as you can so that the wire just blurs to nothing.

 

This shot was taken with me about 2m from the fence as that was as close as I could get, but the cheetah was a good 12m away so at f3.5 there was no fence!

 

 

DBT85-20140617154903 by Darren Thomas, on Flickr

Edited January 29, 2015 by Phil
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[Phil]

Hi Darren. 

 

Without wanting to get off on the wrong foot please don't place external links within images (where clicking an image opens a new website/browser page), if you're unsure how to go about it using Flickr please see the link in my signature.

We have no objection to you including the link to the original beneath your image as above.

[DBT85]

My apologies Phil. I hadn't seen that section yet. No problem at all.

[ChrisLumix]

How much wire mesh would we see if you hadn't got that separation? 

 

Nice expression on that cheetah by the way - it was only when ITV did that extended series on them that I realised how small they are! And very nervous of humans, unlike their larger brethren.

[DBT85]

The holes in the mesh were about 10cm square, so maybe if it had been half as far away I might have seen some grey blur appearing. I can't be sure. Obviously the denser the mesh the more pronounced it'll be sooner.

Thanks for the comment :-) The worrying part was I walked around the entire enclosure trying to find the best spot and it didn't take its eyes off me once.