Like yesterday, here’s another sunset shot, but with a completely different animal in a completely different part of the world — a prairie dog in the Badlands of South Dakota. I liked that there are three almost evenly distributed colors in the composition. I used a graduated neutral density filter to hold the color in the sky while exposing for the foreground. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 250mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/2500th of a second
Hi Sean,
Love the almost regal picture of the prairie dog :-). Like many of your photos, you’ve used a 200-400mm/f4 lens to capture the image. Is it my imagination or did I once read a comment from you that most of your shots with the 200-400mm are hand-held rather than from a tripod?
Regds, Brian
Thanks Brian. Yes, almost all of my wildlife shots are handheld. With vibration reduction, I’m able to get sharp results down to 1/15th of a second (most of the time) as long as the animal is not moving. I still carry a small tripod, but use it for long exposure landscapes.
I’m sure you’ve heard but they’ve found several ‘Born in d Wild’ young Gallapogg Tortoises on 1 of d Islands(Pinzon?). 1st ‘Real’ births in over a century of 1 of d nearly extinct species. Great!!
Ciao
greast pic. to day. do the parrie dog come out Feb. 2 like the rest aminals to see if it warm enough for them , to start bus life thru spring and summer months til[l fall again.
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Like yesterday, here’s another sunset shot, but with a completely different animal in a completely different part of the world — a prairie dog in the Badlands of South Dakota. I liked that there are three almost evenly distributed colors in the composition. I used a graduated neutral density filter to hold the color in the sky while exposing for the foreground.
Hi Sean,
Love the almost regal picture of the prairie dog :-). Like many of your photos, you’ve used a 200-400mm/f4 lens to capture the image. Is it my imagination or did I once read a comment from you that most of your shots with the 200-400mm are hand-held rather than from a tripod?
Regds, Brian
Thanks Brian. Yes, almost all of my wildlife shots are handheld. With vibration reduction, I’m able to get sharp results down to 1/15th of a second (most of the time) as long as the animal is not moving. I still carry a small tripod, but use it for long exposure landscapes.
What do we remember —- Scent of warm earth grass and rain —- Will we know these again .
Sweet!
Another of your wildlife shots that would be special even w/out the wildlife. Nice stuff!
Reminds me of: http://www.nga.gov/feature/rothko/classic4.shtm
Love the colors. Simple photo with dynamic results.
I’m sure you’ve heard but they’ve found several ‘Born in d Wild’ young Gallapogg Tortoises on 1 of d Islands(Pinzon?). 1st ‘Real’ births in over a century of 1 of d nearly extinct species. Great!!
Ciao
Gorgeous!
Has a lovely watercolor feel to it.
greast pic. to day. do the parrie dog come out Feb. 2 like the rest aminals to see if it warm enough for them , to start bus life thru spring and summer months til[l fall again.
Soft colors