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Mum told me to chew my food with my mouth closed.

© Dan W. Dooley

Mum told me to chew my food with my mouth closed.

Uploaded: April 21, 2011

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Ft. Worth Zoo. Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM at 400mm. 1/320 sec. f/5.6. ISO 500.

Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/320 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 500, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 400.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 40D

Comments

Misty Blue April 21, 2011

Dan your zoo series is wonderful. You really captured the animals personalities so well. I see your f/stop was at 5.6 so you got a nice sharp subject with a blurry background which look great. Did you increase your ISO to brighten the picture or increase the shutter speed or both? #1371173

Dan W. Dooley April 21, 2011

Thanks Misty. My primary objective on these shots was to keep the shutter speed high enough to minimize motion blur. I made all of these shots handheld. I mulled over taking the tripod but being inclined to the lazy :-) I decided not to. Of course there are often opportunties to brace the lens against some sort of support object. If you're familiar with this lens, it's long and heavy. So the desire to keep the shutter speed up. f/5.6 is wide open for this lens so I left it there and adjusted the shutter speed to give me the exposure I wanted for the particular shot. I'd look at what the camera metered the subject light but then adjusted the speed up or down depending on whether I wanted more or less exposure. Depending on the range of adjustment I would go up or down with the ISO. It was a gray, overcast day and some scenes were in shadow. And yes, the apperture setting did help through the background out of focus. #9362469

Misty Blue April 26, 2011

Dan, thanks for taking the time to answer my questions! I just found your photography page on FB. Your such a great photographer and always willing to provide information. #9370240

Misty Blue May 17, 2011

Dan ~ Congrats on your well deserved EP! Your work is always a treat to look at! =) #9408734

Dan W. Dooley May 17, 2011

Thanks again, Misty. I do like to, at least in some cases, focus in a little tighter on a subject if by doing so I can end up with something which is impossible to achieve by way of mood, message or even humor when left in the original framing. This takes it completely out of the "girraf in a zoo pen" realm and now makes just a silly face statement. #9408923

Tori A. Gonzalez May 17, 2011

This is a wonderful image Dan! I know the girraf is eating but kind of looks like a silly/huh? kind of face :-) #9408954

Dan W. Dooley May 17, 2011

Thanks Tori. I thought the same thing thus the caption. :-) #9408957

Jean Lechleiter May 22, 2011

Great close up shot and caption! Congrats. on the EP. #9422974

Dan W. Dooley May 23, 2011

Thank you Jean, #9423547

Christine Lobsinger level-classic June 08, 2011

Outstanding face!!! I too love your animal shots Dan because they can tell a story- grab an emotion!! Well DONE!
Smiling With You,
Chris
PS Your title fits perfectly #9450743

Dan W. Dooley June 08, 2011

Thank you Christine. :-) #9451183

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