Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Beautiful (albeit gruesome) abstract. Can you give us some more info on this shot?
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Comment posted by Neil Rossmiller on May 18, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Sure Luke,
We came across a kill site shortly after the deed was done. Didn't witness the act. You can only take so many shots of a lion with a face full of zebra, so you start looking for other ways to tell the story. The only two ways to change perspective is to change position or change lenses. We did both here. This was shot with a canon 400 2.8 w/ 2.0 ex on a Canon D30 when I was shooting jpgs in sRGB. We repositioned to be just out of close focus. 1/500th @ 5.6 which is wide open on this set-up. effective dof = 2.8.
Thanks for looking.
Neil
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Comment posted by Gary Minish on May 19, 2010 at 3:40 AM
Very unique shot and a different way to tell the story, as you say. Also appropriate for the challenge category, at least from the lion's point of view!
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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on May 19, 2010 at 7:42 AM
This photo brings one's mind to the facts of life. I very much like the symbolism of the closeup.
the fisch
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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on May 19, 2010 at 10:13 AM
Neil, I really appreciate that you were able to tell the story with this image without showing the obvious gore. Very powerful image. Well done.
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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on May 19, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Wonderful shot. Thank for the explanation.
You did a great job.
Congrats
D&L
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Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 20, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Pretty amazing photo. Great job on your part to see and capture this image.
Peter
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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 21, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Fascinating shot, Neil--good work!
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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on May 21, 2010 at 10:06 AM
A very interesting and compelling image Neil.
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Comments
9 commentsWe came across a kill site shortly after the deed was done. Didn't witness the act. You can only take so many shots of a lion with a face full of zebra, so you start looking for other ways to tell the story. The only two ways to change perspective is to change position or change lenses. We did both here. This was shot with a canon 400 2.8 w/ 2.0 ex on a Canon D30 when I was shooting jpgs in sRGB. We repositioned to be just out of close focus. 1/500th @ 5.6 which is wide open on this set-up. effective dof = 2.8.
Thanks for looking.
Neil
the fisch
You did a great job.
Congrats
D&L
Peter