Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Scimitar-horned Oryx

National Zoo, Washington DC.

On this chilly December morning, the oryx was probably maximizing his exposure to the sun.  So it was not in a particularly favorable position for a shot.  The full frame is below - the oryx occupies about 5% of the frame even at 200mm.

Scimitar-horned Oryx

 Since we have lots of pixels to spare for the web, this is the final "composition".  I kept the aspect ratio - I could sacrifice that and crop out some of the fence above the oryx. Not very exciting, but one takes what one can get.

Scimitar-horned Oryx

The goodness of the lens is revealed by this 100% crop. There is a fair amount of detail.

Scimitar-horned Oryx

PS: Rajan Parrikar did some Photoshop magic. The main effect is from raising the color temperature, which makes the instant look like sunrise, with the corresponding warming of colors.

Oryx