Sunday, January 16, 2011

The Pride of the National Zoo

A lion, 2 lionesses, 7 cubs.  For the zoo-goer, a bundle of fun.
Lion

All taken with a fixed focal length lens, and very little room for "foot zoom". So cropping is the norm.

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Very good shots, most. About 4 are exceptional. What a delightful shoot! I surmise 300 f/2.8 would have given you better isolation from the background.
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a. I should have relied on the sharpness of 400 mm at f/5.6 more, instead of stopping it down.
b. The limitations of the 400mm in this situation showed up. The 100-400mm zoom would have done better. The 70-200mm would generally be too short. E.g., there was a situation where I could have captured almost the whole pride in one shot, that too backlit by the sun. But the 400mm was too long; and these guys move around too fast to change lenses.

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