Jody writes:
> I have a lot of photos of Melbourne Zoo in this lot as
> well. I tried to get the lions without their cage, so
> it looked like I was standing right next to them in
> the wild, but I couldn't get rid of the cage. My lens
> will only give f5.6 when zoomed to 80mm, and I don't
> think this was enough. Any suggestions for getting rid
> of cages?
Do they let you walk right up to the cage or is there a barrier? I've managed
to shoot caged animals by putting my lens hard-up against the fence (a lens
with a small enough barrel will fit through), with limited success. Unless you
can get the end of the lens through the cage you'll also lose sharpness and
contrast.
You also need to be careful to avoid getting the fence on the other side of
the cage into the photo :)
Check out:
http://pug.komkon.org/00janu/lion-480.htm
for a picture I took with my 400/5.6 pressed up against the fence.
> I quite enjoy
> photographing wildlife when I get the chance (which
> isn't often).
Same here, which makes me lust after the FA*400/5.6 :(
Cheers,
- Dave
David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec)
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
"Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up,
while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield
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