Moving Rhino
Madikwe Game Reserve, 15 August 2010, 17h53
Nikon D300, Nikon 80-200 @ 80mm, 1/6, f/20, ISO 320
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The last few days have been pretty good for photography.
The big thing is sharing time with photographers who understand that waiting for the shot is worth it. After spending quite bit of time photographing a couple of white rhino and giraffe at a waterhole we started moving off. As we drove the two rhino moved slowly alongside our vehicle. Perfect opportunity for a few panning motion blur images.
Following along with their movement, you could hear the shutter speeds slow down as we tried to get a sharp face while blurring the background. A great way to show motion in your images.
This is one of my favorites and since the sun was already down and there was not much color to work with I decided to convert the image to black & white. A slight tone to the shadows gives the image a slight ‘vintage’ feel.
I’m off to Gaborone later this morning and will hopefully get some time later this afternoon to process some of the images from the last couple of days.
See ya tomorrow for a (hopefully) longer post!
Gerry
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Hi Gerry,
I really like this shot and the motion. Did you set camera for the bottom right focus point to be the main point for the clarity on it’s face?
Thanks, I always learn a lot from reading your blogs and answers.
Deb Weston
Hi Deb,
I had the camera set on the middle focus point. The catch was to keep tracking along with the rhino to try and get the head sharp and in focus.
Normally the head of the animal will be the most still area in the image so with the movement and you panning along the area that was the most still, and if you tracked along at the correct speed, you will get the head sharp.
Hope that helps!
Gerry
Thanks very much, Gerry. Awesome, I’m going to try this tomorrow with the dogs. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Deb
Heh, great image. Love the slooow shutter technique,
Wow that’s quite impressive. This is a wonderful picture Gerri, I love it! Well done!