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OK, so I'm not a wildlife photographer!
But a trip to Chester Zoo with the grandchildren was too good an opportunity to miss from a picture taking point of view.
In order to maximise my chances of a decent shot I toted my Canon 6D fitted with a 100-400mm zoom, which left me walking a bit lopsided by the end of the day!
Never mind though, as it was definitely the tool for the job, with its long reach and shallow depth of field allowing me to isolate detail and blur annoying backgrounds.
Out of the couple of hundred images I took that day I had very few 'keepers', which I was expecting really.
This shot of an elephant, taken from quite a distance away, was one of my early attempts, and I was pleased with the overall effect, once I'd cropped everything distracting out of the frame.
The grandchildren loved the zoo, so no doubt we'll be back for more when the weather's nice.
Filename - elephant 01.jpg
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 100-400mm zoom @ 400mm
Exposure - 1/640sec @ f5.6, ISO100
Location - Chester Zoo
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom
Comments - -0.7ev exposure compensation used to preserve highlights.
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