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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: shadowblade on July 24, 2019, 07:50:50 am

Title: Komodo Dragon
Post by: shadowblade on July 24, 2019, 07:50:50 am

Komodo dragon basking in the sun at Singapore Zoo.

This was a real snap shot. I was shooting tortoises in a neighbouring enclosure when a ray of sun came out from behind a cloud, perfectly illuminating the lizard basking on the rock, and almost nothing else, as if there were a precisely-placed parabolic reflector aimed at it. I turned around, took a quick snapshot - didn't have time to remove the 1.4x TC, hence the settings - then the light was gone again.

A7r3 with 100-400 GM and 1.4x TC. 371mm, 1/800s, f/8, ISO 100.

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: Bob_B on July 24, 2019, 07:57:47 am

Great expression! Well done.

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: shadowblade on July 24, 2019, 07:58:13 am

Also, eye AF doesn't really work on reptiles yet. And both orangutans and gibbons require human eye AF - animal mode doesn't work.

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: kers on July 24, 2019, 08:58:44 am

Quote from: shadowblade on July 24, 2019, 07:58:13 am

Also, eye AF doesn't really work on reptiles yet. And both orangutans and gibbons require human eye AF - animal mode doesn't work.

I wonder how it will work with spyders... ;)

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on July 24, 2019, 10:17:57 am

 A very nice catch!!

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: Mark Nadler on July 25, 2019, 01:21:26 am

Great image

mark

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: Arlen on July 25, 2019, 10:47:48 am

Well seen and executed.

Title: Re: Komodo Dragon
Post by: francois on July 26, 2019, 07:54:07 am

Looks very placid in this posture and under that light… If it wasn't in a zoo, I would be very careful and worried!

Bravo.