Animals-Kieran

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 I live across the street from the Arb, and a couple of times a week have deer in my yard. Usually I will walk into my front yard after school or leave for class and see 2-5 deer roming around. I love these moments to stop and enjoy their company. So for this photoshoot, I really wanted to capture these deer, and tried to do so the last two weeks, but every time that the deer were in my neighborhood, if I went inside to get my camera, they would spook and leave. I ended up only having one badly captured deer, so I will use my bird photography for this assignment. Unfortunately for this assighnment I only had my lens that doesn't zoom, so for some of these images, the subject is quite small.

Into the sunset

ISO 100 Exposure 1/125 Aperture 6.625
Geese drive by

ISO 2,000 Exposure 1/800 Aperture 6.625

The elusive Owl

ISO 100 Exposure 1/800 Aperture 2

I think that photos #1 and #3 are my favourites, but that with my lens's abilities, the second photo is the best. With the second photo, I tried to use my car window as a frame to push the viewer's gaze towards the geese. I think that the two photos would have turned out better with a higher aperture, but Its a hard shot with all of the light in the sky, while the ground is so dark. Also, a key component would be a camera with a zoom lens.


Below is the one failed picture of the deer in my backyard, and a close-up of the Owl from photo #3.



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