Recently a giraffe was killed when it touched a low power cable and it has attracted lions. I have been there a couple of times to watch the cats but yesterday the lions had moved off when the electricity authority came to fix the pole. When I got there in the afternoon the sun was heading for the horizon and that means one thing to a wildlife photographer.......BACKLIGHT!!!!!
I set myself facing directly into the sun and put my camera on spot metering. I set up my shutter speed to 1/8000sec and the camera used the full f2.8 on my 400m lens to keep the ISO to a relatively low 2000! To some of you that may sound gobble-de-gook but here are the results!
Hundreds of White-backed vultures, who had been waiting patiently for days, descended and the ensuing battle for "an opening" was wonderful action to photograph.
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If you are a wildlife photographer and havn't tried "Contre jour" ("back-light" to us plebs) then do because it will add a new dimension to your work.
The Hwange Birder
I set myself facing directly into the sun and put my camera on spot metering. I set up my shutter speed to 1/8000sec and the camera used the full f2.8 on my 400m lens to keep the ISO to a relatively low 2000! To some of you that may sound gobble-de-gook but here are the results!
Hundreds of White-backed vultures, who had been waiting patiently for days, descended and the ensuing battle for "an opening" was wonderful action to photograph.
The Hwange Birder
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