Animal and Wildlife photography is an area that i really enjoy photographing. I enjoy the quiet patience required to capture the shot and find that it is something best done alone. The zoo was a good opportunity for me to make use of my Canon 70-200mm f.4 USM lens and i feel that it was a good lens to have for the day even if sometimes i would have liked to get a little bit closer.
1. A Portrait of an animal
Emu
Koala
For my animal portraits i tried to use a close crop to capture only the expressions of the animals. Using a short depth of field to blur the background i tried to create the sole focus of the image on the animals face similar to how i would often capture a portrait of a person.
2. An image expressing the relationship between an animal and it's surroundings.
Inhabitants
Contained
The two photographs i have chosen to depict the relationship between the animals and their environment have a clear contrasting message. One shows the animals freely enjoy their specially created habitat to suit each species particular needs compared to the second photograph displaying the animal caged and not in its natural habitat.
3. An image showing interaction between an animal and a person.
Mates
Feet
Hands
Closer
Animal interaction with humans is an important aspect at the National Zoo and Aquarium, both for visitors and workers. I tried to capture the obvious bond between the Giraffe and his keeper, the keeper appeared to be quite connected with the animal when he gave his brief talk before the giraffe feed. Secondly a more abstract representation of the interaction between keeper and animal. The next photograph shows the interaction between both zoo keeper, animal and visitor. It displays the responsibility of the keeper when handling animals around visitors. The last image shows a young girls nervous joy at her first attempt to feed the roo.
4. An image that can be used on a brochure
Leap of Faith
This was my favourite image of the day. After spending quite a while watching the big cat pace back and forth and the very back of his cage he finally jumped onto a closer rock and posed for a moment before continuing his pacing. I like the image because it was important to find a lot of patience at the zoo and for me this photo was the result of that patience.
5. Any other aspect of the zoo
Personally i thoroughly enjoyed the zoo and loved photographing animals so here's a few more from the day.
Colour
Meet-a-Cheetah
Spots Meets Strips
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