South West Images | Animal and Landscape Photography
Sometimes life just gets a little bit too stressful, and the best way to deal with it is a few hours in the country re-connecting with nature and the beautiful land that we live in. Yesterday was one of those days, and what a joy to just take a few hours and enjoy the sunshine and the beauty of our South West. I rarely go anywhere interesting without my camera in hand, so I do have a few of my favourite shots to share with you all:)
I’m very happy with these for several reasons, firstly every single shot was taken in full manual, and while I have always been pleased with the 50D’s output in the other creative settings that I normally use with changing light/movement situations, I can honestly say that nothing beats pure manual for getting the best images! Secondly, and this is a biggie for me, I was shooting with the beast (70-200mm 2.8L), but every shot was hand held – the monopod didn’t go on the camera once! This is truly amazing (to me anyway) as after my first attempt at shooting handheld with the beast when I first got the 50D was a disaster, it was so heavy it made my wrists hurt and every photo had severe camera shake and I never thought I would be able to use it handheld.
Purple Flowers at Harvey ©2009 South West Photography
Rustic Farm Building ©2009 South West Photography
One Tree Hill Boyup Brook ©2009 South West Photography
“panoRAMa” Boyup Brook ©2009 South West Photography
Boyup Brook Farmland in July ©2009 South West Photography
Scarlet Breasted Robin Boyup Brook ©2009 South West Photography
“Bird on a Wire” Boyup Brook ©2009 South West Photography
Donnybrook to Boyup Brook Landscape © 2009 South West Photography
Scarlet Robin, Boyup Brook © 2009 South West Photography
“Flight” Birdwatching in Boyup Brook ©2009 South West Photography
Blackwood River, Boyup Brook ©2009 South West Photography
Boyup Brook at Dusk © South West Photography
Little Lamb backlit by the Sun ©2009 South West Photography
The Golden Hour ©South West Photography
I have to say that I was really pleased with the last two – the little lamb was shot through a ringlock fence and I wasn’t sure if my settings where correct for the lens to blur out the wire strands, but obviously they were (yay for me). I had to jump out of the car, over a muddy ditch and up a hill to say hi to three very friendly horses that came over to the fence when I called them. It was the golden hour and the light from the sinking sun behind them was just magnificent while this big bay gelding happily posed for me to practice my silhouette shots:) In the full size, his chin whiskers look like threads of pure gold.
Ok, I think thats more than a few photos (I know, I just can’t help myself)…although I do have heaps more that I will add at some stage when I get time to process them. I’d love to know which of the photos is your favourite and why, so please feel free to leave me a comment:)
Cheers
Michelle
Sourced from: Michelle Wrighton Fine Art and Photography
