ANIMAL PORTRAITS
Animal portrait photography consists of utilising various techniques to create the best possible photograph of the creature.
Each of these images were captured on the class excursion to the Adelaide Zoo.
Although I tried to achieve great photos for every animal, my favourite of the photos shown below is the one of the Orangutang. This is because of the highly contrasted colours that make up the main parts of the image and because the main focus point (being the animal itself) is lined up in one third of the image, hence enforcing the Rule Of Thirds technique. Furthermore, the Orangutang is looking in the direction of the camera, allowing a viewer to create that connection with him. This photo was not my original favourite but since taking it, I have cropped out one side and most of the scrubby bushes below in order to line him up in one third of the image, rather than right in the centre and allow the viewer not to get too distracted on other components.
My least favourite photo of the following is the one of the lion due to how the fence intrudes and takes too much attention away from what should have been the main focus. However, I do like how the lion's face has been unintentionally framed by one rectangle on the distracting fence because it sort of creates it's own view point. Otherwise, the lion is slightly off-centre which is better than if he were just right in the centre of the page but I wouldn't say that it follows the Rule Of Thirds technique due to how he stands in between the thirds, rather than on the distinct right side of the image.
Each of these images were captured on the class excursion to the Adelaide Zoo.
Although I tried to achieve great photos for every animal, my favourite of the photos shown below is the one of the Orangutang. This is because of the highly contrasted colours that make up the main parts of the image and because the main focus point (being the animal itself) is lined up in one third of the image, hence enforcing the Rule Of Thirds technique. Furthermore, the Orangutang is looking in the direction of the camera, allowing a viewer to create that connection with him. This photo was not my original favourite but since taking it, I have cropped out one side and most of the scrubby bushes below in order to line him up in one third of the image, rather than right in the centre and allow the viewer not to get too distracted on other components.
My least favourite photo of the following is the one of the lion due to how the fence intrudes and takes too much attention away from what should have been the main focus. However, I do like how the lion's face has been unintentionally framed by one rectangle on the distracting fence because it sort of creates it's own view point. Otherwise, the lion is slightly off-centre which is better than if he were just right in the centre of the page but I wouldn't say that it follows the Rule Of Thirds technique due to how he stands in between the thirds, rather than on the distinct right side of the image.