Last Sunday was a warm sunny day, and I got out to Como Park with my camera again. I was playing around with my long focal length lens (Canon 75–300mm), some shots with shallow depth of focus, some with extreme close-ups and blurred backgrounds, and some with full focus from a safe distance.
The water lily was shot at ISO200, 1/2000, f/5.6, 300mm. The wide aperture makes the focus depth rather shallow. The foreground and background are both out of focus.
A water lily outside the conservatory in Como Park
The giraffe was shot at ISO200, 1/400, f/8, 300mm. The narrower aperture increases the depth of focus although the background is still blurred making the head stand out better.
One of the giraffes at Como Park Zoo
The sleepy lioness was shot standing on a bridge looking almost straight down at ISO200, 1/1000, f/9, 105mm. The shorter focal length increases the field of view allowing the whole body to be in the picture.
A sleepy lioness at Como Park Zoo.
Photos (taken with a Canon Rebel XT) copyright © 2010 Gregory B. Ingersoll.
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