Polar Bear portrait Nikkor 80-400vr

[KerryPierce]

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/1250s f/10.0 at 400.0mm hand held

[fozzie]

Kerry - what else could one say, but - WOW.

[kipper]

Composition great. Lighting not so. Looks like a tough situation. Could of probably done with metering for the blown section to the left side of the head, and using fill flash?

[KerryPierce]

Fozzie; Thanks for the kind word.

Kipper; Yes, the lighting was harsh, on a tough subject, but I think the metering is fine. My eyedropper could not find any blown sections. The bright areas are around 251, which is certainly white, but that's as it should have been. Now, OTOH, the shadow areas, nose, mouth, eyes, etc are too dark, but that's the way it was to my eyes as well. Fill flash would prolly not have worked. The bear was a long way away and I was already at 1/1250s shutter speed.

FWIW, I didn't try to even out the exposure in post. [/img]

[ozimax]

Great shot, but is there some way to stop the bear from dribbling? He (she) is embarassing him(her)self.

Max

[mudder]

That would have been very difficult to expose, so I think you've done really well... Looks great to me

What metering method did you use?

[mic]

WoW Kerry,

Kipper, I suggest you hold an SB800 Remote for Kerry so she can get a bit of Fill, just hold next to his cheek there, thats it mate just a little closer thats it. YUM Kipper for dinner me like YUM YUM Kipper my fav meal.

Mic.

[Yedrup]

Wow, a very nice photograph. The more I see of images captured by the Nikon the more I am impressed. This image just shows you want can be done in a difficult lighting situation. You handled it well.



Cheers,
Terry

[KerryPierce]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys.

Andrew: Matrix metering was used for the polar bear shots.