Niko,this photo has been bugging me so much since I first saw it that I almost wish I hadn't clicked the link ;)
I have also been wondering why the wolf is jumping instead of going through the fence,and if this guy has been trying to get this shot for any length of time, which I assume that he has,you would think that the wolves would be shying away from this area....and 1/30 sec.
Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the year 2009
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Yeah it captured my attention even before I saw it was the winner. I'm sure the judges marveled over it as well before declaring it the winning shot. And to think that he couldn't get this shot with a Nikon D2X!!!!
The Hasselblad had an aperture of f11. That will give you plenty of DOF on a medium format camera so that's a reasonable explanation for manual focus. The 1/30th kinda makes sense because you can see in the background (upper right) that the long shutter captured the sky. The strobed firing is what "caught" the wolf in mid air. But I'm amazed that there's no blur at all. Well maybe there is but you can't tell looking at such a small thumbnail. But why was the wolf jumping the gate?!
The article also mentions that the wolves are use to having humans around so that would explain why they aren't shy. But why was the wolf jumping the gate? Anyone have a theory? I'd be afraid to walk around that village. You never know when a wolf is going to freaking jump out at you!
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I guess it would actually help if others could see the photo we're talking about.
"The Storybook Wolf" photographed by Jose Luis Rodriguez 2009Posted 3 years ago # -
I guess that I just haven't looked at enough medium format images but the perspective looks weird as well..sorta like the fence was shot with a wide angle and the wolf with a tele.
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I know I live near a Wild life sanctuary where they specialize in training wild life to be acting in movies, documentaries etc. I bet you any money I could get whatever jumping shot that you could imagine. They have wolves, Wild cats, bears etc. So you setup your shot and if the animal does not look right, no problem the trainer will get it to jump again. Their bears and wild cats have been in several movies.
BTW something like this does not interest me, and a wild cat for a day with trainer gets very costly
Also the above shot does not impress me at all
Pete
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