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Oct 2004

Challenging Zebra Shot*
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Tanzania

This was a challenging photo to take, these two Zebra were coming up a steep hill towards our 4x4, and just as the first Zebra came up the hill it gave us this look as in the photo. The problem was that the 300D focused on the blades of grass - (unlike the F828 it cannot point focus). As a result I had to quickly snap it into manual mode, and really focus fast and take the snap.

I must say the speed at which it happened did not give a very sharp photo (slow focusing on my part), but it shows the challenge that we encounter with wildlife photography and how foliage gets in the way. One more thing, instead would you prefer the following photo for the challenge:

http://safari.hassanabba.co.uk/cgi-bin/GetPhotos3.pl?Option=Photo&MajorCategory=Ngorongoro&MinorCategory=All&Photo=CRW_1140_JFR.jpg&Rating=All

Hassan

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel ,Sigma 100-300 F4 APO

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Helen Betts13-Dec-2004 00:19
Another nice one, Hassan. Helen