nothing for it but to drip dry - maybe Stevie thinks the higher she goes the faster she will dry off?
Thank you for commenting on my photos I read and appreciate every one :)
Nice picture. Wonderful framing. And I love the way his gaze is interacting with you/your camera. But I do wish that I could see the detail in his face a little better, like you managed so superbly like "Daydreamer", Just Hand Me a Grape" and "Sprung". One of which I just fav'd. I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I do have a suggestion. I don't know if your camera has an exposure compensation feature on it. But likely it does. It might be handy to use the exposure compensation on a shot like this where the light of the sky behind the subject is fooling the camera's meter. On those other shots, I noticed there was little or no sky in the frame and your camera handled the exposure just wonderfully. Again, I don't mean to be presumptuous, but if you are not familiar with that feature, I would be happy to help you with the basics. Gotta get my daily kaola fix.
Agree with above comment on his gaze. He looks like he's comfortable with you bring around, but you've taken so many shots odd these guys you must have earned their trust. A lovely capture 😊
@mbrutus suggestions very welcome, and you are spot on! the sky was very bright and I was shooting almost straight up as this koala was about 25 m up a tree and it took a while to find a position where I could get a clear view through the leaves to capture her at all, let alone cope with the light :)
Do you mean simply changing the exposure or some other more specific feature on the camera?
@paul10 thanks for that - I must say that usually I am not near the koalas in truth. If they are high in the trees they are quite a distance from me, and if they are lower in a smaller tree I stay quite a distance back from them. These are wild animals and I actually don't try to earn any real trust as wild is survival.
@koalagardens Your exif data doesn't say what model camera you use. But many cameras, most recent ones, even some cell phones, have a feature known as Exposure Compensation. What it does is tell your camera to continue its automatic exposure metering, but to add or subtract a selectable amount of f/stops when actually setting the shutter speed and aperture. Typically, when your subject has a light source or sky behind it, you set the Exposure Compensation feature to tell the camera meter to allow 1-2 stops of extra light into the exposure more than the meter would normally set. This has the effect of making the sky a little overly bright, but the extra exposure should cause the backlit subject to be exposed just right. The result is that the amount of detail that would normally be lost to shadow is saved by having the correct exposure. With some cameras, the Exposure Compensation is accomplish by setting a dial on the body. In other cameras, it is more commonly accomplished by accessing the a menu. If you don't see a dial, look for it in one of your camera (as opposed to playback, video, or utility) menu. It is usually expressed in terms of plus sign or minus sign numerical values. With plus adding light when the subject would otherwise be to dark. And minus allowing less light when the subject would otherwise be too light, washing out detail. Most digital cameras will show you the effect of the exposure compensation setting in the Electronic Viewfinder or the display screen prior to taking the photo. Good luck. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.
@mbrutus I'm going to follow this up, and I really appreciate your feedback because I know so little about photography! I have a Canon SX Powershot SX60 and I'm now able to search the extensive manual for the exact thing I need THANKS to your specific feedback.
Can't wait to test it out!
@koalagardens BEsts of luck. I think you'll enjoy that feature. I just looked your camera up and it offers exposure compensation up to + or - 3 f/stops in 1/3 stop intervals, which is fairly common and very adequate. So do check your manual. You might also want to look up "spot meter" or "spot metering." That is another way of approaching the same conditions. Good luck. Enjoy. That's part fo the fun of mastering photography. You already have the most artistic parts down with your composition and your passion for your subject matter.
@mbrutus found that too, very interesting and will try these out.
definitely need help sometimes when a koala is very high up like this and I'm shooting from below, especially at sunset (I go spotting early morning and late afternoon so always have challenges).
now just need the rain to ease off for an hour so I can get out there ....
March 19th, 2017
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Do you mean simply changing the exposure or some other more specific feature on the camera?
@paul10 thanks for that - I must say that usually I am not near the koalas in truth. If they are high in the trees they are quite a distance from me, and if they are lower in a smaller tree I stay quite a distance back from them. These are wild animals and I actually don't try to earn any real trust as wild is survival.
Can't wait to test it out!
definitely need help sometimes when a koala is very high up like this and I'm shooting from below, especially at sunset (I go spotting early morning and late afternoon so always have challenges).
now just need the rain to ease off for an hour so I can get out there ....