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Masai Mara Some Sharing and Musings....

Started Sep 12, 2016 | Discussions thread
R V C
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Re: Kudos (!) and questions

C Sean wrote:

Excellent Work RVC!

I'm going to Kenya next month and I would like to ask you a question.

What do you think is the best method to get the animal's eyes or face in focus? Normally I focus on the point I want and recompose the camera before firing off the shutter. Usually I use the center one focus point to achieve this.

Hey Sean

That's exactly what I do, keep the focus point on the eye. With the greater dof with m43 it's much easier to get the eyes in focus. I generally use the arrow button to move the focus point around rather than focus and recompose. The large mammals don't move fast and you will mostly come across them sitting. That's why the giraffe and ostrich are so tough to photograph. Their eyes / head is so far removed from the body.

If you are shooting an animal in motion just aim for the head.

Hope this helps.

Cheers Sean

Rahul

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