Rhino encounter in Nepal

[xaviersaintcyr]

Arichive from my 2010 trip in Nepal, Chitwan NP



canon 40d iso 320 f 5,4 1/100sec @ 85mm

 

[Snakeguy101]

I would rather see the rhino, what made you choose this composition?

 

[cgipson1]

Yea.. very little OOF Rhino.. and a whole lot of somebodies back. Doesn't really work, especially with it so tightly framed.

 

[Overread]

I like the idea of this photo, the problem is that whilst the primary subject is well composed (if a little closely cropped to his hat); the secondary subject isn't. I find that my eye is falling on a the clump of grass in the upper left hand corner, instead of on the rhino which is hidden somewhat from view at a point where there isn't any composition to draw my eye toward it.

I know you can't just move closer (always) in these situations nor ask the rhino to move, but I feel that the rhino really needs to be where the clump of grass is to make it stand out well for the shot (at the moment if you didn't mention rhino in the title I bet some would miss it totally and others would think it just rocks.

 

[xaviersaintcyr]

So I have a picture of the rhino, but I like this one cause the rhino and the guide are both stering at each other, that create a vibe I liked.
We looked for rhino for hours before seeiing this one, was fun.

So maybe the crop is better this way

 

[cgipson1]

The crop is definitely better! But I can't help but wonder why you didn't focus on the Rhino, instead of the back of the guide? With enough focal length to cut the guide out entirely? Or at least with an aperture that could have gotten them both sharp!

 

[Overread]

Foreground subjects as major as the guide would feel odd if they were blurry - foreground blur is tricky to work with (esp if its not a natural frame, but instead dominating the main part of the scene).

Also I got the rhino backwards. In the first shot I thought the little black specks were those birds that feed of the insects that gather on the rhino's skin and that he rear leg was his head bent eating; the shot certainly changes perspective when you realise they are both looking at each other.