African wildlife is truely amazing. There are also some breathtaking landscapes. The trick is to capture images of the wildlife within one of those great landscapes. It happens occaisionally. More often you end up with stunning animals with drab dusty scrub brush in the background. It is at this point that some careful pre-planning and then creative post production are required in order to elevate the image from nice animal portrait to a piece of fine art.
I am excited to be preparing for my first fine art exhibition in April. This is pushing me to dig deep into my photo archives and re-process some of my old favourite images from the past.
This ostrich image was taken at Melewa, Kenya back 2004. Back then there were three ostriches that would come right into camp and graze between the tents. I was actually able to shoot this image while sitting in lawn chair next to my tent.
What makes a photographic image a work of fine art? This blog examines this question in in both principle and process.
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