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Varying shots with the Hartmann's mountain zebras

Varying shots with the Hartmann's mountain zebras

From the course: Wildlife Photography: Nature Preserve

Varying shots with the Hartmann's mountain zebras

- The only animal left on our tour was a Hartmann's mountain zebra and I was really feeling the pressure to produce since the previous two antelope shoots didn't go as great as I really wanted them to. There was some obstacles with them, so I really wanted to harness all of my energy creatively and everything else to really make this shoot work out and my biggest dilemma was that I'd already photographed zebras, and so somehow I needed to make these zebras look very different than the photoshoot I'd done earlier in the day. The location was a bit different but not in a beneficial way. The background where these zebras were had tons of powerlines and telephone poles and fences in the background which made it difficult so I automatically went down on the ground again just like I did with the other zebras which worked but it made the images look incredibly similar to the previous ones and just like an photo essay, it's all about having a diversity of angles and compositions to make one…

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