Not all subjects are created equally. Some trees are great; some are messy with an unattractive shape. Some faces are great; many are not. It's the job of a photographer to seek out great subjects because they make the best pictures. This snow monkey from Japan is another example (like the cheetah cub in yesterday's post) of a great subject. One of the reasons this image is strong is because of my eye-level composition. I was shooting just above the surface of the water, trying to get as low as possible. This gave me a very intimate connection with the subject. I used a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens with a 1.4x teleconverter (this was prior to my purchase of the 100-400mm lens which I would have used instead), and the settings were 1/500, f/9, 800 ISO. I always use back button focus, and one of the reasons is the off-center placement of the monkey's face. I can quickly push the focus button, recompose, and shoot.
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