Comments on: Interview with Wild Life Photographer Chris Weston

By: BERNARD PATERSON

BERNARD PATERSON — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:25:59 +0000

Hi Darren.
I`m not saying it wasn`t to my liking, quite the contrary, I was just a bit disappointed it wasn`t a longer piece and maybe a bit more in depth.
I do value you`r articles.

By: Shoesanne

Shoesanne — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:50:10 +0000

Wow, 30 feet away from lions? I would definitely put my life on the line for a photo like this. Sounds like an exhilarating experience for the photographer too. Good job, Chris!! Photography truly is your passion

And thanks for posting this, Darren.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:04:38 +0000

Hi Bernard – sorry it wasn’t to your liking but photographers are busy people so we try to tailor our interviews (generally a series of questions… and answers) to their situation and ability to participate. If you have any contacts with photographers willing to do something more in depth we do take contributions from volunteers within our community if you’d like to participate

By: BERNARD PATERSON

BERNARD PATERSON — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:18:25 +0000

This is not an interview, it`s six questions max 2 minutes
Must try harder to keep readers interested, great image of the lions though.

By: Les

Les — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:41:46 +0000

The way it looks to me, or at least how I would have done it , would be. Haveing the shutter open in BULB mode for the stars streaking in earths rotation, handhold flash unit(eg:Nikon Speedflash), when you hear a noise, point flash in general direction, depress the flash button on the back of flash, and, voila…… You have a shot like above..

By: Quentin

Quentin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:13:53 +0000

Would love to learn how this photo was taken. I guess if it was completely dark, then is it just a bulb exposure (for what, 20 minutes maybe?) and since the only light source is the flash you get the image of the lions without them blurring? But again, would be nice to know the aperture and length of the exposure. I’ve just started trying to get star trails like these, but don’t think I’ll have much success until I drive far outside of the city…. nice shot.

By: Ivor

Ivor — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:59:31 +0000

Calvin

The answer is in the description of how he took the picture – think flash modes.

By: Wisconsin Lawyer

Wisconsin Lawyer — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:52:49 +0000

Excellent interview. Thanks for the great tips and camera advice.

By: Harrisburg Attorney

Harrisburg Attorney — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:45:08 +0000

Excellent interview. Thanks for the photography tips and camera advice.

By: calvin or

calvin or — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:12:18 +0000

yep.. that is stars

camera used with long exposure (BULB SETTING) but then how did he manage to shoot the stars with LONG EXPOSURE while there is an animal walking?? )

to be able to have that kind of shot i mean the background you’ll be needing a very looooong exposure..

hmmm..