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Same distance from camera to background in both photos…

  • #1 : Close and Personal!
  • Camera—Subject : 5 metres
  • Subject—Background : 25 metres
  • 500 mm; f/7.1
  • manual Tv & Av; auto ISO
Laughing Kookaburra : Dacelo novaeguineae



  • #2 : Keeping our Distance!
  • Camera—Subject : 24 metres
  • Subject—Background : 1 metre
  • 700 mm; f/10
  • manual Tv & Av; auto ISO
Laughing Kookaburra : Dacelo novaeguineae

Laughing Kookaburra : Dacelo novaeguineae​
 
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Both are excellent photos. I like the two together as a set because the second puts a different flavor of context around the incredible detail of the first. Thank you.
 
I agree with jcass; the first photo almost reads as a posed portrait, and the second as a "candid" shot - those kookaburras are just giving off SO much attitude, I love it!
 

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