Christmas by Jill Maguire

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D700 and a 50mm F/1.4 lens that my husband gave me for Christmas (I had just opened it and put it on the camera before I took this shot).

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Aperture priority set to f/1.4 (there were two overhead lights but the room was still pretty dark), 1/100 shutter, ISO 2500. For indoor shots I always use manual focus point and I aim for the eyes. I also set the ISO to whatever will give me at least a 1/60s shutter speed.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom 3 using a built-in preset.

Q4. Who is the model?
My dog Brady.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I was taking pictures of Brady tearing up wrapping paper and I knew I wanted Christmas tree bokeh in the background. I picked this shot because it looks like he's exhaling bokeh dots.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
While in this position, Brady looked at me and burped, which I also caught on camera. That shot is in the comments of the main shot uploaded on Flickr.

Horses by Frau Isaeva

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 50D, lens 50mm

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
F/5.6, 1/60 sec

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I think none. I just cropped it in iPhoto.

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Shrimps in action

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I love sea food, so I shoot it :-))))

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
They are hanging in fact, but I think everyone can see that.

Milk today by Cath Schneider

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I used Canon EOS 5D MarkII with Canon EF 100mm 2.8 macro lens.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
1/200 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 160

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Canon DPP and Photoshop CS3

Q4. Who is the model?
The models are Lili (a wonderful little girl and my daughter) and Harry (a small hedgehog in our garden).

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
When I took this picture, I was walking in the garden with my daughter to do some macro photography. We saw this little hedgehog across the road and gave him some milk to drink. My daughter had never seen a hedgehog so close before and nor had I.

Ataque de pantera by Daniel Hernanz

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D2x with Nikkor lens 50mm f/1.8

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
ISO 800, f/1.8, 1/80 sec

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Imac, Photoshop CS4

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Black leopard

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
This animal is very agressive and I tried many days to get this animal in this agressive pose. In that moment I was happy that there was a glass between the leopard and me.

Top Of The World by Steve Minor

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon 40D, 70-200f4L

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Aperture F/8, Exposure 1/500 sec, Focal Length 200mm, ISO 100

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Converted the raw file in DPP and then took it over to Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows

Q4. What is the location?
Mount Evans in Colorado, USA

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I just happened upon these Mountain goats on the way to the top of Mount Evans. They had some kids (babies) with them. I was lucky enough to get close. This one jumped up on the rock on the edge of the mountain. It seemed to be looking out over the mountains so I had to take a few shots.

Grace Queens by Chris Davies

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Nikon D5000

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
Shutter 1/1600, Exposure: F/5.0, FL 166mm (70-300 NikonAF-S VR)

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Lightroom

Q4. What is the subject of the photo?
Swans

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
The idea came when I was processing. Not when I took the photo. The more over exposure I added the more this effect developed.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact that happened while working on this photograph.
The shot was taken with dozens of swans very close to me looking for food and was a little unnerving (viz a viz Hitchcock's "The Birds").

Storks at Cabo Sardão by Stephen Davies

5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
Canon EOS 300D & Tamron 28-300 mm lens

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
The image was shot at ISO 400 and 1/3200 sec

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
Canon's Digital Photo Professional for the RAW image and Picnik for the Jpeg

Q4. What is the location?
Cabo Sardao, Alentejo region, Portugal

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
The shot was sheer chance, I had been travelling around Portugal with a friend when we decided to drive to Cabo Sardao - not knowing what to find there. When we got there we discovered a lighthouse but behind that were these amazing cliffs with several pairs of nesting white storks. We spent a considerable time lying at the edge of the cliffs photographing these birds :-)

Robbie by Will Manning

Tim Flach, professional animal photographer: "I think this image works well."



"The employment of black and white separates this image from many others, while shallow depth in field helps the viewer to navigate from the carpet to the eye of the dog.
This photograph represents to me, with the choice of the King Charles Spaniel: the archetypal lap dog in it's natural habitat i.e. domestic". - Tim Flach


5 questions about this photo:

Q1. What equipment did you use?
I used a Canon 5D MkII dSLR with the Canon 85mm f/1.8.

Q2. What settings did you have on your camera?
I shot wide open at f/1.8 and ISO 1600 because of the low light environment. The shutter speed was 1/100.

Q3. What software did you use during the post-production?
I used Adobe LightRoom 2 in conjunction with PhotoShop CS4. There was not much post processing on this image, though - just a slight boost in exposure, a little contrast, and a black and white conversion.

Q4. Who is the model?
The model is my dog, Robbie! He's pretty old now, but my whole family loves him.

Q5. How did you come up with the idea of this shot?
I was just walking around with my camera, and I decided to snap a few shots of him. He was finally sitting still, so that made it easier. I also wanted to play with the depth of field on the 85mm f/1.8.

Extra Q: Please share an interesting or funny fact (if any) that happened while working on this photograph.
I thought it was kind of funny that he was looking at me while I was taking it... I was lying on the ground across from him, and he seemed kind of confused about what I was doing.