HIGHLAND CATTLE AND CALVES HOW CUTE ARE THESE

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Highland Cattle and Calves How Cute Are These

I couldn’t resist these Highland cattle how cute are these! I just had to photograph them.

Cute photo of a white Highland cattle calf
White Highland cattle calf

Well I guess this should be categorised as yet another bike ride picture….but you are bored of them by now right? I was out riding my bike and I saw these amazing Highland cows on a farm. I knew that I had to go back and photograph them

TECHNIQUE

Dramatic low angle portrait of a Highland Cow
Highland Cow

I went back the following day, shooting through an electric fence with low angle view with some fill-in flash. I held the camera really low down, shooting with a Nikkor 16-35 set between 16mm and 24mm. I found out that 16mm was a bit too wide. I couldn’t actually see through the viewfinder when I took them. I  placed the camera down on the grass and used my experience or luck to try and visualise what the camera was seeing. Of course I checked them on the rear screen, digital is so good like that. 

Portrait of two Highland cattle one red the other white
Two varieties of Highland cattle one red the other white

I set the Nikon AF to AF 51 on AF-C mode, this ensure that the camera will focus on the first thing it sees in the viewfinder…whether that is a cow or a blade of grass hopefully it would be the cow’s nose…It worked fantastically well. On some it focussed on a blade of grass in the foreground and they were quickly deleted but overall it worked brilliantly.

I also used some  fill-in flash  again a really simple set up just stick it on the camera set to TTL and turn the power down to minus 2 stops. This just fills in the shadows and helps to balance the foreground and background. It’s a technique I have come back to many time since but I still love these

Portrait of a Highland cow with her cute calf
Highland cow with her cute calf

I could have stayed all day and just photographed these proud highland cattle and their beautiful calves.

Portrait of two highland cattle who are rubbing noses.
Two Highland cattle who are rubbing noses.
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