The Eyes Have It !!
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 08:50PM As this site is about photography and environmental awareness, the 'Home' page will feature what I hope is a compelling image to start the viewing experience. This one can also be considered a photo tip.
Pretty nearly universally, when you ask either a wildlife or portrait photographer for their most important shooting tip, you will hear, 'focus on the eyes'. This image of the eyes of a Gray Wolf, (Canis lupus) shows exactly why that universal advice is correct. This shot is a crop from a full body portrait of a young captive wolf that lives at the Wildlife Prairie State Park in Peoria, Illinois. He was looking right at me from a distance of about 40 yards, the catchlight in his eye comes from a fill flash; the lens is a 500 mm telephoto. A memorble experience.


