Discovering A Panda
Suddenly, we heard the cracks of bamboos from about 10 metres away. Very soon, to our great pleasure, we found a panda eating bamboos. I quickly hid myself behind a big rock and placed the unipod properly. Then I focused with the 200mm lens and began to take pictures of the panda. It was fairly difficult to find a panda in the open field. Sometimes people searched several months on end and found no panda at all. Telling from my experiences, pictures taken from distance often lacked lifelikeness. Maybe pictures taken with long lenses could be better, although still not as good as those taken in nearer distance. In order to take vivid and lively pictures, I tried to get as near the panda as possible, despite the fact that taking pictures so near the wild panda could be very dangerous. When people met a wild panda, the first thing to do was to find an escaping way and got prepared to defend themselves, in case the animal should launch attacks. After taking long-distance pictures, I hung the camera around my neck, fastened the belt of bags full of facilities, and checked my clothes and shoes. Then I gradually neared the panda from its behind. I got as close as 3 metres away from the panda, without myself being discovered by the animal. After that I quickly focused my camera, held my breath, and waited for the precious moment to snap. Suddenly the panda stood up on its two legs, stretched out its forelimbs and grabbed lots of bamboo leaves. Just as it began to eat food, I took the picture.
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