{"id":1089,"date":"2012-09-18T20:46:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2014-04-14T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T06:53:00","slug":"zebras-at-dusk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"Zebras at Dusk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;golden hour&#8221; directly before sunset offers really interesting options for photography.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re on a game drive in Namibia at the right time in the right place, you can get some truly stunning photos.\u00a0 Unfortunately, however, you&#8217;re at the mercy of the driver many times, and if you&#8217;re facing directly into the sun it can be frustrating.\u00a0 If you understand how your camera reacts in those conditions and experiment, however, you can get some interesting effects.\u00a0\u00a0In our case we came across\u00a0a group of zebras.\u00a0 I was trying to maximize the 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