This is one of those places where I see the intersection between photography and the spiritual life. I have several different lenses for my main camera - two of them are zoom lenses and two are prime lenses (only one is pictured). A prime lens is one that has a fixed “focal length” meaning that there’s no adjustment to “get closer.” A zoom lens has an adjustment ring that allows the photographer to get a subject closer without physically moving. Now a zoom lens is great for a photograph like this one that I took in South Africa in 2015. I was nowhere near this close to this leopard (which is a good thing) but the awesome lens that I rented there got me this close.
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This is one of those places where I see the intersection between photography and the spiritual life. I have several different lenses for my main camera - two of them are zoom lenses and two are prime lenses (only one is pictured). A prime lens is one that has a fixed “focal length” meaning that there’s no adjustment to “get closer.” A zoom lens has an adjustment ring that allows the photographer to get a subject closer without physically moving. Now a zoom lens is great for a photograph like this one that I took in South Africa in 2015. I was nowhere near this close to this leopard (which is a good thing) but the awesome lens that I rented there got me this close.