At the zoo
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:19 pmHere are the best of the rest from my last outing to Taronga Zoo. All shots taken with the 70-200 VR. Click a pic for a larger version.
Peter...
While all these zoo shots are sharp and reasonably good, I have to say they don't grab me like most of your work does. You have to be commended for working something outside of your normal subjects and style, but I think you could have done better.
The best suggestion I can make is that I think these are missing eye contact. As I say, while these are sharp and not bad captures, eye contact can give the viewer a connection to the animal. I'm sure that you'll get other suggestions, but that's the best pointer I can give.
Zoo shots are harder than they appear, and getting a special "comes out of the screen and hits you" shot is especially hard in this un-natural environment.