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My Zoo pics

Postby mR_CaESaR on Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:42 pm

since i need to post pics to become a full member here goes (admin's am i eligible now? ;) :D)

Well its the first time i'm actually posting with more then one pic in the thread, so please be nice :)

Went to taronga a month or so back and had my first real shoot (meaning not in the vicinity of my house :D).

Still learning with PP and photography in general (yes, i know i've been learning for the past year), but here goes:

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Most were shot with a sigma 150mm (as i don't have a 70-200 yet :(), having that all day made me realise how much a macro lens shouldn't be used for fast action stuff, the AF is too slow! Couldn't catch any birds when we were watching the bird show (or it was probably my technique, chances are it was that).

C&C are always welcome.

I realise there was another taronga zoo thread earlier in the week, i just didn't want to hijact the OP's thread, so i created this one.
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Postby mudder on Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:21 pm

A zoo is a great place to develop an eye for animal stuff I reckon... And there a great place for a relaxing wander around...

The crocs in #1 are great, good detail, wow thought it was a nice short DOF, no wonder, 2.8...

The second one is having trouble with the lighting which is throwing fairly dark shadows in areas where you want detail... The EXIF says 1:30pm and looks like it was a bright sunny day so the exposure on animals in light and shadows on their face is really tricky... Makes you lose eye detail and stuff... The background is awkward, the trick with zoo shots (I think) is making them look as natural an environment as you can, but you take what you can get eh?

The seal is a bewdy, try cropping the top part off that's different to the water and it won't distract the viewer from the cute seal... :) Clipped his flipper but doesn't really matter as it's not a focal point... Oh, hang on, why not try cropping the top white background part off, AND the concrete footing at the bottom and make it more of a portrait?

Nice use of DOF in the flower shot, I'd maybe try a smidge of extra sharpening for the centre of the flower maybe? Great color... Try it with a much smaller aperture too and see what it comes up like, be a good experiment...

The last one, the waterfall shot is nice, the highlights in the foreground horizontal log are a smidge hot, and maybe the spot of light high up in the middle of the rock background maybe burn (darken) a smidge so it doesn't take your eye away from the waterfall and stuff maybe???

Enjoyed them :)
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