Birds, and animals from the Sydney Zoo

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Birds, and animals from the Sydney Zoo

Postby suzanneg on Sun Apr 30, 2006 8:51 pm

Macka, Rooboy and I went to zoo. As you can imagine, many photos were taken.
Here are a few of my favourites.
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Postby macka on Mon May 01, 2006 3:28 pm

Like the Gorilla shot - Rooboy got one almost exactly the same! Would try increasing the contrast a bit, as it looks a bit washed out (probably from the glass). Might try a square crop as well.

That's such a pretty bird - does anyone know what it's called?
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Postby Willy wombat on Mon May 01, 2006 6:52 pm

The giraffe expression is certainly unique! What no tongue?
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Postby babyvtr on Mon May 01, 2006 6:57 pm

dissapointing fuzzy leaf in forground #1, otherwise nice shot
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Postby marcotrov on Mon May 01, 2006 8:19 pm

Some lovely and colourful shots here suzanne. I would have been tempted (with a telephoto with some reach) to have zoomed/ and cropped right in on those glorious feathers in #1 and turned it into a pattern, colour and shape study.
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Postby christiand on Mon May 01, 2006 8:32 pm

Hi Suzanne,

what kind of bird is in the first photo ? :o
(very nice) :D
Its plumage colours looks like autumn in Canberra except for the blue colours :lol:

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Postby nito on Mon May 01, 2006 8:38 pm

The first shot is nicely composed with really nice and attractive colours. However, the bird's head is slightly out of focus.

The cockatoo is very well done and nicely exposed.

The giraffe needs more colour, but the angle of the shot is great.

The primate foot is WOW! I like the shot very much, it is simple but it also says a lot. :D
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Postby Alex on Mon May 01, 2006 8:47 pm

The first one is great! So many colours...

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Postby Sheila Smart on Mon May 01, 2006 8:58 pm

Ten out of ten for the foot. Well done and well seen.

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Postby suzanneg on Mon May 01, 2006 10:58 pm

Thanks all for the comments.

I believe the bird is a type of pheasant.

Willy, I have a dozen Giraffe photos with plenty of tongue :lol: , but this one is my favourite. I imagine it is singing a high note at the opera.

Macka, maybe it is my screen, but the saturation and contrast of the gorilla foot looks good from here?
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