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Western Plains zoo pics

Postby skippy on Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:23 am

Just uploaded some pics from Western Plains zoo near Dubbo. All taken with the Bigma, most at 500mm.

This links to the album, rather than 11 separate links.
http://www.pixspot.com/thumbnails.php?album=110

Comments? How can I improve these? I know that some of them have unfortunate shadows that could be PSed out, but still new to this and it's late!
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Postby jonnydee on Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:13 am

I really like the shot of the giraffe licking the keeper - shows the affection between them, bit of a more unusual animal shot :)
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Postby robw25 on Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:50 am

love the cheetah shots i tried in theadelaide zoo to get them but i couldnt focus through the fence
cheers rob btw: your not the skippy that was on the sony dpreview site ?
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Postby JordanP on Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:58 pm

thumbs up for the willy wagtail - nice boke.
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Postby coolpix on Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:02 pm

Nice photos...the one of the giraffe licking the person is great...well done
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Postby mudder on Wed Jan 05, 2005 6:41 pm

G'day Skip,
The Giraffe "kiss" is a great emotional shot, implies a real bond between keeper and animal (although it's probably after food!), my fav of these is the Cheetah ( http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php?album=110&pos=1 ) looks really menacing and purposeful, gives a feeling of the character of the animal... You and the Bigma seem to make a good team...

DDE in Nikon Capture, or shadows tools in either PhotoShop or PaintShopPro would help a lot with the shadow detail, although assumedly at the expense of increased noise... Believe me, I've stuffed up enough to become familiar with DDE ;-)

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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:37 pm

skippy - I think the bigma has proven itself. I agree that the bokeh on the willy wagtail is great.

My only suggestion re shots in the shadows is to use spot metering - it would blow the background as in the rhino shot but as it fills most of the frame it would be acceptable.

Must go Red Dwarf is on

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