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Hi,

This is my first post so if it's wrong, that's my excuse

These are some recent images I've taken at Melbourne Zoo. Critique welcome, particularly on first one as someone has suggested I crop it some more.

Most of these were taken with my first outing with my Canon 100-400 L and it was raining and stormy so....I did not expect miracles. I think some taken with a 70-200 2.8 IS.









Natalie

Hi Natalie and a warm welcome to the forum. A good set of images for your first post - the second is my pick, just a shame the eye contact was not straight down the barrel of the lens.

Looks like you have a real feeling for portraiture.
The first one is my fav'.

Welcome to the forum Natalie,
These are simple some of the best primates shots I've seen in a while. No.1 is great as it is, no need for more cropping in my opinion.

wow, that second one looks like Andrew Symonds....

seriously though, the first two are great, well composed and great facial expressions!

Great shots, welcome to the forum. I have to disagree and say that #3 is my favourite.

Welcome Natalie.

OK, critique:

#1 - No crop needed. As a portrait this photo is superb if just a tad soft.

#2 - Again, another superb portrait.

#3 - A very emotional photo, beautifully cropped. A tad more DOF would have made this outstanding.

#4 - My pick for top honours in a really superb series.

Hi Nat and welcome.

Some great captures here in this series. Number 1 looks like is a piece of art, not a photo. (Thats a compliment, lol) and it is really well cropped. My pick of the bunch though has to go to number 3. Ugly little critter but still a beautiful picture. Well done.

Jase

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Thanks

Guess I will not crop #1 then....only one person suggested it and I couldn't decide (stared at pic too long).

Number three I'm just shocked I got at all - handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm in such a dark enclosure! I swear I didn't breath Number three is just a baby capuchin....he sure was making some awful faces, hehe.

handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm

zomg!

we will have to fix that with some more coffee shots....

biggerry wrote:

handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm

zomg!

we will have to fix that with some more coffee shots....

I agree. Maybe you should change your handle to "Tripod"

I can only agree with everyone else. A brilliant series of photos. Has any one got POTW in their first week of joining before? I suspect you are a serious candidate for achieving this.

Mr Darcy wrote:
I can only agree with everyone else. A brilliant series of photos. Has any one got POTW in their first week of joining before? I suspect you are a serious candidate for achieving this.

I concur...

Welcome! No 1 is good but love no 2! It just has that 'something'. Colours, sharp, contrast etc. Works for me!

NatalieM wrote:Thanks
Number three I'm just shocked I got at all - handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm in such a dark enclosure! I swear I didn't breath Number three is just a baby capuchin....he sure was making some awful faces, hehe.

Wow, much better than my attempts on the same baby. I only had 300mm and couldn't get tight enough, mum kept hiding to the back of the enclosure.

Ant.

Mr Darcy wrote:Has any one got POTW in their first week of joining before? I suspect you are a serious candidate for achieving this.

(can I vote for #3 for POTW??)

Ant wrote:

NatalieM wrote:Thanks
Number three I'm just shocked I got at all - handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm in such a dark enclosure! I swear I didn't breath Number three is just a baby capuchin....he sure was making some awful faces, hehe.

Wow, much better than my attempts on the same baby. I only had 300mm and couldn't get tight enough, mum kept hiding to the back of the enclosure.

Ant.

I'd attempted before but I think because it was raining they were all huddled slightly underneath the window, so I was actually just pointing straight down and he was crawling all over his mum and the other monkey. I had to wait a good 10 minutes for him to NOT be upside down

These shots are sublime Natalie, thanks for sharing.

Number one is my favourite, and I don't think any cropping is required at all.

They are all great, and inspire me to get to the zoo.

Number 2 is awesome, such a strong picture...

Wow Natalie these are great.
I really like the first two.
Very nice portraits.