Birchidna

[mozzie]

two photos from Western plains zoo.... I didnt manage a good one of the echidna...when i go there there was a Bogan *swears at her* who'd just stuck a point and shoot in the echidna's flace and flashed it in close contact (poor thing) so it was a bit startled but i like the colours




This one is a tad overexposed too metihnks

[gstark]

This one is a tad overexposed too metihnks

I'm not so sure .... what does the histogram tell you?

I would like to see you do something in post to pull a bit more detail from the face of the echidna. I think it's there for the taking, but just needs a little coaxing from the depths of this image.

[biggerry]

that first image is great, has character and a storyline to boot i reckon! The mesh background takes a little away from the image but, all in all i reckon its sweet!

As gary mentioned, some extra detail in the nose end of spiky would help, also alittle bit wider might have been good but, these are typically quick to move around, and even quicker to duck their head in, so you have done well...

[mozzie]

This one is a tad overexposed too metihnks

I'm not so sure .... what does the histogram tell you?

The histogram - yes that thing. I am still trying to learn to speak its mysterious language( . Cam's had a few goes at teaching me. Give me a few datys to figure it out... It cant be as hard to decipher as a stats graph right?

[gstark]

This one is a tad overexposed too metihnks

I'm not so sure .... what does the histogram tell you?

The histogram - yes that thing. I am still trying to learn to speak its mysterious language( . Cam's had a few goes at teaching me. Give me a few datys to figure it out... It cant be as hard to decipher as a stats graph right?

It's actually quite simple. It's basically just a representation of how the transition from darkness to brightness is captured in your image. Dark pixels are on the left, bright ones on the right.

While it always needs to be looked at within the context of your subject - is it predominately dark or light - it should generally tend towards a bell curve type of representation. If it's falling off the rh side, then you're probably overexposed; and if it's falling off the lh side, then maybe you're under exposed.

If it's basically somewhere that's not falling off the edges, then you're probably in a good area.

[surenj]

I quite like the composition in the first with the two birds and the pseudo frame that the branch on the right. The mesh is distracting and my preference would be to blur this slightly OR [more adventurous - to simulate rain but accentuating it!]

Just to add to what Gary is saying about highlights. I normally slightly overexpose [350D] [histogram to the right and small amount of burnt areas on preview] and use the raw to bring back the detail. I find that underexposed areas contain too much noise to recover. This may not apply to newer fancier cameras.

[Lukec]

Hi

I like first pic it a nice shot of the Diamond Firetail Courtship display.

Was the shot taken through the wire?