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Eye contact

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:08 pm
by chrisk
grabbed a few nice eye contact photos of the big guys aswell. geez they are stunning animals. the dreaded wb issues in this enclosure drove me stark raving mad.

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Untitled by .Chris.K, on Flickr

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Untitled by .Chris.K, on Flickr

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:53 pm
by Remorhaz
Nice Kitty Chris - #2 and 3 for me I think. I can see what you mean by WB - at first I felt like the images were too green but in looking at them longer I'm fearful trying to adjust that would result in other colour weirdness.

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:14 pm
by norwest
#2 says, " You look finger lickin good".

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:58 pm
by chrisk
rodney. these are adjusted to the best of my PP ability, which i admit is extremely limited. if anyone else can do it better they are welcome to try and give me some pointers.

all ive done is add a bit of magenta, red and blue.

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:28 pm
by surenj
Great shots!

#1 and #2 You have really done good work to get the model to put their hands at ease..... :mrgreen:

#1 looks to be a most neutral interms of color.

norwest wrote:#2 says, " You look finger lickin good".

:rotfl2: Tiger erotica at it's best.

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:45 pm
by Murray Foote
Why would white balance be a problem? You just have to jump into the enclosure and take a reading.

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 12:05 am
by Steffen
Murray Foote wrote:Why would white balance be a problem? You just have to jump into the enclosure and take a reading.


Those tigers are professionals, they'll hold up a grey card for you ;)

But seriously Chris, while I agree that the thick green tinged glass is a slight annoyance I cannot fathom what you're complaining about. When I went there to see the cubs people were herded through in groups, like at the wake for a celebrity. I also forgot the Windex wipes…

You must have picked a very good time and got a whole heap of excellent shots. You should be happy :)

Cheers
Steffen.

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:01 pm
by chrisk
Steffen wrote:But seriously Chris, while I agree that the thick green tinged glass is a slight annoyance I cannot fathom what you're complaining about.

You must have picked a very good time and got a whole heap of excellent shots. You should be happy :)


steffan, dont get me wrong i am happy with the shots and happy with the experience but you know 1st hand what we photographers are like..."if only the light was better, if only i didn't cut the tail off, if only the focus was sharper..." that's what we do. lol

and incidentally, i was at that enclosure for the best part of 3 hours and they were sleeping for 2 of them. is not like i rocked up and it was playtime ! lol

Re: Eye contact

PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:11 pm
by Steffen
Rooz wrote:steffan, dont get me wrong i am happy with the shots and happy with the experience but you know 1st hand what we photographers are like..."if only the light was better, if only i didn't cut the tail off, if only the focus was sharper..." that's what we do. lol


Hehe, a bit like farmers. "If only it would rain", "if only it would stop raining"...

and incidentally, i was at that enclosure for the best part of 3 hours and they were sleeping for 2 of them. is not like i rocked up and it was playtime ! lol


I wasn't allowed to stay for more than a couple of minutes, then the next batch of visitors rolled through.

Cheers
Steffen.