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zoo pics with animals

Postby coolbeer6 on Sun May 08, 2005 4:07 am

some of the pics from the zoo aquarium in canberra - and these ones have the animals in them ...
HELP with alot of the shots i tryed to take the sun was in the wrong spot ore the subjects where in the shade - pic 5 i was lucky enouth to zoom into the shaded area and was lucky to get a desent shot -- any advice / critism on pic number 5 --- and u dont want to know how many shots didnt work / as i knew the liting was wrong but i hat to try .... help plese

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Postby sirhc55 on Sun May 08, 2005 11:24 am

The Australian sun is a killer for many a shot - you will find that a nice overcast day is by far the best for pics such as these - OR spot meter on the animal and blow the surrounds.

The monkey shot (#1) is cute and perhaps could do with a little bit of contrast. It is a shame about the Tiger(!) as this would have made a great pussy cat shot of the larger kind.

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Postby mudder on Sun May 08, 2005 8:56 pm

G'day CB,
Looks like the sun was pretty harsh so it would have been difficult to get the entire picture well balanced for exposure...

#1, not sure but is the focus actually a little in front of the animal? Check out the front paw and the corn cob...
#2, great pose, just the trees buggered you up, dunno if you could have got another view, not familiar with Sydney Zoo.
#3, crop into a portrait and you could do more in PP
#4, another great pose, shows the day must have been warm and strong sun. Couple of blown parts, just drop the exposure a little in PP and maybe try some curve adjustment in PP?
#5, great moment with the lions...

Cheers mate, these are good! I enjoyed 'em...
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Postby kipper on Sun May 08, 2005 9:13 pm

I think the issue with #1 and the corn mudder is that the corn is about to go into a blown state. Hence why it looks out of focus.
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Postby phillipb on Sun May 08, 2005 9:31 pm

I agree with what's been said so far, very difficult shooting conditions.
I may be completely off the mark here, but what do you think of this crop for No.4?
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Postby mudder on Sun May 08, 2005 9:40 pm

That's terrific, just a little off the top please mister...
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Postby coolbeer6 on Wed May 11, 2005 12:37 am

thanks for the advice all .
and i do like the crop on pic no 4 phillip - i try not to do much in the way of pp as my dad has done some shockers and put me off - i am starting to see the advantage in cropping to get more affect with the pics .
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