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Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:55 pm**

Hi all,
Went to the Melbourne Zoo today to hook-up with Mudder (Andy), Mic and Dean to learn a few photography tips. Had a great time with them and learned alot more than I could ever imagine. These guys really know their stuff!
Thanks for helping a newbie out guys and look forward to meeting up with you again!
Anyway, filled a 1gig card so there's alot to sort through, but I thought I'd post one up for now.
It was really quite low light conditions for the shot and I had a hard time keeping the speed up and with no tripod it was tricky to keep photo's sharp at full zoom. (Note to self: Go by a monopod this week!)
In the shot:
Aperture Priority, ISO 800 (a bit noisey) 1/125@ f/5.6 70-210@ 210mm, Centerweight metering.

Hope to get a few more up this week.
Cheers, Jase.

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:58 pm**

Nice Waspo. Nicole, Arthur, Rachelle, Bruce and I had a great day out at Werribee Treatment Plant and Serendip. We thought of you guys while we were out there

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:14 pm**

Great shot. I see Mudder forced you to go see the mandrills.

Fantastic that you guys had such a great time!

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:17 pm**

Very nice Jase, cant wait to see the rest.

I thought about joining you all but i had painting that had to be done today.

Jamie

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:26 pm**

I did my painting on Sat

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:27 pm**

Nice soft finish of this guy. Looking forward to the next lot.

Posted: **Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:08 pm**

G'day Jase,
Was good fun eh? I thought I didn't shoot much and still found over a hundred shots to go through doh...

The morning light was nice and soft lots of closed areas though due to works going on...

Was good fun with all the D70's wandering around huh... Sounded funny when they'd all go off trying to capture the same moment... :lol:

I was just processing a shot of the (Someone please correct me here) King fisher's in the tree, when I saw your thread... Couldn't help it could you, another butt shot :lol:

Edit: forgot to say, that's 210mm in dark conditions, and get this guys, *NO VR*.... Wow...

Cheers mate.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:18 am**

Hi Jase, Glad you had a good time mate and your are lucky you filled a 1 gig card, (wish i could do that) i always fill 3 cards 2.5gig when i am at the track, but i have got my process sorted out now so yes this is a nice looking picture,you have dione well.
Cheers
John
BBJ

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:18 am**

He, he Andy. I'll post a nice colourful butt shot tonight! Altleast they're nicer than the Baboons. Ouch! :lol:

Hope to catch up with most of you other guys on the 10th. Look forward to meeting you all.
Cheers, Jase.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:29 pm**

Here's the the butt I promised you Andy. :lol:

Mandralls murdering their young? :shock:

"Oh, what big teeth you have!"

Bumped into a fellow D70 user sporting an impressive 50-500mm Sigma
Lens.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:33 pm**

I'm sure the Nikkor 80-400VR from mudder can do more things than the Sigma 50-500.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 6:54 pm**

No wonder that guys with the blue butt gets all the girls

Who's that dork in the check short and D70 backpack talking to the lion?

Was interesting talking to the chap with the Bigma, always interesting chatting with other camera dudes at places like the Zoo... Pointed a few Nikon users to the site...

Cheers mate.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:27 pm**

Birddog114 wrote:I'm sure the Nikkor 80-400VR from mudder can do more things than the Sigma 50-500.

but it can't reach 500mm

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:55 pm**

PlatinumWeaver wrote:
Birddog114 wrote:I'm sure the Nikkor 80-400VR from mudder can do more things than the Sigma 50-500.

but it can't reach 500mm

Easy! eBay your 80-400VR and get the Bigma :wink:

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:56 pm**

It was good to meet you and your partner Jase. It was a great day at the Zoo. Thje weather was great. It was good to catch up with Platunium Weaver again and his partner.
Thanks Muddder for picking me up and dropping off home. It was the first time I have been at a zoo from open to close

I filled a 1gig card AND a 512 mb card. I took a lot of shots to see what my "new" secondhand Tamron 200-400 could do.
Here are four of my efforts.
Regards
Meicw

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:01 pm**

meicw
These are very good shots and the Tamron does the perfect of the long zoom lens for you. Put a VR behind it and you're a winner :wink:

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:03 pm**

That sparrow thing (the animal with wings, I'm not good with bird species's's :lol:

), is stunning Meic, the little mongrel didn't wait for me :cry:

I love the hair on the Zebra's snout in the dark background... I noticed that too, but have been slack and have only processed a few shots... Gotta pull the finger out, ooops dinner's burning!...

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:07 pm**

Nice Pic!!
Wish we had some of those guys at our zoo here in AKL. I could see myself visiting them a lot.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:18 pm**

Excellent pics guys. Did you get your bird id book Meicw? It's a very nice pic of a Superb fairy-wren.

Posted: **Mon Jun 27, 2005 8:19 pm**

WOW Meic, they came out awesome!! I really love the close-up birdy shot.
Well done, mate!
Here's the best I could get of the little fella.

Cheers, Jase.

Posted: **Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:58 pm**

Thanks guys. No Nicole I havent got the bird book yet. This weekend I hope.

Regards
Meicw

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Day at the Zoo.

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