Photos at Melbourne zoo

[customline]

Hi all first time submiting photos here are two taken at Melbourne zoo on friday.Hope I have set this up right so goes through.


Thanks Chris

[MatthewRoberts]

Hi Chris, you can show your images by pasting the url inside the img tags when posting. Just click the Img button then paste the url.

[customline]

Thanks for the info its done now

[customline]

Hi everyone can someone please tell me how I can improve these photos.
Thanks
Chris

[Bluebell]

Presentation wise, it would help if you post these pictures a little bigger.
I see they are 500 pixels on the longest side, but you can go to 800.
Secondly, I would separate the 2 images to present them better.

I quite like the first image, you've caught an intense brooding expression on his face.
The emu shot suffers from a bland but distracting background.
Changing your position so that the emu has a different background might have helped.
I also think turning your camera to shoot this one vertically (portrait style) would have been good in this case.
It's hard to photograph birds front on, generally shooting from the side gives a better result with more of the bird in focus.
I like the depth of focus used in both these shots though, which separates the animal from its background,
and also that you shot from eye level with each animal.