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Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby NatalieM on Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:29 pm

Hi,

This is my first post so if it's wrong, that's my excuse :P

These are some recent images I've taken at Melbourne Zoo. Critique welcome, particularly on first one as someone has suggested I crop it some more.

Most of these were taken with my first outing with my Canon 100-400 L and it was raining and stormy so....I did not expect miracles. I think some taken with a 70-200 2.8 IS.

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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby Geoff M on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:08 pm

Hi Natalie and a warm welcome to the forum. A good set of images for your first post - the second is my pick, just a shame the eye contact was not straight down the barrel of the lens.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby mikephotog on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:24 pm

Looks like you have a real feeling for portraiture.
The first one is my fav'.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby phillipb on Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:53 pm

Welcome to the forum Natalie,
These are simple some of the best primates shots I've seen in a while. No.1 is great as it is, no need for more cropping in my opinion.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby biggerry on Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:00 pm

wow, that second one looks like Andrew Symonds....

seriously though, the first two are great, well composed and great facial expressions! :up: :up:
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby aim54x on Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:13 pm

Great shots, welcome to the forum. I have to disagree and say that #3 is my favourite.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby sirhc55 on Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:25 pm

Welcome Natalie.

OK, critique:

#1 - No crop needed. As a portrait this photo is superb if just a tad soft.

#2 - Again, another superb portrait.

#3 - A very emotional photo, beautifully cropped. A tad more DOF would have made this outstanding.

#4 - My pick for top honours in a really superb series.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby hrpremier on Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:27 am

Hi Nat and welcome.

Some great captures here in this series. Number 1 looks like is a piece of art, not a photo. (Thats a compliment, lol) and it is really well cropped. My pick of the bunch though has to go to number 3. Ugly little critter but still a beautiful picture. Well done.

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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby NatalieM on Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:41 pm

Thanks :)

Guess I will not crop #1 then....only one person suggested it and I couldn't decide (stared at pic too long).

Number three I'm just shocked I got at all - handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm in such a dark enclosure! I swear I didn't breath :) Number three is just a baby capuchin....he sure was making some awful faces, hehe.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby biggerry on Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:32 pm

handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm
zomg!

we will have to fix that with some more coffee shots....
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:46 pm

biggerry wrote:
handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm
zomg!

we will have to fix that with some more coffee shots....


I agree. Maybe you should change your handle to "Tripod"

I can only agree with everyone else. A brilliant series of photos. Has any one got POTW in their first week of joining before? I suspect you are a serious candidate for achieving this.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby surenj on Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:28 pm

Mr Darcy wrote:
I can only agree with everyone else. A brilliant series of photos. Has any one got POTW in their first week of joining before? I suspect you are a serious candidate for achieving this.


I concur...
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby ewm3 on Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:45 pm

Welcome! No 1 is good but love no 2! It just has that 'something'. Colours, sharp, contrast etc. Works for me!
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby Ant on Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:10 pm

NatalieM wrote:Thanks :)
Number three I'm just shocked I got at all - handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm in such a dark enclosure! I swear I didn't breath :) Number three is just a baby capuchin....he sure was making some awful faces, hehe.


Wow, much better than my attempts on the same baby. I only had 300mm and couldn't get tight enough, mum kept hiding to the back of the enclosure.

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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby aim54x on Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:31 pm

Mr Darcy wrote:Has any one got POTW in their first week of joining before? I suspect you are a serious candidate for achieving this.


:agree: (can I vote for #3 for POTW??)
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby NatalieM on Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:38 pm

Ant wrote:
NatalieM wrote:Thanks :)
Number three I'm just shocked I got at all - handholding at 1/60 at almost 400mm in such a dark enclosure! I swear I didn't breath :) Number three is just a baby capuchin....he sure was making some awful faces, hehe.


Wow, much better than my attempts on the same baby. I only had 300mm and couldn't get tight enough, mum kept hiding to the back of the enclosure.

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I'd attempted before but I think because it was raining they were all huddled slightly underneath the window, so I was actually just pointing straight down and he was crawling all over his mum and the other monkey. I had to wait a good 10 minutes for him to NOT be upside down :D
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby Greg B on Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:55 am

These shots are sublime Natalie, thanks for sharing.

Number one is my favourite, and I don't think any cropping is required at all.

They are all great, and inspire me to get to the zoo.
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby Big V on Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:13 pm

Number 2 is awesome, such a strong picture...
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Re: Primates (Melbourne Zoo)

Postby colin_12 on Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:45 am

Wow Natalie these are great.
I really like the first two.
Very nice portraits. :up:
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