[silver]

some pics from todays zoo visit
























Sil

[Charlotte]

Nice shots silver! I particularly like the last two. All very sharp, with good use of selective focus

[Soupdragon]

I think they are good!

I'd like to know what selective focus is? I'll give it a go when I find out!

[Sonsey]

The flower shot dosn't do too much for me, but the bird shot's are excellent... spot on focus and excellent DOF, I just love shot 2

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by Soupdragon

... I'd like to know what selective focus is? I'll give it a go when I find out!

And I thought you were the expert among us.

[silver]

thanks all

I have tried and failed to get interesting penguin shots in the past,. I like the open mouth one, mostly because I've never seen the weird 'barb' things in it's beak - is strange

penguin - well all the pics are taken quite close, hence the background blurs quite easily even at high-ish fstops, penguin is probably 3ft away or less

Sil

[P-E]

Liking the birds

[Dave]

Originally Posted by P-E

Liking the birds

He says that every Friday night

[Dave]

Which lens did you use for these Silver ?

[P-E]

Please tell him a Nikon 80-400.

Great detail in that third one Sil

[silver]

peng is 85 1.4, other 2 are 105vr

Sil

[silver]

Originally Posted by P-E

Please tell him a Nikon 80-400.

Great detail in that third one Sil

thanks

I just pm'd him to help sort it out as it happens :lol

Sil

[Soupdragon]

I'd still like to know what selective focus is so I can try the technique!
Anybody?

[Australopithecus]

Excellent - I know how difficult it is to expose black swans properly. You've nailed these four nicely.


Frank

[silver]

Originally Posted by Australopithecus

Excellent - I know how difficult it is to expose black swans properly. You've nailed these four nicely.


Frank

thanks, I think for the swans I put in -0.7 exp comp but still had to darken it down a little bit in image editor

Sil

[Charlotte]

Originally Posted by Soupdragon

I'd still like to know what selective focus is so I can try the technique!
Anybody?

Sorry, thought you were being sarcastic. A quick google found this.

[Helena]

Love the baby penguin. Did you see our new baby giraffe too? (I'm a volunteer up at Marwell)

[JMitchell]

That second one of the penguin (image #3) is so fantastically sharp! Kinda scary,but great capture! Nice series.

[silver]

Originally Posted by Helena

Love the baby penguin. Did you see our new baby giraffe too? (I'm a volunteer up at Marwell)

we love marwell,. season ticket holders for the past few years,. it just seems like such a well run zoo and the volunteers do a great job

saw the giraffe, though we really miss the amur leopard cub now it's gone to it's new home, the snow leopard cubs are a lot of fun to watch though

Sil

[silver]

Originally Posted by JMitchell

That second one of the penguin (image #3) is so fantastically sharp! Kinda scary,but great capture! Nice series.

thanks, sometimes you get lucky,. I was messing around trying to get a head shot with a reasonable exposure and he yawned

Sil

[Helena]

If you're up there a lot and like photography do you know there is a yearly photo contest? Any photos taken throughout the year are eligible - 3 categories, animal, scenary, humourous. I've got more details if you don't know about it. Entries for this year are due by September time I think.

[silver]

yep, I have seen the compy mentioned around the place I always forget though, perhaps this year I will enter something, thanks

Sil

[karen fiona]

the birds are amazing but, the swan is superb, the eye and beak really stand out, black can be tricky to shoot, well done

karen

[silver]

Originally Posted by karen fiona

the birds are amazing but, the swan is superb, the eye and beak really stand out, black can be tricky to shoot, well done

karen

thanks, I have learn by mistakes for exposing black things,. the meter likes to think you pointed it at something grey so it would generally overexpose the image, -0.7 seems to have worked this time

Sil

[Rob Barron]

No question, the penguins and the black swan are excellent. The flower shot does nothing for me whatsoever so I'll leave that one alone. But the penguin with the open beak is excellent and shows real detail interest. Front shots of penguins are hard at wide apertures as the front of the beak is invariably soft if the eyes are sharp and that is the case here but when taken sideways on, you get fantastic detail and this one is as good as you're going to get, cracking shot.

Cheers,
Rob