MACAWS — La Zoo, Mark III

[oni0n56]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1074/823302474_b039e16cd6_b.jpg

You can get the wallpapers and stuff at http://aprilzero.com/entries/macaw-a-wallpaper/

MM the shots are too big so check the rest out on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonlabs/

[Jim G]

Darn good! The first and third ones are awesome... and I like the one where the bird's approaching the keeper :)

[morehtml]

These clearly show the af flaws of the MK III


NOT :lol:


Great Shots

[hTr]

Great set, That Mark III is in good hands

[yonni]

Stunningly good! Did it get a little hot out there?

If you ever get down to the SD Wild Animal Park, they have some bird shows with lots of species, and a couple of different demos w/Falcons. One is with the Cheetah Run Show.

[oni0n56]

Stunningly good! Did it get a little hot out there?

If you ever get down to the SD Wild Animal Park, they have some bird shows with lots of species, and a couple of different demos w/Falcons. One is with the Cheetah Run Show.

That sounds lovely.

Yeah it was pretty smoking today, I was havin a hard time not sweatin on the cam. I wanna eventually go down to SD sometime at least once over the summer, but LA is like 5 minutes away so it'll do for now

[oni0n56]

Hey we should set up some sort if porn socal zoo meet..

[Cooper911]

Nice series. #1 is very nicely done...good AF tracking. Colours are beautiful. Nicely done.

[canondslruser]

Hey, nice and colourful flight shots.

[oni0n56]

Hey we should set up some sort if porn socal zoo meet..

Hehe. srry I meant POTN SoCal zoo meet. (was on the iphone at the doctors with a needle up my arm)

the LA zoo isnt that great but San dIego could be cool.... dunno if anyone is interestd but it'd beat goin alone

[CyberDyneSystems]

Great shots, and very colorful birds!

You have PM :)

[oni0n56]

edit: had to take down the photos cause they were too wide?


Here's a frame by frame of the shoot, just added:

http://www.aprilzero.com/photos/macaw/Macaw-analysis.jpg

[yonni]

So it appears that you were shooting in aperture priority mode. If so, would you shoot w/shutter priority next time?

A zoo get together might be fun. The museum near usc has a butterfly exhibit through Labor Day I think. I've tried shooting there a couple of times but haven't been too satisfied w/results.

[oni0n56]

Butterflies you say? that sounds delightful, as long as theyre not behind glass heh

I did manage to get a couple butterfly shots at the zoo just as i was walkin by, but theyre pretty hard to focus on being so tiny and moving so erratically. but I guss thats what makes it fun.

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yeah I was shooting aperture priority. should I have done TV? or just set a minimum shutter speed of like 1000 and then an iso safety shift? i wanted the aperture to be open enough to get a good SS but closed enough to get the whole bird and be a little forgiving on the focus. and a nice bokeh'd background.

tbh i nevre really do BIF so i dont know what settings most people use, esp with the CF's and all. is there some sort of quick guide for all the settings on the mk3

[wtaccord]

Amazing shots! The first one on the thread is gorgeous!