My day at the Zoo -- Wildlife in photography-on-the.net forums

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Jan 24, 2010 21:02 | #1

Just gotten into the photography not too long ago.. Been reading alot about the hobby etc and yesterday was my first "official" day i spend outside with my camera. The Zoo seems like an excellent place to practice my photography skills.

Out of roughly 1600 pics that i took (24gb) Only about 350~ was worth keeping. And out of those, these are probably my best work.

Enjoy and C&C is welcomed!!

Superb Starling

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Eyelash Viper

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King Cobra

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Egyptian Spiney-Tailed Lizard

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Asian Small-Clawed Otter

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Panda

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Golden Lion Tamarin

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Flamingo

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Jan 24, 2010 21:02 | #2

Zebra

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African Elephant

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Lion

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Meerkat

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I can show 100% crop upon request as well

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Jan 24, 2010 21:31 | #3

A day well-spent! Some excellent pictures here, hard to believe you are new to this. I especially like the second shot of the lion =)

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Jan 24, 2010 21:59 | #4

deathcake wrote in post #9463952

A day well-spent! Some excellent pictures here, hard to believe you are new to this. I especially like the second shot of the lion =)

Thanks alot for the feedback. I love the 2nd shot as well, it's rare that we see a "cute" adult lion

Anyway, critiques are welcome'd as well. It'll help me grow as a photographer!!

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Jan 24, 2010 23:17 | #5

Great shots. I like the King Cobra. Has that menacing look!

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Jan 25, 2010 11:56 | #6

Firefox190 wrote in post #9464626

Great shots. I like the King Cobra. Has that menacing look!

Yes it does. The filtered green light thru the leaves on it's head makes it pop out more

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Jan 25, 2010 14:14 as a reply to @ Jdmhood's post | #7

Great shots. I really like the first lion shot, nice composition. I am going to disagree on the Cobra and say I would have liked it a little wider to get more of what makes a cobra a cobra (the hood). I would not have known it was a cobra if you didn't tell us (but then again I really don't like snakes - 2 run-ins with rattlers is enough to scare me off. I'm a city girl). However, I would have liked a tighter shot on the eyelash viper to show us how it got its name.

I also think the meerkat shot is very good. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

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Jan 25, 2010 16:11 | #8

really good compositions in most of your images, very good use of space...and thats after I noticed some very cute subjects, of course.

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Jan 25, 2010 17:32 | #9

Thanks for the comments. And wanyc, i'll keep that in mind when i go out shooting next time

Anyway.. just went thru my collection again. Wanted to share a couple of with you guys. Some of them are the same subject though.

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Jan 27, 2010 22:27 | #10

Any comments on these last set of pics?

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