Zoo Photo Workshop: part 2

DanielB

went on another workshop with the same guy as last time. Johnathan Chester. this time i went with my classmates from Photojournalism and got to miss all day of school too!:barb

photos from both outings can be found together here

heres the day's results


















hope you enjoyed them.

thanks,
DanielB

Harryb

Very nice Daniel. The shot of the lionesses has a special quality. Very interesting compositions also. You are really doing the smart thing taking these workshops. They will improve your photography much more than any gear expenditure.

DanielB

Harryb wrote:

Very nice Daniel. The shot of the lionesses has a special quality. Very interesting compositions also. You are really doing the smart thing taking these workshops. They will improve your photography much more than any gear expenditure.

thanks Harry

and they're alot of fun ta-boot!

Harryb

DanielB wrote:

thanks Harry

and they're alot of fun ta-boot!

it's all about the fun.

Phyxius

The lioness photo! "My" zoo, (National Zoo in DC) doesn't have any way to get "close" the big cats and they're always hiding anyway...or sleeping.

Very cute Kanga (roo) too! Fun comp and very nice clarity and depth of field!

I like the tree kangaroo, but it looks the the picture was scanned?? (Which I'm pretty sure it wasn't since I think you shoot digital). There are horiztonal stripes in the background. Also, it looks like you focused on his/her foot on the branch. I wish the focus was on his face or that there was a more forvinging depth of field.

Sorry if you didn't want crit! Ignore me Thanks for posting!

Dick on Aruba

You did ery well on this series.

I like the 2nd andthe 5th the most.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

Awais Yaqub

Wonderful sereis !!

DanielB

thanks everyone!

raptorcaptor

Nice shots Daniel! Really like the composition of the kangaroo shot!

gluwater

Phyxius wrote:

The lioness photo! "My" zoo, (National Zoo in DC) doesn't have any way to get "close" the big cats and they're always hiding anyway...or sleeping.

Very cute Kanga (roo) too! Fun comp and very nice clarity and depth of field!

I like the tree kangaroo, but it looks the the picture was scanned?? (Which I'm pretty sure it wasn't since I think you shoot digital). There are horiztonal stripes in the background. Also, it looks like you focused on his/her foot on the branch. I wish the focus was on his face or that there was a more forvinging depth of field.

Sorry if you didn't want crit! Ignore me Thanks for posting!

I'll bet the banding you are seeing is from a wire cage in the background. And I'm going to guess that 3,4, and 7 were indoors in low light so a wide open aperture was used to keep the shutterspeed up. Zoos are not as easy to shoot in as you might expect. Good work Daniel.

ian408

Those are some nice shots. I do like the lioness and the geese.

Phyxius

gluwater wrote:

I'll bet the banding you are seeing is from a wire cage in the background.

Good call, 'cause on closer inspection I can't see it at all in the wood or on the tree kangaroo. Darn fences, but really nice job minimizing it's visibility, it is hardly noticable.

And I'm going to guess that 3,4, and 7 were indoors in low light so a wide open aperture was used to keep the shutterspeed up. Zoos are not as easy to shoot in as you might expect

I assumed the same thing for the bird pictures which is why I didn't really comment on them, but that first bird (shot #3) has some awesome coloring that Daniel did a GREAT job catching. I sympathize with the difficulties of low light, especially since I don't have a fast lens.

Daniel, also looking at your album, I LOVE the elephant pictures. Such character!

The picture of the silver back with his back turned is pretty special too. I'm not sure if you can rotate it because of the way the ground slopes and the trees. But maybe a tad bit of anti-clockwise rotation to even him out would "finish" the photo. I love the composition though, makes him seem so lonely.

schmoo

*jawdrop*

These are absolutely amazing. I love both the color, simplicity of composition, sharpness (which I can NEVER get in a zoo!), and the personality of the subjects in these photos.

May I ask what lenses you've used for some of these?

I'm stunned, literally. FABULOUS job!

DanielB

thanks all

schmooo wrote:

*jawdrop*

These are absolutely amazing. I love both the color, simplicity of composition, sharpness (which I can NEVER get in a zoo!), and the personality of the subjects in these photos.

May I ask what lenses you've used for some of these?

I'm stunned, literally. FABULOUS job!

:Dthanks Schmoo, almost all of the shots were taken with my 70-200 F/4L *my baby* and thank you so much for your kind words.

Skippy

DanielB wrote:

went on another workshop with the same guy as last time. Johnathan Chester. this time i went with my classmates from Photojournalism and got to miss all day of school too!
photos from both outings can be found together here
heres the day's results
hope you enjoyed them.
thanks,
DanielB

Wow Daniel, you got some beauties in this lot
Love your Kangaroo and Lion shots ...... Skippy (Australia)

DanielB

Skippy wrote:

Wow Daniel, you got some beauties in this lot
Love your Kangaroo and Lion shots ...... Skippy (Australia)

thanks skip