A couple from the NC Zoo

kworkkwork Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
edited April 11, 2008 in Wildlife
Spent a couple hours Saturday trying to get a good animal shot.
Let me know what you think
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4
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C&C always appreciated
Kevin


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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2008
    #1 & #3 do it for me. thumb.gifthumb
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2008
    I think you did an excellent job.clap.gif
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    You succeeded in getting good shots. clap.gif #2 and #3 are especially good. #1 is excellent also but the blown out portions of the rock under the bear are distracting. On the last shot I would have framed it or cropped it to remove the foreground vegetation and water. I would have also framed/cropped it so that the zebras are more to the left of the frame. That would give you fewer distracting elements and a clearer horizon line running left to right on the image.
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  • kworkkwork Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    Thanks for the compliments and tips!
    Kevin


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  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2008
    Nicely done!
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  • grimacegrimace Registered Users Posts: 1,537 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2008
    Jack'll do wrote:
    #1 & #3 do it for me. thumb.gifthumb

    I agree!! Nice work!!
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2008
    Love #2 clap.gif
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  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited April 9, 2008
    Your effort to get a 'good animal shot' seems not to have been in vain,
    these are all greatthumb.gif
    Russ
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2008
    Very well done. All have wonderful saturation of color and I really like the comp of number 1 along with the "look" the bear is giving. Number is pleasing to me because I like the wide angle and because it is a bit surreal with African savannah animals in what looks like a temperate forest with deciduous trees.
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  • i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2008
    well dang. Thought you were going to call rolleyes1.gif

    Great shots of the kritters my taxes are keeping up. :D
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2008
    Love the picture of the bear, and the shot of the Africa area has great colors...but...where are the giraffes? :D
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  • TravisTravis Registered Users Posts: 1,472 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    Excellent shots. 1, 2, & 3 are tops. #4 has a little too much going on in the foreground. I can't believe that I never went to the NC zoo during the years I lived down there.
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