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bikedoctorr
07-10-09, 23:49
dont know how many i can post for you guys but heres a few of my fav ones from years of going to zoos and stuff. feel free to comment good or bad as i feel its the only way to learn. with the exception off the leopard (which only had levels) these pics are out of camera as even though i have most of the photoshops i rearly use them. i feel if ya cant get it out of camera then keep trying. remember most of these are also threw glass!!!!

my leopard with level adjustment
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/sv650202levels.jpg
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/marwellzoo9407258.jpg
i love the nails in the wooden log on this. i waited hours for her to move then she laid right down on hte log in front of me just before the zoo closed and no one was around. :)

a lion monkey
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/marwellzoo21706002.jpg

a sloath
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/marwellzoo21706003.jpg

i tottaly nicked this guys dog. he wouldnt stop wanting to fecth a ball out of the sea from his owner on the beach and the owner was bored so i said my gf would throw it for a while and we spent half an hour with a tottal strangers dog playing on the beach. the second one was his too!!!!

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/marwellzoo940728.jpg
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/marwellzoo940711.jpg

snow leopard
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/marwellzoo9407188.jpg

lion and his sleepy misses
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/jasoncolchester022.jpg
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/jasoncolchester019.jpg

and last but not least my afican chiclid holding eggs in her mouth. sorry glass was so dirty on htat one shot where i caught a glimsp of the eggs. normally she wouldnt open mouth for 18 days.
http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv235/bikedoctorr/zoo%20animals/jasonfish019croped.jpg
bikedoctorr
08-10-09, 00:10
sorry about the label on them all but i have had my pics turn up in places i never gave permision for and trying to prove there your image without a water mark is near imposible. :) hope you like and enjoy
ul_sjo
08-10-09, 08:38
Great pics. Love the cat ones :)
stelyn
08-10-09, 08:59
Love the cats...these are the only ones I can tolerate but would not want to pick up poop from!!!
Lynn.
Alastair
08-10-09, 09:30
Great shots, some incredible fine details
Peculiar_Clown
08-10-09, 20:10
Lovely, where'd you capture the snow leopard.
xvickyx
08-10-09, 20:34
Great shots

Love the sloth, amazing detail :laugh:

Also fab shot of your cichlid and her eggs :wub::wub:
kae
08-10-09, 20:39
Some lovely shots!

For me, I'd say they all need a touch of sharpening (as loss of fine detail is caused by the sensor filters on digital cameras, so a touch of sharpening is always needed).
Not a fan of the whitewash effect, but the animal ones are great. Love being able to see into their eyes!


Kae.
bikedoctorr
08-10-09, 21:04
:thanks:geee thanks guys :o:thumbsup::dance: i thought i was going to get told all sorts of horrors :D

i do love the big cats too ...as you can prob tell. i sit for hours at the zoo in front of them for the shot i want.


Lovely, where'd you capture the snow leopard.

that shot was from a zoo called marwell down near southampton in the south. in fact i think most of them were from there almost. it was the hotest day on record and all the aminals were doing things even there keepers were saying "i never seen them do that before" like a tigar who laid right in the middle of his man made lake so i could get some lovely refecltion shots of him. they have a large enclosure for snow leopards. last time i went they only had one i could see but on this day they had 3 or 4 in there. only prob is they seam to use a very blue type glass thats very thick so gives the pics a colour cast sometimes.
:thanks::thanks::wub::wub::thanks::thanks: for all your great comments.
bikedoctorr
08-10-09, 21:08
Some lovely shots!

For me, I'd say they all need a touch of sharpening (as loss of fine detail is caused by the sensor filters on digital cameras, so a touch of sharpening is always needed).
Not a fan of the whitewash effect, but the animal ones are great. Love being able to see into their eyes!


Kae.

hi key....hmm you either love it or hate it i quess. i personaly like it in this photo but not normally a fan but i am bias on this one:thumbsup:

sometimes i think they just got the exposure wrong and liked the result but i did try to get this pic buy spot metering on the brown of the dog which blew the rest out. it was a very bright day and the sand was reflecting the sun very well so it did what i wanted it to for once. thanks for ya comments