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 08/29/2003 04:13:04 AM · #1
I went to the zoo today and took some shots. I feel a lot more in control of the camera than I ever have before, which felt good.

Here's one sample:

Jaguar

This was taken behind glass. All I've done to it so far is unsharp mask X2 and resize. The framing could have been better but I was fighting a pretty big crowd since this guy had been hiding all day and finally decided to show himself.

One thing I learned from shooting today is that I really want a teleconverter for my camera. :)

Message edited by author 2003-08-29 04:21:50.
 08/29/2003 05:01:44 AM · #2
Very nice. You've done a good job keeping the highlights under control.

Good on your zoo for putting the cats behind glass - all ours are behind that nasty wire fence that stops auto-focus from locking on the subject and ruins the photo anyway :-/
 08/29/2003 05:23:46 AM · #3
Thanks. I'm really having a lot of fun and finally getting a little comfortable. I have been shooting mostly in fully manual mode...though today I switched around a lot between Aperature priority, Shutter priority, and Manual.

Speaking of fences this guy was behind a fairly tight wire fence. It took some fiddling but once I locked on him you would never know a fence is there.

I'm sure the fences used for the big cats are "slightly" thicker gauge and you can't exactly make them dissappear. ;)

Message edited by author 2003-08-29 05:24:13.
 08/29/2003 05:28:44 AM · #4
theres a fence there? nice job ttreit =`)
 08/29/2003 11:11:21 AM · #5
Originally posted by ttreit:

I'm sure the fences used for the big cats are "slightly" thicker gauge and you can't exactly make them dissappear. ;)


You can do a resonable job getting rid of the fence.

The tricks are to use a long focal length, a large aperture (small aperture number) and have the fence to subject distance as large as you can, with the camera to fence distance as small as possible.






All shot through very sturdy fencing.
 08/29/2003 11:37:59 AM · #6
It is strange how this works but it does.

You can see this when you go to a place like Texas Motor Speedway and watch the Pros shooting photographs of the race cars with their very large 400-600mm lenses or etc right on top of the fence that protects the grandstand. At first you would swear they are crazy.


Just $0.02 worth;

Calvus


08/29/2003 12:02:09 PM · #7
great shots...and great tips gordon. thanks for the clear help for the uninitiated like myself. When i get my digital rebel soon, i'm all over trying that =`)
 08/29/2003 08:23:52 PM · #8
those are really good shots...

if you're looking for a teleconverter, check ebay. there are a lot of folks on there that sell parts for digital cameras, and teleconverters are pretty common.
08/30/2003 02:36:53 AM · #9
Gordon, thanks for the tips.

That's almost exactly how I got the toucan shot though I did it by trial and error. Very cool to know it works with bigger fencing.
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