Photo sharing: Zoos

[MicMin]

Great pictures rtphokie. That is a very pretty shot of the artic fox.

 

[Evad]

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Post away if you have more.

 

[disneycasemgr]

Beautiful tribute to Steve. Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[YEKCIM]

Nikon D50 + 70-300VR. I'm beginning to wonder if this ought to be my "walkaround" in all four parks.

D50, 70-300VR @ 70mm, ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/1600 sec

D50, 70-300VR @ 220mm, ISO 1600, f/7.1, 1/1600 sec

D50, 70-300VR @ 300mm, ISO 1600, f/7.1, 1/320 sec

D50, 70-300VR @ 300mm, ISO 400, f/7.1, 1/160 sec

D50, 70-300VR @ 300mm, ISO 400, f/5.6, 1/400 sec

All shots made in aperture preferred auto, auto WB, JPEG/Fine, Matrix metering, -1/3EV exposure compensation on all

~YEKCIM

 

[Quicklabs]

Those are stunning!

 

[YEKCIM]

Those are stunning!

Thank you; you are kind to say so. Really enjoying my Nikon gear; the 70-300VR is a very good piece of glass.

~YEKCIM

 

[woodlandsparty]

Great photos! Care to share your data on the photos so we know what mm you were shooting at??

 

[YEKCIM]

Great photos! Care to share your data on the photos so we know what mm you were shooting at??

You can right click on any of the photos to get the full exif, except for the ISO which does not show on Nikon pix, for some strange reason.

~YEKCIM

 

[woodlandsparty]

You can right click on any of the photos to get the full exif, except for the ISO which does not show on Nikon pix, for some strange reason.

~YEKCIM

Hmmm...I never can get it when I right click....wonder why??

 

[Master Mason]

Hmmm...I never can get it when I right click....wonder why??

If your using IE you need to download a plug in to be able to do so.

Search on Opanda

 

[AndrewWG]

If your using IE you need to download a plug in to be able to do so.

Search on Opanda

Opanda works great. I use it with Internet Explorer. If you are using Firefox as your web browser, then go to the Firefox homepage and they have a plug in that you can use.

Yekcim,

Great pics! You are making me think Nikon... Man, all of you are gonna hate me by the time I finally decide and buy a DSLR aren't you!?

Andy

 

[YEKCIM]

Hmmm...I never can get it when I right click....wonder why??

I've added all the pertinent exposure data beneath each picture. Only PP done was some cropping and contrast adjustment in Picasa. NO sharpening on any of the pix, due to Picasa's non-adjustable sharpening (it's either sharpened, or not...no sliders)

~YEKCIM

 

[YEKCIM]

Opanda works great. I use it with Internet Explorer. If you are using Firefox as your web browser, then go to the Firefox homepage and they have a plug in that you can use.

Yekcim,

Great pics! You are making me think Nikon... Man, all of you are gonna hate me by the time I finally decide and buy a DSLR aren't you!?

Andy

Andy, you KNOW it is inevitable! Just go ahead and give in. It has taken me a while to get enough of the learning curve behind me to begin to get some shots I'm happy with, but comparing my D50 results to my Fuji S5200 shots, there is no doubt that it was the right move. And, that is more an endorsement of the D50 than an indictment of the S5200. For $250, the S5200 was a tremendous digital camera, and was an excellent "intro" into digital photography. The D50 is capable of so much more but, then again, it should be, given the cost differential. For the cost of *one* 70-300VR, I could have bought *two* S5200's!

~Ed

 

[woodlandsparty]

If your using IE you need to download a plug in to be able to do so.

Search on Opanda

Thanks a mil! I just downloaded it.....That will make 'peeking' at exif data so much easier!

 

[AndrewWG]

Andy, you KNOW it is inevitable! Just go ahead and give in. It has taken me a while to get enough of the learning curve behind me to begin to get some shots I'm happy with, but comparing my D50 results to my Fuji S5200 shots, there is no doubt that it was the right move. And, that is more an endorsement of the D50 than an indictment of the S5200. For $250, the S5200 was a tremendous digital camera, and was an excellent "intro" into digital photography. The D50 is capable of so much more but, then again, it should be, given the cost differential. For the cost of *one* 70-300VR, I could have bought *two* S5200's!

~Ed

Well, Ed, I will remain in Canon's court for now. Shots like those above could certainly get me to jump ship and join the Nikon bandwagon for sure though!

Andy

 

[YEKCIM]

Well, Ed, I will remain in Canon's court for now. Shots like those above could certainly get me to jump ship and join the Nikon bandwagon for sure though!

Andy

Well, I gotta tell you...I'm becoming very fond of the 70-300VR; I tend to shoot at the long end most of the time so it fits that tendency very nicely, and is a pretty sharp piece of glass to boot. I'm sure Canon has something equivalent, although I'm not "up" on their stuff. I just like shooting "long", personally, b/c it allows subject isolation, and some interesting space-compression perspectives that are not possible with shorter focal lengths. But that's just me.

~Ed

 

[go cowboys]

Again, wonderful pics Ed. I love your zoo trips. Thanks for all your insight.

 

[YEKCIM]

Again, wonderful pics Ed. I love your zoo trips. Thanks for all your insight.

I'm humbled; thank you for your kind words. Not sure what insight I have; it's mostly just "visually challenged probablility-related phenomena" (i.e., blind luck), augmented by better equipment than I deserve. Having ready access to good subject material helps a bunch, too.

~Ed

 

[AndrewWG]

Well, I gotta tell you...I'm becoming very fond of the 70-300VR; I tend to shoot at the long end most of the time so it fits that tendency very nicely, and is a pretty sharp piece of glass to boot. I'm sure Canon has something equivalent, although I'm not "up" on their stuff. I just like shooting "long", personally, b/c it allows subject isolation, and some interesting space-compression perspectives that are not possible with shorter focal lengths. But that's just me.

~Ed

I agree. When I shot film with my Rebel, I was always at 300mm with my 75-300mm! I don't know what it is, but I like to have the subject very closely cropped in all my photos.

Andy

 

[YEKCIM]

I agree. When I shot film with my Rebel, I was always at 300mm with my 75-300mm! I don't know what it is, but I like to have the subject very closely cropped in all my photos.

Andy

Andy,

I took a course in photojournalism my senior year in college, back when the Earth's crust was still cooling, and the instructor's constant comment was to "go for the tight closeup". That was 30+ years ago, and I still hear his voice, in the back of what's left of my brain, whispering, "go for the tight closeup" whenever I have a camera in my hands.

~Ed