I took my 7 year old and 15 month old to the zoo in Washington, DC yesterday. Brought along the *istD and a couple of lenses. More and more I'm impressed with this camera. As with any new piece of gear, there is a learning curve in the beginning, and now I think I'm getting past that. I'm becoming happier with my results, not just on a technical level but on a compositional level as well.
the results can be seen here (all shot hand-held; no room for the tripod...): http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/index.html A few comments: The shot of the spider http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/golden_orb_weaver_imgp0900.jpg&target=tlx_new&title=Golden%20Orb-weaver was interesting in that the spiders were not in an enclosure. Instead they were in a corner of the invertebrate house, above a planter, so it was easy for me to move around them to get a good angle. They are HUGE! The general weird bokeh in some shots is a result of the fencing around the animals. The skull shot http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/skull_imgp0935.jpg&target=tlx_new&title=Skull started out as a really cool shot of a beautiful King Vulture perching on top of the skull. My slow reaction, combined with my awkward fumbling (I WAS, after all, having a running conversation with my 7-year old while at the same time making sure the 15 month old didn't die in a horrible zoo-related tragedy; she has a death wish...) scared the vulture off before I got a picture. DOH! I think the flamingos http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id4.html are awesome. I could have watched and photographed them all day long. As always, I look forward to comments from anyone and everyone. You people help my photography more than you know. TIA Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
