Seriously, wonderful shots there. I especially liked the shot of the Caracal (which I've never heard of, but kind of looks like a lynx with those ear tufts). Focus is spot on. Bokeh is a bit bothersome, but that may have more to do with the nature of the background itself than what the lens did with it.
Lovely shot, though.
Thanks for sharing them with us. I love going to the zoo with my kids too.
cheers, frank
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From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Recent trip to the zoo Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:39:38 -0500
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]
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