I've taken a few zoopix over the years, and I realize that it's often either fence, or no pic.
OTOH, that shot of the buzzards or whatever type of ugly bird they are, is pretty cool. And, yes, they're pretty damned sharp. Better than I coulda done, that's for sure. That one's my favourite of the bunch.
The ring-tailed lemurs (or whatever they are - any lower-primate-looking mammal with a ringed tail is a ring-tailed lemur to me) are sharp enough, but they really aren't doing much interesting imho. Not a bad shot, just not so interesting. But, as Shel said, if the exercise is one in handholding a long lens steady, you were most successful.
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From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Greater Vancouver Zoo Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:13:34 -0700
Hi Alan ...
I don't like these at all. The fence between the viewer and the animals really detracts from the critters. Better would have been to get closer, stick a smaller lens through the fence, if at all possible, or get much closer to the fence and use whatever lens you had wide open or close to it, obscuring the fence completely. Baring those options, these are probably as good as you could get, and was a good exercise in hand holding longer lenses ... which you seem to have done quite well.
Others might like the idea of the fence being there, but, imo, it makes for very poor photographs.
shel
Alan Chan wrote:
>
> Had a few hours walk this Saturaday and took some pictures. To my surprise,
> I was able to take sharp pictures by handholding my 200mm & 300mm. Camera
> shake used to be a problem with me so I usually had the tripod with me, but
> not this time (left in the car because of the weight). Any comments welcome.
> :-)
>
> http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/vancouver_zoo
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