Peter, A fun day and nice animal shots. Do they let you ride in an open truck thru the Cheetah enclosure?!? Giraffes are something else. They let you feed them in San Diego. https://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/FeedingTheAnimals#5422361129591478306 Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Peter McIntosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Finally got some to take the new K5 and 18-135 out on an excursion. > My wife and I went to Werribee Open Plains Zoo - just west of > Melbourne. > > Light was not that conducive to photography - was from 10:30 in the > morning through to mid-afternoon: high-contrast, harsh at worst... and > it was a hot sunny day here (30 degrees at the zoo). > > https://picasaweb.google.com/petergly/WerribeeOpenPlainsZoo?authkey=Gv1sRgCKL4rr_x7sOVXw# > > All are jpeg's, camera set to landscape colour balance, no other > corrections apart from distortion correction and lateral CA. In > Picasa auto contrast, minor fill lighting adjustments, small amount of > sharpening. No cropping (yet). > > I'm most impressed with the camera, and especially the lens. It easily > caters for my meagre photographic abilities, yet leaves me with lots > of scope for improvement. > > Ciao, > > Pete Mac in Melbourne > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
