Thanks for responding Larry, yes, I did do the vignettes. There is no hint of it in that lens.
Yes, Walt and Bob, the eyes were a main focus of my shot. He would look directly at me for just a second, then look somewhere else. Luckily, he held the pose. Took several tries to get the timing right. Dan, I was really surprised to see the panther and the jaguar lying together. I had just enough time to set up and shoot one shot before the jaguar moved. I also liked the portrait of the giraffe. Mark, The 2nd shot of the set, the ape leaning against the post, sort of showed the atmosphere of the primates in the first area we encountered upon entering the zoo. This is an old zoo and the facilities are a little run down, with small cages and enclosures, lots of wire cages, lots of road noise from highways on two sides, and lots of areas closed for improvements but no room for expansion. I would say that this zoo is an old school zoo with all the cons that that entails. That said, they seem to be trying to take good care of the animals and making the best of what they have available. All the kids in our group enjoyed the tour and did not get bored, even the teenagers. Bob, thanks for the Tractor shot comment. I liked the scene a lot. The three chimps also made me think immediately of the Stooges also. They were the first animals we saw coming into the zoo. Jeffry, It looks to me like he had some kind of skin condition causing him to loose fur. Can't say for sure. I was so focused on setting up the tripod, camera, lens, and getting the shot, I overlooked that at the time. Oh well, that is what was there. It doesn't bother me enough to not show the shot, rather, it seems to typify the zoo. All the big primates looked as if they were in prison and thinking about how to escape. Paul and Ken, I may have overdone the vignetting sometimes, but I am doing what I feel on my shots. Sometimes I do it to control the light in the shot, other times I am trying for an old time look. I even use it to try to shift emphasis from one area to another. I will try to be more judicial in my editing of the effect. l enjoyed the family shots also, otherwise, I wouldn't have included in this group. I hope I haven't missed any comments by anyone else. Here is the link again for anyone that would care to see what we are talking about: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ted_beilby/6845816198/in/set-72157629608506957/lightbox/ Thanks again, Ted "The eye of the viewer becomes the eye of the Photographer." Albert Maysles -- 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.
