Darren and Ken, thanks for the comments.
Darren: The lens was Pentax 50-135/2.8 maxed out at 135 mm.
I forgot 60-250/4 at home, and had to use the shorter lens that is
always in the bag.
I cropped the photo just a bit (from the original 4928x3261 to 4362x2889).
The rest of the data: 1/800 f/5, ISO 800, handheld.
50-135/2.8 is a great performer.
But what I think has contributed to the crispness of the image is the
weather: even though it was taken around 3pm, it was partially cloudy.
That allowed to avoid overly deep shadows. I still had to bring the
shadows up and the highlights down in the post-processing, especially
because of the black color.
You can see a few other photos taken on that day:
http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-05-23-zoo/
(including a few more of the same and related subjects).
Igor
Darren Addy Wed, 27 May 2015 05:56:59 -0700 wrote:
What Ken said. Impressive crispness, too. (Curious what lens you used.)
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote:
Very well captured Igor. A crisp image with an interesting pose.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor PDML-StR" <[email protected]>
Subject: PESO - Don't look at my popsicle!
Taken at Houston Zoo:
http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-05-23-zoo/_IR26045.html
Comments are welcome!
Igor
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