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allie5
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Took my Canon 30d out yesterday for its first "field trip". We took the kids to Port Lympne wildlife park in Kent so fitted the 70-300 IS!
This was my first attempt with a "proper camera" for many many years and the excersise was to get used to the handling and performance rather than be bogged down with settings!
Here are a few examples. My main problem here was the cages were quite a small mesh and I had plenty of great shots ruined by this (my local zoo uses glass enclosures so it was new to me!). Even though I had focused through and it appeared through the viewfinder to be a clear shot, I was brought up short with a lot of blurred mesh!! Obviously something I need to learn more about and practise getting the angle better.
Here you can see the blurry edges caused by the fence!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/allie5/lion-1.jpg
This one is a bit better - though both were in the same enclosure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/allie5/lioness.jpg
Dinner time - bit of blur on this one too..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/allie5/lionclose.jpg
tight crop makes this one a bit better..
No cages so a better attempt!!
OK Im having trouble getting the pics to post! Let me work on it!
This was my first attempt with a "proper camera" for many many years and the excersise was to get used to the handling and performance rather than be bogged down with settings!
Here are a few examples. My main problem here was the cages were quite a small mesh and I had plenty of great shots ruined by this (my local zoo uses glass enclosures so it was new to me!). Even though I had focused through and it appeared through the viewfinder to be a clear shot, I was brought up short with a lot of blurred mesh!! Obviously something I need to learn more about and practise getting the angle better.
Here you can see the blurry edges caused by the fence!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/allie5/lion-1.jpg
This one is a bit better - though both were in the same enclosure.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/allie5/lioness.jpg
Dinner time - bit of blur on this one too..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/allie5/lionclose.jpg
tight crop makes this one a bit better..
No cages so a better attempt!!
OK Im having trouble getting the pics to post! Let me work on it!