A few from the Zoo....

[shane]

Hi, just a few shots from a trip to the Melbourne zoo on the weekend.
I'm still very much a beginner, so any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated.
Shane

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[gus]

G'day & welcome to d/grin shane. Great set first up ! Love that tree 'roo :thumb

[etherdancer]

Lovely rich, saturated colours. You are doing great for a beginner!!!

These shots work well apart from the first one. When doing portraiture of animals in captivity I always prefer to adjust the depth of field to blur out the background and I usually move in close to disguise the fact that the animals are in a zoo.

You successfully pull this off in your last three shots but the one of the tiger is a bit cluttered with foreground matter etc. Try cropping the picture.

[Harryb]

Good shots Shane:thumb I'm looking forward to seeing some more of your work, Welcome to Dgrin :wave

[Ric Grupe]

I don't know what the last one is:dunno but I sure like the shot.:thumb

[ChrisJ]

I don't know what the last one is:dunno but I sure like the shot.:thumb

That's the tree kangaroo Gus mentioned...

The first 2 are my favorites... love the eyes of the tiger and the ever vigilant meerkat.

[Angelo]

:wow

great shots! welcome to dGrin

[Awais Yaqub]

Wow wonderful series ! ! !
and welcome to the forum waiting for more

[David Taylor]

Great shots to introduce yourself with. :clap I like them all.

[Dick on Aruba]

Welcome to Dgrin Shane.

You make a very nice first post with this series.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

[raptorcaptor]

Nice series Shane! :thumb The tree kangaroo seems like he should be holding a bottle of beer.

[Steve Cavigliano]

Hoo-Hah!! Really nice Shane :thumb :thumb Love that meerkat :lust

Welcome to Dgrin :wave and as others have mentioned, I hope to see more of your work in the future :D

Steve

[jwear]

welcome --nice work

[Maestro]

Great series. I especially like the butterfly pics!:thumb

[shane]

Thanks for the comments everyone. Very much appreciated.:D
Shane.

[Skippy]

Hi, just a few shots from a trip to the Melbourne zoo on the weekend.
I'm still very much a beginner, so any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated.
Shane


Hi there Shane.......wow you got the Tiger actually sitting .....gawwwd we stood their for ages and ages the other week and the Tiger just paced the whole time and was way up the back of the enclosure.

Gotta love those little MeerKats they are so cute, they look like they are really interested in whats going on around them dont they :D

The butterfly enclosure is really nice, I noticed they have really thinned out the vegetation in there compared to the last time we went up to the Melbourne Zoo.

Welcome to Dgrin Shane, hope you enjoy the forum, and we look forward to seeing more pictures from you.......thanks for sharing.

.......... Skippy (Australia)

[Skippy]

Nice series Shane! :thumb The tree kangaroo seems like he should be holding a bottle of beer.

You mean like this ??? :rofl .......... Skippy (Australia)


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