A few pics from London Zoo

[harjtt]

I popped into London to treat myself a wee bit and take a few pics with the E1 + 14-54ZD of the little and not so little critters there. There's parts of the zoo that I don;t like - esp the enclosure fro the big cats and birds of prey which is just way too small and you can see that they need more space. I really wish the zoo was allowed to expand into more of the park we have enough football picthes/parks in the city but just one zoo!

Here's a few pics from the day:

1. A very colourful lil bird

http://HarjTT.smugmug.com/photos/104021160-L.jpg

2. Whose a cheeky monkey

http://HarjTT.smugmug.com/photos/104059587-L.jpg


3. Theres a cat on my tail - Asian lions

http://harjTT.smugmug.com/photos/104022008-L.jpg

4. Tiger Tiger

http://HarjTT.smugmug.com/photos/104064151-L.jpg

5. You looking at me ?

http://HarjTT.smugmug.com/photos/104248338-L.jpg

The rest of the pics from the day start from here:

http://HarjTT.smugmug.com/gallery/1827318

After reviewing the pics I wasn't able to get as many tack sharp images as I would have liked to have. Now I think I need to improve my technique with the 14-54, I was really happy with the Birght red bird but that took 2 attempts before getting a shot as sharp as I liked and then I screwed it up by cuttings its legs off! I also found that even at ISO200 fine detail wasn't there - a prime example was the pelican's now I know that again was my fault, I had the E1 set to ISO200, f7.1 @1/500s & spot metering which I had assumed would have produced a sharp detailed picture. I'm more than open to advise and criticsm so I can fix what I'm doing wrong. I'd also like to get my hands on the 35-100 f2.0 (not that I can afford it!) as I think its focal range would be ideal or the 50-200 f2.8-3.5 which if it had IS would be just perfect.

Cheers

HarjTT

:D:thumb

[Dick on Aruba]

Nice series here and in your gallery. Well done.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

[dbaker1221]

very nice pics. great color on #1:clap

[Harryb]

Excellent set with very good details. I always have found that getting those details to be the toughest part of shooting wildlife.

[harjtt]

Hi harry, Dick & Baker

Thanks for the comments. I had thought getting a DSLR with a larger sensor + fast lens would have made thing easier but it hasn't. Lots to learn and I think I worked out what I did wrong with the pelican shot and that was I basically underexposed it by 1-2 stops (wrong shutter speed) and hence the lack of detail. Oh well, :scratch :dunno better get back to learning the basics !

Cheers

HarjTT

:thumb:D

[Awais Yaqub]

Great set loved colors in 1st

[ian408]

Nice series and I do like how you've worked with the enclosures to give
us a great view of the animals.

[Swartzy]

Great colors! Yea, that x 1.6 crop factor is a bit different than 35mm. Great color in these...being boxed in like that I'd say you did a very nice job.