Few from Auckland Zoo

majiktripp

Baby Orangutan approves of this rope.

Ricky91t

The photo of the Macaw(?) is brilliant!

The rest are good, But a bit kind of normal for zoo images, if you get me. But there's just something about the lighting of the macaw which makes it my favourite.

gloobag

They're all good, but I really love that Orangutan shot

Thecageyone

Love the Tiger shots, but then, I love tigers. Keep meaning to get to the zoo myself, but so much on lately.

It's hard not to get the usual zoo shots, it'd be nice to get the tigers play-fighting or one of them mid-roar! The parrot[?] shot is dead cool. I know nothing about birds obviously.

majiktripp

Thanks for the comments guys, its a great zoo for having a wander about and a lot of the animals there are great characters so makes for interesting shooting.

Light wasn't spectacular on the day but some sunshine made an appearance every now and then.

The parrot (still not sure exactly what type of bird it is) shot was my favourite of the lot too, just seemed to come out like he's giving a media interview and leaning into the microphone!

Another favourite:

Doing an impression of Marlon Brando in the God Father


Home most people feel on a Saturday morning.

dudara

The macaw shot is great - but I also really like the first tiger picture. When you look at it, each of the tigers is doing something different with different facial expressions. Really nice.

Thecageyone

Yeah, first tiger shot is very nice, all [bar one] of their eyes open and clear, well exposed. The one with eyes closed still works as it looks like she's purring And [I presume] the male standing over her is watching you with a "Eyes off her mate" look

casio4

I love the photo of the baby Orangutan he/she is so cute with the big lip, I have been to Auckland Zoo and it is one of the best for getting up and close to the animals

Thecageyone

Oooh, didn't see the Lion shot earlier, lovely. I'd crop in closer to his nose though. Seems a bit elongated. Cool shot though. Ahhhh ooooooh .... the lion sleeps tonight ...

the_monkey

stunning IQ on them, what equip was used ?

majiktripp

the_monkey wrote: »

what equip was used ?

Nikon D3 and 70-200 f/2.8 VRI was what was used for the entire trip. Must look in to getting an extender either 1.4 or a 2x to hell. 200mm isn't quite close enough, there was some major cropping on some of those shots.

Auckland Zoo seem interested in having some of them used in their magazine so will see how that turns out

the_monkey

ok the d3 is equivalent of a canon 1d or 1ds ?

AnimalRights

the_monkey wrote: »

ok the d3 is equivalent of a canon 1d or 1ds ?

Since the new 1D IV is now crop (1.3) I'd say the 1D III is it's rival.

If I'm wrong I'm sure I'll be made to walk the plank ala Cagey.

charybdis

the_monkey wrote: »

ok the d3 is equivalent of a canon 1d or 1ds ?

The 1D3 poised as Canon's equivalent to the D3.

AnimalRights wrote: »

Since the new 1D IV is now crop (1.3) I'd say the 1D III is it's rival.

If I'm wrong I'm sure I'll be made to walk the plank ala Cagey.

The 1D3 and 1D4 are both APS-H (1.3x crop factor). Canon also makes the FF 1Ds3, although that is probably more analogous to the D3x in that it is meant for producing high resolution images and isn't geared towards high-ISO performance or a large number of frames per second.

CrackisWhack

The Tiger photos are excelllent.

majiktripp

Turns out they might be interested in using a few of the tiger photos for their Magazine that they publish quaterly I think, tried to push for some free passes for the Zoo in exchange for the use of them (would suit me fine as I think it's a great place) so the ball is in their court now , just waiting to hear back.

Gone Fishin

The photos are fab, well done. I particularly like the one of the Lion. It's like he is trying to squeeze his eyes shut to block everything out and go back to sleep. Excellent stuff.

Balfey1972

stunning photos. love the sharpness and colour.