zoo

[Vandenberg]

shot this one last week in the zoo in rotterdam

[carregwen]

Lovely shot, with great colours. I think it looks a lot better cropping the right side, almost up to his head. Those colour scales in the centre look like your avatar!

[Vandenberg]

thx for the reply
kinda like the dof this way

[arith]

Those eyes send a shiver down my spine; it is an excellent photo.

[Sahil]

I second Arith. Fantastic click, Vandenberg. Can you please post a bigger version? Would live to have a closer view of the eye.

PS:- Snakes scare S*** outta me.

[wilgk]

Wow! - this is fantastic - I too, would like to see what is reflecting in his eye.

[Vandenberg]

thx for the reply
don't know what it is, but it seems it is in or on the eye it self
anyway, large photo of the snake

http://www.dt13.nl/foto/snake.jpg

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks for the large size.

shot this one last week in the zoo in rotterdam

Very good picture, these can be difficult to get.

Witness my most recent attempt;


EXIF: Nikon D5000 with 18-200mm VR1 lens; 1/60s f/5.6 at 95mm, iso800, shot at Dudley Zoo, Birmingham. (Image size 1000 x 640)

Lighting was a mixture of daylight and red IR glow lamp
I did the best I could with WB at least it looks how I remember it - as a white an yellow snake!

I had to spend a while extracting this from a distinctly mediocre capture taken through glass with lens almost wide open. I shot more at 3200 iso, but this is the best composition I could find
I couldn't fit the whole snake in, it is huge, but I wanted to give an idea of its bulk by including quite a bit of its coiled body to the left. Still not sure if the composition works.

I have a shot of it yawning, but it seems to be without fangs, so it didn't look very menacing, more like a toothless pensioner (s/he does look quite old)

Cheers,

[Sahil]

Wow. I never liked snakes, but these two shots looks great. Come on Dave, you cannot shy away from showing more of your shots. I am sure they must be pretty good. Would love to see the snake yawning.

[Dave Humphries]

Wow. I never liked snakes, but these two shots looks great. Come on Dave, you cannot shy away from showing more of your shots. I am sure they must be pretty good. Would love to see the snake yawning.

Rather than hijack Vandenberg's thread even further, I'll start a separate "Dudley Zoo" thread, as I have a few other shots that are worth a look see. Probably not tonight though my son has just given me a list of 25 more climbing shots he'd like PP'd and posted that may take a few days with other stuff going on - e.g. CiC, job, CiC, eating, CiC, sleeping, CiC, driving lessons, CIC, photography, CiC, etc.

But hey, it's not all work, I went to the pub last night, had 3 beers and listened to live music. I just wish I'd taken the camera and a fast lens

[Sahil]

Thanks for the last two lines. I had started feeling stressed, myself.

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks for the last two lines. I had started feeling stressed, myself.

Of course, CiC isn't really 'work' either