A day at the zoo:

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #1 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 05:55 PM

I went to Maryland Zoo in Baltimore this weekend.

The Zebra Pit:

Fish eye of a rope bridge:

Elephant. I got to use a Canon 17-40 f/4 L on this one:

Fountain:

The rest were with a Canon 70-200 f/4 L

Giraffes:

More:

Raspberries:

Kit lens, C Pol filter.

Just Waking Up:

Swimming:

Penny59 · Penny59 #2 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 07:36 PM

Gorgeous Photos!!! So professional. I'm here in PA. Never been to this Zoo. But you are so talented!! Thank yo for sharing.

Penny

Netty4mac · Netty4mac #3 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 08:01 PM

Very nice!!

PapaNoHair · PapaNoHair #4 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 08:16 PM

Great pics - I especially like the one of "Lips the Giraffe."

Rabbit · Rabbit #5 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 08:27 PM

Why is the Giraffe licking cement? What happens when the weather turns cold? I'm pretty sure tigers aren't used to cold weather, are they?

Cool photos to say the least.

Kash · Kash #6 (**permalink**)

09-16-2007, 09:49 PM

These are some AMAZING shots. If you have more, please share!

PapaNoHair · PapaNoHair #7 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Village Idiot

I went to Maryland Zoo in Baltimore this weekend.

Elephant. I got to use a Canon 17-40 f/4 L on this one:

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I just noticed - that elephant has six feet! And on two of them he wears tennis shoes!!

Penny59 · Penny59 #8 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 04:27 AM

Listen, I don't know if this is the right forum. But I have ONE good pic of my daughter and meI at her wedding. I have glare on my glasses. I could show you but I don't know how? Does anyone know a service that will help me?? Thanks
Penny

mac57 · mac57 #9 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 10:25 AM

Excellent, excellent shots. Thanks for sharing. What kind of equipment did you use to shoot these ...and... did you do any post processing of the shots in Photoshop or similar?

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #10 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 10:35 AM

Thanks for all the comments. I went with a group of members from http://www.photography-on-the.net , a Canon DSLR site. One of the girls with us was kind enough to let me use two of her lenses and one of the guys let me play with the fish eye.

The fish eye is a Russian made Peleng. Totally manual down to the aperture and only $250 if you find them on the right site. Fun lens to screw around with and a bargain for the price.

All the Giraffe shots were taken with a Canon 70-200 f/4 L. The 70-200 comes in f/4 and f/2.8 with IS options on both. It's one of Canon's most popular lenses and one of their sharpest zooms imo.

The elephant shots were done with the Canon 17-40 f/4. It's heavy and definitely a very high quality piece of glass.

You can really tell a difference when using the L lenses vs standard glass. Too bad they usually run $1k+ a pop. For the Giraffe shots and the Elephant shots, I really didn't need the extra sharpening I did, because they were so extremely crisp out of the camera. I might have even went a little overboard on the Elephant one.

All photos were pretty much just sharpened and shrunk down, with the polar bear and leopard photos having the WB adjusted because they were shot from behind glass.

Village Idiot · Village Idiot #11 (**permalink**)

09-17-2007, 10:39 AM

oops...here's the leopard shot:

And some sleeping rhinos:

cheetahastra · cheetahastra #12 (**permalink**)

09-23-2007, 09:22 AM

Amazing Shots!

Cherokee · Cherokee #13 (**permalink**)

09-23-2007, 08:11 PM

The Zebra pit shot is top notch. The composition is perfect. Good work!

Village Idiot #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 04, 2007 Location: Durtburg, WV Posts: 2,641 Mac Specs: Sooper Fast!	09-16-2007, 05:55 PM I went to Maryland Zoo in Baltimore this weekend. The Zebra Pit: Fish eye of a rope bridge: Elephant. I got to use a Canon 17-40 f/4 L on this one: Fountain: The rest were with a Canon 70-200 f/4 L Giraffes: More: Raspberries: Kit lens, C Pol filter. Just Waking Up: Swimming: Chaotic Evil, Level 1 IT-Tech Slough Roast Blog Capitol Sound Blog Last edited by Village Idiot; 09-16-2007 at 06:11 PM.
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Kash #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 03, 2006 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 9,385 Mac Specs: Black Macbook C2D 2GHz 3GB RAM 250GB HD iPhone 4 iPad 3G	09-16-2007, 09:49 PM These are some AMAZING shots. If you have more, please share! June 2007 July 2009
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mac57 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	09-17-2007, 10:25 AM Excellent, excellent shots. Thanks for sharing. What kind of equipment did you use to shoot these ...and... did you do any post processing of the shots in Photoshop or similar? My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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Village Idiot #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 04, 2007 Location: Durtburg, WV Posts: 2,641 Mac Specs: Sooper Fast!	09-17-2007, 10:35 AM Thanks for all the comments. I went with a group of members from http://www.photography-on-the.net , a Canon DSLR site. One of the girls with us was kind enough to let me use two of her lenses and one of the guys let me play with the fish eye. The fish eye is a Russian made Peleng. Totally manual down to the aperture and only $250 if you find them on the right site. Fun lens to screw around with and a bargain for the price. All the Giraffe shots were taken with a Canon 70-200 f/4 L. The 70-200 comes in f/4 and f/2.8 with IS options on both. It's one of Canon's most popular lenses and one of their sharpest zooms imo. The elephant shots were done with the Canon 17-40 f/4. It's heavy and definitely a very high quality piece of glass. You can really tell a difference when using the L lenses vs standard glass. Too bad they usually run $1k+ a pop. For the Giraffe shots and the Elephant shots, I really didn't need the extra sharpening I did, because they were so extremely crisp out of the camera. I might have even went a little overboard on the Elephant one. All photos were pretty much just sharpened and shrunk down, with the polar bear and leopard photos having the WB adjusted because they were shot from behind glass. Chaotic Evil, Level 1 IT-Tech Slough Roast Blog Capitol Sound Blog
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Village Idiot #11 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 04, 2007 Location: Durtburg, WV Posts: 2,641 Mac Specs: Sooper Fast!	09-17-2007, 10:39 AM oops...here's the leopard shot: And some sleeping rhinos: Chaotic Evil, Level 1 IT-Tech Slough Roast Blog Capitol Sound Blog
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Penny59 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 31, 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 27 Mac Specs: Getting one for Xmas!!	09-16-2007, 07:36 PM Gorgeous Photos!!! So professional. I'm here in PA. Never been to this Zoo. But you are so talented!! Thank yo for sharing. Penny
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PapaNoHair #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 18, 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,180	09-16-2007, 08:16 PM Great pics - I especially like the one of "Lips the Giraffe."
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Rabbit #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 13, 2007 Posts: 91	09-16-2007, 08:27 PM Why is the Giraffe licking cement? What happens when the weather turns cold? I'm pretty sure tigers aren't used to cold weather, are they? Cool photos to say the least.
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Penny59 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 31, 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 27 Mac Specs: Getting one for Xmas!!	09-17-2007, 04:27 AM Listen, I don't know if this is the right forum. But I have ONE good pic of my daughter and meI at her wedding. I have glare on my glasses. I could show you but I don't know how? Does anyone know a service that will help me?? Thanks Penny
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Member Since: Sep 14, 2007 Location: Brisbane, QLD, Australia Posts: 317 Mac Specs: iMac 20" \| 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo 2 \| 1GB Ram \| 250GB HDD \| ATi Radeon HD2400XT 128MB Video	09-23-2007, 09:22 AM Amazing Shots! 2007 iMac 20" 2.0Ghz w/ Wireless Mighty Mouse 2010 iPhone 3GS 32GB - White 2008 iPod Video / 5th Generation 30GB - Black 2006 HP Pavilion DV4206TU Notebook
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Cherokee #13 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 19, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 512	09-23-2007, 08:11 PM The Zebra pit shot is top notch. The composition is perfect. Good work! iMac - 2.4 C2D - 4GB RAM \| MacBook - 2.0 C2D - 2GB RAM \| AirPort Extreme Base Station
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