Went to the zoo with my new camera.

Lady_North

first time out with my new Canon 50D. I know they are not brilliant but I'm still learning. Any tips on how to improve my stuff.....
Thanks.


He's the boss.......


Any idea how to get rid of the reflection from the window.



First time to try this.


Oh Deer!!!

AnimalRights

You certainly have an eye for a shot but I think you suffer from Camera shake somewhat, if you were to join a photo hosting site such as Pix.ie or Flickr we could see your Camera settings you used and it would be easier to give you some pointers.
Are you shooting in Automatic? and if not it looks like maybe your shutter speed is too slow.

http://pix.ie/signup

kensutz

Canon 50D. 1/125, f/5.6 ISO 100
Others range from 1/2" to 1/800

digitally-yours

lovely composition but I think the images are not very sharp.

The look a bit hazy.

Composition in 10/10

AnimalRights

kensutz wrote: »

Canon 50D. 1/125, f/5.6 ISO 100
Others range from 1/2" to 1/800

Quite a vary in SS.
What program were they shot in?

Forgot to add Lady_North my favourite is #2.

DutchGuy

I like the first one.

To get rid of the reflection from the glass in the future you could use a circular polariser. I'm not sure if you can edit it out digitally after the photo is taken.

lukeod

Maybe move the ISO to 400 or so? Should reduce the camera-shake issue.

You're going to need a tripod for the waterfall trick.

Really nice framing though. Are they cropped?

Lady_North

I have so, so much to learn. I have been told that I am good at taking photographs and I do think that I have a good eye for a shot but I know absoloutley nothing about photography. I have been reading posts here for a whild and am learning slowly. I really need to join a camera club to learn.

Most of the shots I took were taken in the automatic setting but any indoor were taken with no flash. See I told you I know nothing cos I cant even use the proper terms for the shots I took.
The deer were taken on auto but from quite far away, I just cropped quite close to get the shot. The gorilla and the waterfall were cropped a little. I even got a tripod for christmas with the camera but did not bring it to the zoo today. Brought hubby and kids instead.


Any advice much appreciated and needed. Thanks again.

Borderfox

To get rid of the reflection put the camera as close to the glass as you can, nice shots though and plenty of room for improvement

CabanSail

You seem to have a natural eye for composition. Getting to grips with controlling your image & understanding optics & exposure will help you a lot.

Well done & welcome

challengemaster

Quality of the pictures seems woeful for a dSLR. What quality of jpeg are you shooting in the settings?

I'd second what's been said about your eye for composition, really nice. Just need to work on the technical side of things

kensutz

Not everybody is an expert on their first outing with an SLR.

Deliverance XXV

Great shots and great composition. I love all the zoo C&C threads that come onto boards! Shot #2 is brilliant and put a smile on my face.

It looks like it's extremely close up crops on photos 1 & 4. What lens were you using Lady_North?

M.T

What you are shooting is great but they are lacking in sharpness. They look to me to be out of focus? They kind of hurt my eyes as they me eyes seems to be trying to compensate for something.

I switch from glasses to contact lenses etc and I find that it is a pain in the arse to get the view finder right between each change.

Bad eye sight and me being green/red colour blind = not good

Number 2 is great btw My type of pet

steelydan99

My guess would be ,they were sharp to begin with but maybe a little far away. So cropping them would zoom in the image to compensate for not having a longer lens, or being too far away.

Cropping will make your images less sharp, a little cropping will be ok but if you over do it, thats when you run into problems.

Great composition on the shots though.Love the second one.

Lady_North

steelydan99 wrote: »

My guess would be ,they were sharp to begin with but maybe a little far away. So cropping them would zoom in the image to compensate for not having a longer lens, or being too far away.

Cropping will make your images less sharp, a little cropping will be ok but if you over do it, thats when you run into problems.

Great composition on the shots though.Love the second one.

You have it right. I know they are not as sharp as they could be but were taken from a distance. The lens I have is the one that came with the camera. 17-85mm. I don't think they are the worst shots considering how far away I was for some. Here are the originals for you to compare.










( I know with tripod it would have been much better. Tried resting on the fence but know better for next time)



This one I like, considering I was very far away, need a better lens.

Thanks for all the advice though. I really appreciate it.

steelydan99

the trick with reflections is to put your lens as close as possible to the glass ,or buy a cheap rubber lens hood that will press up against it, Therefore cuts out unwanted reflections.

Watch our for Vignetting though with the rubber hood ( look for the corners of your viewfinder to see if you can see any part of the lens hood, thats called vignetting. It will come out in your photos)

TheNorthBank

Lady_North wrote: »

Any idea how to get rid of the reflection from the window.

Try using A polarizing filter, that should do the trick I'd imagine.

First time poster here.

Lovely shots Op. The gorrilla is deadly