Sharing a few fun shots...

FattyMcJ · Jun 13, 2010

While on vacation in South Dakota, I visited Reptile Gardens and Bear Country USA. This is a sampling of some of the over 400 shots I got on the trip...

All taken with a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro lens. Prime lenses FTW!

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Thanks for looking! Hope you enjoyed these as much as I did capturing them! :mrgreen:

ifi · Jun 13, 2010

Love the 1st one, all shots are good. Great Work :thumbup:

reznap · Jun 13, 2010

They're all pretty nice. I really like 1 and 2, and 6 is pretty neat too.

I think some noise reduction on #4, especially above the snake will help it out. On #5 you could use some more contrast and maybe a bit less brightness.

3's a cool shot too, I like the almost all brown palette.

Good stuff. :cheers:

rallysman · Jun 13, 2010

Holy. ****ing ****

Wow

That is all.

FattyMcJ · Jun 13, 2010

ifi said:
Love the 1st one, all shots are good. Great Work :thumbup:

Thank you!

reznap said:
They're all pretty nice. I really like 1 and 2, and 6 is pretty neat too.

I think some noise reduction on #4, especially above the snake will help it out. On #5 you could use some more contrast and maybe a bit less brightness.

3's a cool shot too, I like the almost all brown palette.

Good stuff. :cheers:

Indeed, #4 would benefit from some NR, but for ISO 3200 SOOC RAW with only a crop for PP, it's not too bad IMO lol

rallysman said:
Holy. ****ing ****

Wow

That is all.

:scratch: Is that good or bad? lol

Thanks for looking & commenting guys! :thumbup:

fokker · Jun 13, 2010

Very nice, love the detail in #1.

Last one with the waterfall would benefit from a slightly longer shutter speed, or a faster speed. It is kind of in the 'bleh' zone for moving water where it is just blurred enough to make it seem kind of out of focus without the silky smoothness you get from a longer exposure. I like the composition though.

katy625 · Jun 13, 2010

I like them all but i agree that #5 needs some contrast...the poor bear has no color.

dak1b · Jun 13, 2010

i like 1,2 4 and 6. nicely done~!

FattyMcJ · Jun 13, 2010

fokker said:
Very nice, love the detail in #1.

Last one with the waterfall would benefit from a slightly longer shutter speed, or a faster speed. It is kind of in the 'bleh' zone for moving water where it is just blurred enough to make it seem kind of out of focus without the silky smoothness you get from a longer exposure. I like the composition though.

Thanks for the comments! I wish I could have gotten a more "silky" look to the water. Heck, I wish I could re-shoot the waterfall, it's killer looking IMO! But, I didn't have a tripod with me at the park and (if I recall correctly) this was shot at about 1/60th ... much slower and I couldn't have gotten the rocks/foliage as sharp as it is, due to my shakey hands.

katy625 said:
I like them all but i agree that #5 needs some contrast...the poor bear has no color.

Bah, yeah, see...this is what happens when you try to fix a botched "once-in-a-long time" photo. It was literally shot out of the window of the car, with the bear 6 feet from me, no fences, no protection...and I snapped the pic just as he looked at me and began to move. I rolled up that window and drove faster than I could think about exposure lol