My first trip out ever with my 5d (classic)

[TarmacFFS]

Long story short, I inherited a 5D (classic) that was never even taken out of the box. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing when it comes to photography and I'm only just now understanding what the settings on my camera do.

Before my camera decided it didn't like the mirror (it's on its way back to Canon for the recall fix), I was able to take just a few photos. These have a small amount of post processing done in PS except for the tiger picture. That one is a composite shot of two wildly different exposure settings because I couldn't see the tiger if I wanted to see the detail in the rock bed he's on, and the rock bed details were completely wiped out when I wanted to be able to see the tiger.

The dogs are my favorite, but I'm relatively happy I was able to get shots of almost all the animals looking at the camera.

I'd love feedback on what I could have done better in setting up the shots, and what I could have done better in taking/editing the shots.

 

[TarmacFFS]

Here are some closeup crops so you can better see the sharpness. The bat one seems a bit grainy due to cranking up the ISO. It was really dark in there and they were making fairly quick and sudden movements. I would love to know how to improve these kinds of shots though.