Toronto Zoo

[Raymond J Barlow]

thanks again everyone.. Force... I use a Nikon D70, and usually use my nikon 70-300mm, and I use PS CS for my editing.

 

[Force of Nature]

Oh to be able to afford that! I might blow my student loan on it

 

[LeadSister]

I LOVE the big cat pictures! They are such beautiful animals. Nice shots!

Pamela

 

[JonK]

Great shots raymond!
Love the tones in the lion shot.
Thje giraffe is just awesome..love the confusion there :mrgreen:
The hippo eye stare is very cool..freaky lookin skin! I love it tho.
Great series...keep em coming! :thumbup:

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

force.. good luck with your loans!! what are you studying?? the D50 is out, and very reasonable I hear.

Ty LeadSister.., and JonK

 

[M @ k o]

Awesome shots ! All of them are very sharp and soft looking. Nicely done.

 

[MozzMann]

Hey Ray I've had another fiddle with the eagle, would you permit me of like me to post it ?

Maurie aka Mozz

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

Hey Ray I've had another fiddle with the eagle, would you permit me of like me to post it ?

Maurie aka Mozz

Mozz, please do, and thanks!!

 

[Force of Nature]

force.. good luck with your loans!! what are you studying?? the D50 is out, and very reasonable I hear.

Ty LeadSister.., and JonK

Yes I saw that advertised, do you know if its any good? Is it better than the 300D or what you guys call the Rebel?

I still keep opening this thread up just to look at the animals, and dream abouta new camera!

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

Yes I saw that advertised, do you know if its any good? Is it better than the 300D or what you guys call the Rebel?

I still keep opening this thread up just to look at the animals, and dream abouta new camera!

I don't know much about the Canon dslr's, but I am sure they are just as good as the nikons.. there is another forum that covers equipment., and many more knowledgable folks there.

i am very happy with my camera, we still use our sony dscp10 for p/s pics, it does very well.. but i do know what you mean about the need for a good cam.. now i wish i had funds for a sigma 50-500!!

 

[MozzMann]

OK Ray here is it in all its glory, discription of what was done if wanted is available.

 

[Peanuts]

Now I am too curious. Raymond J Barlow and MozzMann, how in the world do you manage to get the eyes looking so vibrant? In that case... how do both of you make everything look so vibrant?

Peanuts

 

[MozzMann]

I simply created duplicate layers and worked on each independantly to enhance a small areas like increase the saturation in the eye and beak, then added a touch of colour balance and curve tweak.

reduced the shadow in the bady feather's , selectivley applied gaussian blur and despeckle noise reduction.

Applied Fred Miranda's excellent Action Intellisharpen.

Merged down each successive layer and then cropped the image and applied some light rendering to focus on the Birds Body with emphasis on the crown feathers and eye.
All adjustments were rather small but all together makes quite a difference.

Mozz

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

It's so amazing what PS can do Peanuts, if you have the knowledge.. I am currently in a very large learning curve with PS... it's fun, and I can't wait for my next lesson!

 

[Force of Nature]

It's so amazing what PS can do Peanuts, if you have the knowledge.. I am currently in a very large learning curve with PS... it's fun, and I can't wait for my next lesson!

I think I need one after you!