Comments | symm76: Edinburgh Zoo Picspam

symm76

Edinburgh Zoo Picspam

Mar 25, 2009 21:41

My first visit to the zoo with a new camera and lens turned out pretty well.
Click each photo to see a larger version over at flickr.

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foxestacado March 25 2009, 22:15:14 UTC

OH my...these are gorgeous! What is your new camera and lens?

symm76 March 25 2009, 22:18:54 UTC

Thanks! Lovely to hear from you. Hope you are well. Been reading your recent posts but have been terribly lazy about replying to people lately.

My new camera is a Canon 40D, lens is the 70-200. Very nice for zoo shots. :-)

foxestacado March 25 2009, 22:22:06 UTC

Oh man, your 70-200 looks like it's super sharp. Did you use a tripod? Is it an IS?

I don't use Canon, I have the Nikon equivalents. I haven't really used my 70-200 in broad daylight, so I honestly don't know how sharp it is.

symm76 March 25 2009, 22:32:35 UTC

Handheld but it does have IS. It was a nice sunny day too, which helped a lot. I'm thinking about buying a teleconverter to get in closer still. I'd love a 300mm but can't really afford that. My next purchase will probably be a nice macro lens. What an expensive hobby! Sharpness is pretty great and bokeh is lovely too but I still sharpen a bit during editing.

I love my Canon. :-)

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mbeancntr March 26 2009, 16:03:35 UTC

These are wonderful. A joy to look at. THank you so much for sharing.

symm76 March 26 2009, 21:48:16 UTC

Thank you! I really love nature photography.

scooly42 April 4 2009, 20:13:56 UTC

oh my shit, those are the best EVER.
you do know how to do this.

symm76 April 5 2009, 13:18:34 UTC

Thank hon! This zoo shoot was definitely my most successful and I have to give most of the credit to the lens (plus lots of patience). :-)