[Chester Zoo] - Darksaber [Archive]

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 20:04

I've run a couple of photos through very minor PP and I've uploaded them, will do some more work with them tomorrow once I've got my head around RAW and things like that. Took 430 pictures, kept 220, I don't think thats too bad going really.

Thanks to everyone for coming and thank you for looking at these shots :)

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/1.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/2.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/3.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/4.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/5.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/6.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/7.jpg

digitalfailure

30-09-2006, 20:06

Love the Marmot shot :)

You seem to have got to grips with the 100-400

Marik

30-09-2006, 20:13

Nice one Matt :D

Some good shots there :)

IanC_UK

30-09-2006, 20:15

few could do with a little sharpen Matt, is normal procedure for raw files though :)

nice shots though :)

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 20:18

Going to go and read the destructions now ;)

matty

30-09-2006, 20:19

glad to see you got a shot of DF, though i cant see his camera in #'2

RickMezza

30-09-2006, 20:23

glad to see you got a shot of DF, though i cant see his camera in #'2

LOL, I was wondering how long it'd be before someone made comparisons between the animals and the photogs :lol:

Nice shots Darksaber, and I find I always have to sharpen my RAW shots.

Sounds like you all had a great day :clap:

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 20:24

I got a cracking shot of DF, will put that up later ;)

IanC_UK

30-09-2006, 20:24

LOL, I was wondering how long it'd be before someone made comparisons between the animals and the photogs :lol:

Nice shots Darksaber, and I find I always have to sharpen my RAW shots.

Sounds like you all had a great day :clap:

Wait until the real shots of the photogs start appearing ! ;) and then watch the recriminations ! ;) so be warned all you snap happy chappies ;) LOL

Marcel

30-09-2006, 20:24

Crackers mate, you've done yourself justice with that lens :)

digitalfailure

30-09-2006, 20:28

There is no such thing as a cracking shot of DF, I would ask you in the strongest possible terms not to publish images of me on open forums.

The breakdown of the forum members computer hardware will result through those actions

RickMezza

30-09-2006, 20:29

Wait until the real shots of the photogs start appearing ! ;) and then watch the recriminations ! ;) so be warned all you snap happy chappies ;) LOL

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

p.s. I luuuuurve this smiley :popcorn: :)

minimeeze

30-09-2006, 20:33

Some great shots there Matt - and so many babies :love:

matty

30-09-2006, 20:39

Brains

30-09-2006, 20:41

Defo looks like you have got the hang of the new lens!

I missed the chimps...you got a nice close-up there.

Look forward to seeing some more!

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 20:45

I've been threatened with user title changes for weeks, bring it on :p

Joe T

30-09-2006, 20:46

Fcous looks a little off in some of them. Maybe they just need a bit more sharpening or USM.

Have you never shot RAW before?

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 20:48

I've shot in RAW+JPG but never did anything with the RAW files, this is my first shoot in RAW only.

InaGlo

30-09-2006, 20:52

OOh some cute fluffy shots there Matt:thumbs:
Oh and as to the other matter ....I got a cracking shot of DF, will put that up later ;):popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

kissfoto

30-09-2006, 20:52

Some excellent shots. Need a little PP. The lion shots are good. :clap: Ian

Joe T

30-09-2006, 20:54

Were you on aperture priority at max aperture? A little less DOF would have helped a number of the shots.

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 21:01

Yep Joe Av with max ap.

RobertP

30-09-2006, 21:16

1 and 2 both look a touch front focused to me. Are you just using the center focus point or multi?

And I would not hesitate to use my 100-400 wide open all the time btw.

Matt Charlton

30-09-2006, 21:19

I haven't tried to manually select Focus Pojnts yet, I was just trying to get the ones I wanted to light up red ;)

moomike

01-10-2006, 00:02

Really nice shots there Matt, especially the 3rd & the marmot shot - after a little sharpening, they'll be excellent imo. Am really looking forward to the other few hundred keepers that you got with that lens :p

Marianne

01-10-2006, 00:07

few could do with a little sharpen Matt, is normal procedure for raw files though :)

nice shots though :)

It is?

some wonderful shots Matt...really love the first one :)

Ally

01-10-2006, 00:14

Nice shots matt :thumbs: love the 3rd.

Marcel

01-10-2006, 06:46

It is?

some wonderful shots Matt...really love the first one :)

Yup, as you know RAW is basically a copy of what the camera sees, nothing else, as opposed to JPEG, which is 'processed' in camera.

Well, that processing includes sharpening too :)

(Im STILL getting my head round RAW..lol)

Diego Garcia

01-10-2006, 08:18

Nice work and a big improvement evident.

A crop here or there will help elevate a couple of images :)

Diego.

Forbiddenbiker

01-10-2006, 08:50

Great set Matt, one heck of a hit rate with that lens by all accounts, well done. 3rd one for me and the lion shots...they'll come up nice hopefully.

Oh and I'm with Diego...get croppin mate.

Matt Charlton

01-10-2006, 09:30

Reprocessed some of the above shots and have done some new ones too:

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/1.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/2.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/3.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/4.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/5.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/6.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/7.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/8.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/9.jpg

Matt Charlton

01-10-2006, 09:30

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/10.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/11.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/12.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/13.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/14.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/15.jpg

http://www.mattcharlton.co.uk/TP/chester/new/16.jpg

Matt Charlton

01-10-2006, 09:37

The contrast is too dark on some of them, thats me and my RAW processing ;)

I love the lion ones though.

Joe T

01-10-2006, 10:28

Much better!

h.r.ford

01-10-2006, 14:35

The lions are a great improvement. I have to say my favorite now is the 6th one (the lone chimp). I think the picture and the PP is spot on.

moomike

01-10-2006, 17:23

Those are some very nice shots mate, really like the lone chimp one too. Definate improvement here. Very nicely done :thumbs: