Lemurs

[Ang_In_Andalucia]

These were taken last week at a zoo not too far from us..

They are both unprocessed..

C&C would be greatly appreciated.. if you dont tell me what I am doing wrong, I will never be able to improve!!

Thanks in Advance
Ang

1 - I love its eyes on this one
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/GruntyFuttock/Animals/Lemurs%20at%20Fuengi%20Zoo/Lemur.jpg

2 - I like the colours on this one, but not sure what the general consensus would be about it. We were allowed into their enclosure to get up close, and it was great, but the lighting was dappled through the trees...
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/GruntyFuttock/Animals/Lemurs%20at%20Fuengi%20Zoo/Lemur2.jpg

:wave:

[Matt Sayle]

THe first one for me!

[Ang_In_Andalucia]

I also have this one
3. didnt manage to get all of his tail in unfortunately.. They were so fast though!!
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l49/GruntyFuttock/Animals/Lemurs%20at%20Fuengi%20Zoo/Lemur3.jpg

[brianfarrell]

#1 for me. The dappled sunlight help IMO. Also, I think it's always better to get these kind of shots so the zoo setting is less apparent - which this shot does.

The subject is central in the frame - you could lose some of the right hand side and top to get the face on a thirds intersection. (Roughly speaking, imagine a noughts and crosses grid on the picture. Get the face on the bottom inside corner of the top right hand square.) This will give you a more pleasing composition.

Google 'rule of thirds' if the above doesn't make sense to you...

Finally, I'd be inclined to clone out that blob in the background.

If you like, I (and many others on this site) could show you what I mean...

hth
Brian

[RobertP]

The exif is in these pictures so I can see the settings. You used Program mode which is automatic and doesn't let you make many choices on how the picture comes out. The choices it made were not too bad but the slow shutter on the second one has probably made not as sharp as it could be.

With a 200mm lens you want to aim for at least 1/200th if you can. Setting the camera yourself in say Aperture priority to the widest aperture and increasing iso to say 800 you might have got that sort of shutter speed and sharper pictures.

maybe next time take a few shots in P mode so you know you have them then spend some time experimenting with A or even M to learn to control the camera yourself.

Compositions aren't bad. I'd probably have included the feet in #1 as you show a lot of the animal anyway.

[RobertP]

The subject is central in the frame - you could lose some of the right hand side and top to get the face on a thirds intersection. (Roughly speaking, imagine a noughts and crosses grid on the picture. Get the face on the bottom inside corner of the top right hand square.) This will give you a more pleasing composition.

Google 'rule of thirds' if the above doesn't make sense to you...



I'd not normally disagree with that. In #1 it is looking a bit to the right so even though it is central it has space to look into. #2 is a portrait. the new one #3 I'd agree the composition need work :)

[Ang_In_Andalucia]

#1 for me. The dappled sunlight help IMO. Also, I think it's always better to get these kind of shots so the zoo setting is less apparent - which this shot does.

The subject is central in the frame - you could lose some of the right hand side and top to get the face on a thirds intersection. (Roughly speaking, imagine a noughts and crosses grid on the picture. Get the face on the bottom inside corner of the top right hand square.) This will give you a more pleasing composition.

Google 'rule of thirds' if the above doesn't make sense to you...

Finally, I'd be inclined to clone out that blob in the background.

If you like, I (and many others on this site) could show you what I mean...

hth
Brian

Hi Brian,
Thanks for your comments... I really am a beginner at this, so everything helps! I have looked into rule of thirds, and understand it.. I even use it when I have the time to compose properly!
But I am not able to clone anything out at the mo, as I dont have CS or Photoshop or anything fancy like that!

Robert
Thanks for your comments too... I am still trying to concentrate on so many things, there is inevitably something I forget to do.. Like come out of P mode!! When I do have the time, I tend to take pics using a few different settings/modes to see which result is best, but we were a little under pressure in the lemur enclosure as we only had a limited time in there and I was trying to get as many as I could before we were booted out!

Its all very confusing for a bear of very little brain all this photography lark, but hopefully I will improve cos I love taking photographs so much!

Thanks again

Ang
x

[brianfarrell]

I'd not normally disagree with that. In #1 it is looking a bit to the right so even though it is central it has space to look into. #2 is a portrait. the new one #3 I'd agree the composition need work :)

Each to his own Robert... :)

Just try covering up most of the RHS and a proportionate amount of the top of #1 and see what you think - works for me... but I'm not going to get too worried about it :)

EDIT: Having just read my original post on this thread, there might be some confusion. I was just referring to #1.