Tried something other than animals

[sue]

http://www.suecharlton.co.uk/images/tp6.jpg

http://www.suecharlton.co.uk/images/tp7.jpg

http://www.suecharlton.co.uk/images/tp9.jpg

http://www.suecharlton.co.uk/images/tp10.jpg

http://www.suecharlton.co.uk/images/tp11.jpg

taken at chester zoo but thought i would try something other than animals, would be pleased to hear your comments.

[moomike]

Hi Sue,
You're off to a promising start, it takes a photographer to go to a zoo & not just take images of the animals. I was at Chester Zoo just recently & came back with more images of the environment than I did the animals (except the rhinos because they are great :love: ).
(bearing in mind that I'm no pro myself :lol: ) possibly increasing the aperture a little may bring more into focus/increase sharpness - someone with a little more experience may offer more insight into this though.
Really like the second image, the background has a rather interesting effect.
Think that the image of the people is a tad oversharpened as halo's are visible on my screen - although they collectively are some of the most patterned people I have ever seen LoL & this may just be my screen.
Really enjoying looking at your images & am really looking forward to seeing how you progress :thumbs: .

[Marianne]

hey sue, it's nice to see you experimenting...what image editor are you using as you seem to be overprocessing a bit, also what camera are you using?? I like the one of the people and the little child escaping!

[sue]

Hmmm got a cannon 350D as a wedding present from matt the middle of last week and it is photoshop CS2 that matt has put on my laptop, never really used it or sure what I am supposed to be doing. I arent sure about the lenses that i have got, i have the lenses that came with the camera and a package.

[Marianne]

well the 350D is a fine camera so for now I would either put in the auto setting or the programme mode which is the 'P' settings and the camera will work out the exposure for you....then in photoshop for now you could just do levels as this is an excellent starting point...go to image/adjust/levels and simly pull the sliders in until they are either side of the black bumpy graph thing and it should make your image look a bit brighter....give it a go and see if it helps? Learning photoshop is a good skill, but you have to do it in easy steps...it feels scary at first but never worry, just keep clicking cntrl/alt/z to undo anything you don't like or click on the history tag and you can go back there too...