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A few headshots and close ups from my travels over the past 18 months. Any comments or critique would be appreciated,

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Baby Hamadryas Baboon
Baby Hamadryas Baboon
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
White Tiger
Green Crested Lizard
Oriental Changable Lizard
Caribbean Flamingo
Polar Bear
Mandrill
Military Macaw
Lion
Nyala Antelope
Giant Panda
Nuthatch
Red Panda
Penguin
Orang-utan


Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 1600

Thanks for looking
 
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Solo man said:
Very nice Adam, love the expression you captured.
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Thanks Lee, your comment is appreciated :)

Going to use this thread for a few animal portraits I've taken recently rather than creating separate threads for all of them.
 

Hamadryas Baboon by ACW#, on Flickr

Another baby Hamadryas Baboon, this time feeding.
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
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Chimpanzee by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
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Chimpanzee by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
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White Tiger by ACW#, on Flickr
Las Vegas, USA

Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 200 mm
ISO Speed 250
 
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All very nice. I particularly like the first(y)but think I'm married to the third:bang:;)
 
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I love the expression on the first one,
but I can't help feeling that you cropped it too tight on the top,
and also the second Gorilla.
For that reason I'm going with the white Tiger, tis a cracking capture (y)
 
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Cobra said:
I love the expression on the first one,
but I can't help feeling that you cropped it too tight on the top,
and also the second Gorilla.
For that reason I'm going with the white Tiger, tis a cracking capture (y)
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Thanks for the comments Cobra :)

Unfortunately they are not cropped! Both are at 700mm, I wish I'd have taken the TC off to give myself a bit of room to play with. Dare I say it, too much length can be a bad thing...:LOL:
 
These two are wild, but thought I'd put them in this thread anyway, as #1 was sharing a free range exhibit with some Orang-utans.


Green Crested Lizard by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
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This guy was catching some sun in the Botanic Gardens, also wild.


Oriental Changable Lizard by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 500
 
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ACW said:
Dare I say it, too much length can be a bad thing...:LOL:
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Its not the size its how you use it (y) :D

A great pair of (Agamids?) lizards too (y)
 
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Flamingo by ACW#, on Flickr
Nassau, Bahamas

Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 500 mm
ISO Speed 2000
 
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Love them all but the polar bear is superb perfect timing:)
 
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Mandrill by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 500 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
A cracking mixture of colours and poses (y)
 
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All of them excelent images Adam.
I'd be happy with every one of those, all stunningly sharp too.
 
Although it looks as if it's giving me a cheeky wink, in the previous frame it has a fly on its eyeball!


Nyala Antelope Wink by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 700 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
Fantastic set there Adam....all brilliant shots...the Nyala put a big smile on my face when I opened the thread this morning!
 
These are incredible. I love the wild ones of the lizards, the 2nd lizard especially, as well as the first monkey and the polar bear. They are all so rediculously sharp.
 
I know I've commented once but i just keep coming back to these.
Just had a look through your flickr i really am in awe!
Are you a pro by any chance? You have a very similar taste to me and have really given me a benchmark to aspire to with my work.
 
Fantastic set - everyone a winner - who says animals have no expressions - keep up the good work (y)(y)(y)
 
neilos100 said:
Fantastic set there Adam....all brilliant shots...the Nyala put a big smile on my face when I opened the thread this morning!
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Thanks Neil, amused me at the time too!

mr.si said:
These are incredible. I love the wild ones of the lizards, the 2nd lizard especially, as well as the first monkey and the polar bear. They are all so rediculously sharp.
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Thank you for your post Simon, the second lizard shot had me lying on the wet grass; I was happy with the photo but not the stains on my clothes!!

Ben6 said:
I know I've commented once but i just keep coming back to these.
Just had a look through your flickr i really am in awe!
Are you a pro by any chance? You have a very similar taste to me and have really given me a benchmark to aspire to with my work.
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Thanks for coming back to the thread Ben, first time someone has called my shots a benchmark so thank you :) I appreciate that. Found and followed your Flickr, good stuff on there and great work tracking down a Bittern! Hope to see a few more shots from you on there soon.

Not a pro, as much as I'd love it as a full time job, just a student (unrelated subject to photography) and I love shooting as a hobby / occasional part time earner.

Gelert said:
Fantastic set - everyone a winner - who says animals have no expressions - keep up the good work (y)(y)(y)
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Thank you John, expressions were exactly what I was trying to capture so I'm glad you picked up on that! :)
 
Not as detailed as I would have liked, but a character that isn't a common as it should be.

Only 17 of the however many thousand Zoos in the world (excluding China) have these lovely animals.


Giant Panda by ACW#, on Flickr
Singapore, Singapore

Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 500 mm
ISO Speed 800
 
A wild one from the exotic location of...my garden.

It's nest (in the tree it's perched on) provided a perfect opportunity to shoot it, as it (the nest) was unusually low down on the tree and meant I could lie on a garden lounger and be at eye level with the bird.

This nest had been active for the past couple of years.

Guess which was the only one of our trees to fall down in this months storm?


Nuthatch at the Nest by ACW#, on Flickr
Kent, UK

Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/3.2
Focal Length 200 mm
ISO Speed 1600
 
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