Five from Hannover Zoo.

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'Twas a pretty hot day and the sunlight was coming straight down (midday in mid-summer), so a lot of the pics went straight in the bin :(.

Here are five of the ten or so 'keepers' (no 'zoo attendant' pun intended ;)):

1. Ostriches
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2. Polar Bear
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3. Monkey (of some sort)
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4. Zebras
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5. Flamingos
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Great set. The monkey is Javan Langur I think, love the angle on that one.
 
Hi, really nice photos. I think the one of the zebra is my favourite, it works very well in black and white :) I also like the flamingos. I think in the first one I would crop the other ostrich out as I find it a bit distracting. Nice set though (y)
 
Dawn B said:
Great set. The monkey is Javan Langur I think, love the angle on that one.
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Thanks for that info :). At least it gives me a starting point to Google with :naughty:.

The angle resulted from him swinging backwards and forwards on a beam above my head. Certainly a test of my camera's AF performance :D!
 
smd3000 said:
Hi, really nice photos. I think the one of the zebra is my favourite, it works very well in black and white :) I also like the flamingos. I think in the first one I would crop the other ostrich out as I find it a bit distracting. Nice set though (y)
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Thanks Stephen (y)! I have pretty much the same thoughts as you on all of those, as it happens.

The b&w conversion on the zebras was such an obvious thing to do that I feared it may appear rather 'cliched' :shake:. As it was, the difference between the warm sunlight in the background and the blueish shadows falling over the zebra, meant that the b&w conversion served to remove that distraction. Otherwise, I might not have done it.

I too like the flamingos and was quite excited about capturing that pose (they moved just after I'd taken it ;)).

As for the ostriches, I realised that having OOF foreground objects is generally a bit of a 'no-no' :nono:, but I also shot it with the focus on the other bird and didn't like the fact that there was only eye contact with the blurred bird on the left :|.

I'd be interested to hear what other people think about this one too, as I'm now seriously thinking about cropping it :).
 
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