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Originally Posted by dippin
Don't be modest. It is still quite difficult to get good teleshots, especially properly exposed like these, in a few seconds.
That ride reminds me of camera lust gone awry. One of the first times I rode it, the driver did the usual "use the action or sports setting in your camera" talk, and the couple behind me was getting a bit agitated because they couldnt find a sports or action setting on their camera. I looked back and they were using a Nikon d300 (which is a semi-pro/pro camera that costs about 1500 dollars and doesnt include these settings because they figured that anyone buying such a camera would know how to use the manual settings).
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well, now that you mention it, they did tell us to set our cameras to the sports setting and I did because I didn't know what to expect. But I could tell by the light and the environment that the pictures weren't going to turn out very interesting so I wasn't very enthusiastic about it. The animals are quite beautiful though.
Thank you for your kind words, but I am still pretty much winging it as a photographer. I've figured out a few things though.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
nice shots. are they just shot and posted or did you adjust them in some manner?
for some reason they seem much more natural film from the 70s for some reason to me.
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manic and cyn, yes I tried something new with some of these (including the one you like, Manic). I used a cross-process filter and reduced it between 35-60%. Then adjusted the contrast up 2-3 points and desaturated by 7-11. I liked the way they came out, too. Some shots it just didn't work with, though. Like the one of the parrot (I expect a bird person to correct me if I am wrong) but it looked better with its natural color. I used this on the one of the girl with sunglasses standing against the wall, as well.
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Originally Posted by noodle
I love Animal Kingdom. I'm glad you guys had a good time.
And your shots are amazing.
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Thank you, noodle.