The other week I went to the Lincoln Park Zoo. A zoo is one of those places I'm always excited to go to, but once I'm there, I kind of get depressed.
Anyway. Used a long lens which I never use (70-300), and was pretty much just doing kinda boring test shots. Bad: it needs lots of light and focuses slowly, I wouldn't use it to freeze fast action on a cloudy day. Good: relatively inexpensive, lightweight, small, good image quality, and has killer reach.
Ok, nothing remarkable here. But it's an Oryx guys. Oryx. It has an "x" in its name. Really, I just wanted to show you the (rubber?) tips on the horns. Looks like insect antennas.
Thought these were hyenas at first, but later realized they are actually African Wild Dogs. There were a group of five or so. Sometimes I couldn't tell where one dog started and the other ended. You see what I'm talking about in this photo.
He blends in well.
Him too. Harbor seal I think. Taking a nap in the sun for sure.
Will post more later.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Lincoln Park Zoo, Pt. 1
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3 comments:
Now that's a tannish colored post. Thanks for letting me look at the originals. I think I might pick up that used 70-300 for the hell of it. Biking at palos this weekend? Talk to you later.
Fun and interesting blog Al, for photoers and non alike. Where's the rest of your music though?
Btw, the wild dog photo looks a bit soft?
yeah i agree it's just a tad soft, but probably not due to lens quality. I think #4 is the main culprit here:
1. i cropped a decent amount of the image
2. slow lens (therefore less info for af sensor)
3. the dogs had a unique camo that seemed to momentarily confuse the af. af may have slipped on this one, trying to focus on a furry, randomly blotchy, high-contrast pattern on one flat plane. even worse, there are actually two almost identical overlapping planes/dogs.
4. racked out to 300, dof was very shallow at my distance, and it was relatively windy. any slight movement by hand/camera would cause a miss. this is probably what happened. my bad.
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