D60 photos from Colchester Zoo today

[Andy_con]

shame it was cloudy and dull!

 

[Pettsi]

Colchester Zoo is awesome!

Great pics!

 

[Aluco]

Love the wolf thing

 

[Tigger]

Love the Otter
Last pic isn't a bad snap either - I'll get my coat!

 

[Pettsi]

Love the Otter
Last pic isn't a bad snap either - I'll get my coat!

I'd leave without it tbh!

 

[Chrisjk]

Good pics, i've not been there in a long time, CS essex meet next year?

 

[Pettsi]

Good pics, i've not been there in a long time, CS essex meet next year?

Sounds like a plan! :approve:

 

[ukaskew]

Plenty of lovely shots there, particularly like the Otters. What lens you using?

I'm assuming a pretty high ISO for some of them, as well?

 

[Andy_con]

why wait til next year?

im a gold card holder and game whenever

 

[Andy_con]

Plenty of lovely shots there, particularly like the Otters. What lens you using?

I'm assuming a pretty high ISO for some of them, as well?

i set the camera to outside landscape i think, so it was on auto.

im used a sigma 55-200mm lens

 

[ukaskew]

i set the camera to outside landscape i think, so it was on auto.

im used a sigma 55-200mm lens

I'm even more impressed now, then. I didn't realise a lens that 'slow' would throw the backgrounds out that nicely. The first Otter shot is beautiful.

Not really a complaint as they are lovely shots, but I would keep an eye on the ISO, the backgrounds are quite noisy so if you can get away with bringing that down I would try and do so when you can.

 

[Andy_con]

slow? what do you mean? im new to all this?

ok thanks ill check next time to see what the iso is on when using landscape and turn it down a little.

its probably on auto and as it was such a dull day maybe it went high?

 

[ukaskew]

slow? what do you mean? im new to all this?

ok thanks ill check next time to see what the iso is on when using landscape and turn it down a little.

its probably on auto and as it was such a dull day maybe it went high?

A 'slow' lens is generally one that has an maximum aperture of around f4.5. A 'fast' lens is usually f1.8, f2.8, f4.0 etc. Fast lens can usually throw the background out of focus quite easily, but it is less common with slow lens.

 

[JJ!]

Has the lens got image stabilzer? If so, you could probably lower the iso a notch

 

[Andy_con]

A 'slow' lens is generally one that has an maximum aperture of around f4.5. A 'fast' lens is usually f1.8, f2.8, f4.0 etc. Fast lens can usually throw the background out of focus quite easily, but it is less common with slow lens.

right i see, so where would i get a fast lens from? nikon?

Has the lens got image stabilzer? If so, you could probably lower the iso a notch

yeah it was on in all them pics.

 

[Leeshez]

Very nice indeed.

 

[JJ!]

yeah it was on in all them pics.

Are you sure? Never seen a Sigma 55-200 with OS!

Love the Otter pic!

 

[Andy_con]

oh maybe im talking rubbish, its the other lens i have that has stabilzer.

sorry!!!

so whens the zoo meet then? there was a yellow 225 there yesterday when i was there

 

[JJ!]

lol, CS zoo meet, half the members are already there in there cages

 

[col 182]

Went colchester zoo last month for a day out! Great pics by the way. Did you see the giant tortoise it was HUGE!

Good idea for a meet aswell loads of room in the car park! Alot of grass and trees aswell for some good photos.

 

[Andy_con]

yes we could park down the bottom of the field so were out the way.