Bens Zoological Studies - Updated more pics!

[Ben]

Ironic I had a trip planned to the Zoo a day after Melinda for some Animal Behavioral Studies with girlRACER, iso the Photo Section is all of a sudden Influxed with Zoo Photos, hahaha, in any case, I'll post a few pics for you animal lovers out there. Some of these shots took a lot of standing around, waiting for just the right moment (like the polar bear and snow leopard shots) I was at the zoo from 9-3:30. Hope you like :)

I'll make a gallery of all 170 pics later on tonight/tomorrow.

Cheers

http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/SnowLeopard.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBears.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Vulture.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Giraffe.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/RingTailedLemur.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Orangutan.jpg

[cycosis]

Nice pics ben:thumbsup:

[EK 2.0]

I like the polar bear shot...may I use it as a background??

[illeagle]

those pics are hella clear!! Nice work!

[KoukiS14]

Im Speechless :thumbsup:

[Ben]

Originally posted by CycloneAWD
I like the polar bear shot...may I use it as a background??

Sure, go nuts, PM me your screen Res and I'll fasion up a nice one :)

[Ekliptix]

Really nice pics. That's cool with the water behind the leopard and the bird one is super clear.

Are the ones posted here cropped much?

[girlRACER]

:love: :love: :love: That orangutan was soooo adorable!! That pic is replacing my redlyne desktop :D

[Redlyne_mr2]

Originally posted by girlRACER
:love: :love: :love: That orangutan was soooo adorable!! That pic is replacing my redlyne desktop :D
:thumbsdow Stupid hurtin' potato sack monkey

[benyl]

Nice pics ben. Hey can you tell me the quick and dirty way of doing boarders on photos?

[Ben]

Originally posted by Ekliptix
Really nice pics. That's cool with the water behind the leopard and the bird one is super clear.

Are the ones posted here cropped much?

Not cropped whatsoever, Took the original, resized to 800x531, took a black background of 900x600, placed the photo inside it and then added text. Unedited aside from that, didn't have time. The color out of that lens is incredible!

[JordanLotoski]

just keep getting better and better man:thumbsup:

[Ben]

A few more :)

http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/LeopardTurtle.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Gorilla.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Gazelle.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/BaldEagle.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/SnowLeopard02.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/SnowLeopard03.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear02.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear03.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear04.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear05.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear06.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear07.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Orangutan02.jpg
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/Orangutan03.jpg

[KoukiS14]

Originally posted by Redlyne_mr2

:thumbsdow Stupid hurtin' potato sack monkey

:rofl:

I think thats authentic LV Burlap!

[max_boost]

Wow

You take the nicest pictures, hands down:thumbsup:

[Fluidic]

Outstanding Ben -- outstanding!

[Ben]

Thanks for the great comments everyone.

What sucks is that most of the above pics are either through glass, or cage, so some you can really see that, and takes away from the clarity and over all presentation. I suppose if I had an hour to spend on each photo I could remove the cages and take off the reflections from the glass, but its not worth it. I just like sharing photos.

:thumbsup:

[Akagi Redsuns]

Wow, the pictures look fantastic! It's so clear and very vivid colors. Really love the Snow Leopard and Vulture pic. Damn!

[Dj_Stylz]

Very Nice Pictures:thumbsup:

[DJ Lazy]

You are the PHOTO-PIMP!!! :bigpimp: :thumbsup:

Nice shots man.. can't wait to see your gallery.. :D

[Melinda]

Yeah, it would be A LOT easier if there was an alternative to glass or bars at the zoo, but they don't care about the photographers so we make due. It would be nice if they cleaned the glass every once in a while though haha, so many little kid finger prints everywhere!

Good job Ben, you took some good ones :)

[syeve]

good pics ben, Thanks!!

Steve

[SoSlowDx]

AWESOME PICTURES BEN:thumbsup:

[EK 2.0]

Man the Polar Bear ones rock Benny...


I love those big cuddly bears...:love:

[fj0]

May I ask what lens was used? And I guess you used a tripod?

Very nice pictures. :thumbsup:

[RC-Cola]

Originally posted by fj0
May I ask what lens was used? And I guess you used a tripod?

Very nice pictures. :thumbsup:

Cool pictures Ben, I was going to ask if your using a tripod as well or perhaps a monopod?

[Ben]

nope, no tripod/monopod, didn't feel like carrying that around all day.

I used Ekliptix 70-200L USM 1:40 lens.

:)

Just MaD SkiLlz hahaha

[DeSi]

:thumbsup: hehehe i love the orangutan

[ZorroAMG]

Originally posted by Ben
I suppose if I had an hour to spend on each photo I could remove the cages ... but its not worth it.

Yeah but then wouldn't all the animals be loose and running rampant amongst all you shutterbugs??? LOL

Great pics Ben!!!

[thich]

man, once i get an d-SLR i'll be giving u a PM ben! haha
sweet stuff :thumbsup:

question: for you guys and gals who are using the Digital Rebel, are you finding urselves using the viewfinder a lot more than the lcd display? Or are you using the display only?
My S45 doesn't do much in terms of the viewfinder, but i'm hoping the D-Rebel's viewfinder is pretty good just like traditional SLRs..

[RC-Cola]

you can't use teh LCD screen to preview your pictures on the Digital Rebel. You can only use the viewfinder...

[Ekliptix]

Which helps the battery last.

[Moonracer]

You know you bastards aren't making it any easier for me to hold off on buying the Rebel digital! :nut: :rofl: :angel:

[DeSi]

i really enjoy looking at your pictures man you really have a talent for photography, keep up the good work :thumbsup:

if its not toooooo much trouble can ya hook up a 800X600 of the leapord (doesn't matter which one)

thnks

[thich]

so you can't even use the LCD to preview... nice!
sweet sweet, so it'll b like using an SLR all over again

[Ben]

The LCD is only used for looking at photos already taken, not for lining up a subject befre you shoot. :)

[thich]

good... cuz that's something i dun like about my S45... can't use my viewfinder at all b/c it doesn't line up well.

aghz... man i'm itching for this camera.

[Ben]

Went and developled a few last night, the nice thing abut DSLR's is they take photos in the same aspect ratio as print, so you dont have any cropping like Point and Shoot cams. The photo developer wanted to make copies of them, haha right on.

[sexualbanana]

Originally posted by Ben
http://www.virgeweb.com/Ben/psylence/Portfolio/PolarBear02.jpg


That makes me cold just lookin at it. :D

Nice pics Ben

[tulit]

wow awesome pics ben. that lens is definately sharp! are those 100% crops or resized?

[Ekliptix]

Resized and unedited!!

[Ben]

Originally posted by tulit
wow awesome pics ben. that lens is definately sharp! are those 100% crops or resized?


Originally posted by Ben


Not cropped whatsoever, Took the original, resized to 800x531, took a black background of 900x600, placed the photo inside it and then added text. Unedited aside from that, didn't have time. The color out of that lens is incredible!

[tulit]

Sorry, missed that :)

[Ben]

No worries bud! Glad you like them, means a lot :)

[GQBalla]

wow best pictures taken by ben !:thumbsup:

[Ben]

thanks for the complement man, but would you mind stopping your resurrection of ancient threads?!?!?!

[MenteL]

Can you please get me a bigger picture of the bald eagle? Also, you have any more pics of the eagle? I'd die for one as a pet :D

[MenteL]

I was wondering if that was really snow on the ground lol.