I just happened to be at our local zoo today. This image was taken through glass. I was experimenting. I would have liked to have sharpened this image as I know it is a bit soft!
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This is a very nice shot from a compositional point of view! I love the way you decided to center it on the eyes! That's a very powerful tool in shots like this.
Now I know that this was a Straight from the Camera challenge, but this could use some very simple improvements as far as camera settings. The first thing I noticed is it is rather un-saturated. I mean the colors are very flat. Your camera SHOULD have a profiles that you can set to increase or decrease the amount of saturation in the shot. You should also find that you can change the amount of in camera sharpening (for jpegs), contrast and hue. Bumping up the sharpness and contrast would also do much for this type of shot.
Your shot is also a little small. There is a tutorial here on the site that will help you maximize the size and filesize of your shots for entering into the challenges.
Nice quality and composition...the shot would be greatly imporoved had you been alowed to brighten it and maybe saturate it a little with orange and yellow.
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