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Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Promote Your Zoo (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Jun 1, 2009
Aperture: f/ 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/25 sec.
Galleries: Animals, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2009

 I went to the Philadelphia Zoo last monday and shot about 6 gigs. I have about 3.5 gigs left. Oh well. It was a good time to go in some respoects...NO ONE WAS THERE...but in other respects, not so good....WHERE WERE ALL THE FREAKIN' ANIMALS. I heard the elephants left but come on...all the birds in the ponds were not out except for the flamingos? Yeesh.

As no one was around, I was able to shoot unencumbered by the usual screaming, shouting, laughing, pointing dirty up the windows people and their kids. No really, it is plain awful sometimes. But the Small Mammal House had only about a half a dozen people or so in it when I was there. I spent the first 45 mintes there and got some decent shots.

One of them was this. I did not remember the name of this particular primate. But he was not there when I first arrived. The keepers let him in and gave hime a Yellow Pages Phone directory to play with. He spent some time leafing through the pages and then found one he liked and proceded to eat it. It was great to watch. The picture came out pretty good, the light was fine and the phone book prop was a great touch, I thought. So there you go. Sometimes you get lucky.

Not sure how this will do, but not too bad I hope.

Post: Camera Raw adjustments in PSElements 6.0.
Distort tool to straighten bottom and line left of the subject.
Spot heal/clone distractions in the background and front, most of which were cropped away except for one on the subject.
Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue saturation.
Adjust sharpness.
8, count 'em, 8 crops.
Made new layer and dodged the left side of the image to even it out a bit and bunrt the top left corner.
Add text.
Resize.
USM.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/13/2009 08:11:49 PM
Hahahaha - nice
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
06/13/2009 11:19:23 AM
Excellent focus and cute capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-18mm f/2.8-4 ASPH
 06/12/2009 04:46:44 AM
Nicely captured and good promotional poster.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 06/11/2009 03:26:21 PM
Very clever! Lovely shot of the animal as well - great tight pose, very good detail.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/11/2009 12:06:57 PM
face of subject too dark and same tone with BG.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 L IS USM
 06/09/2009 09:58:20 AM
Very good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 06/08/2009 07:31:37 PM
This is frickin hilarious and an easy ribbon winner. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 06/08/2009 01:04:02 PM
Great design. And you make me laugh. Excellent poster.
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