Lawrence's 365 for 2014

Mike D90 · Jan 17, 2014

Lawrence said:
Day 17

A crappy day so far. Inspired by all the B&Ws I been seeing around.

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It's still early so the day will improve.

Are you certain there is enough paper there to do the job?

mikew_RIP · Jan 17, 2014

Lawrence said:
Day 17

A crappy day so far. Inspired by all the B&Ws I been seeing around.

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It's still early so the day will improve.

I like what you did with this one,well spotted

Lawrence · Jan 17, 2014

mikew said:
I like what you did with this one,well spotted

Thanks Mike. It was one of those strange "Do I, don't I?" moments ….

wud · Jan 17, 2014

Wauw Lawrence! That is *beeb* gorgeous! I wanna have that image hanging on my bathroom now.

Lawrence · Jan 17, 2014

Cool Mel. Can I come install it for you?

You are so kind.

Lawrence · Jan 18, 2014

Day 18

I'm still in this thing.
Spent the afternoon at the Hamilton Zoo and had a great time.
I was determined to use only my 70-300 and stuck to that.
However the main problem I faced was either the fencing or reflection on glass so good photos were not easy to get (I am sticking with that excuse.

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The second BIG problem was as soon as I got to them all the animals seemed to turn around and "moon" me! Grrr …. Lots of rear end photos.

I have heaps of material and some pretty good bird shots. I will post these in other threads

For this day though I will only post 4.

First up the Rhino's eye. He was in a group of about 8 and everyone was showing me their butt!

Next we'll go with the Heron.

Then the ostrich - big crop to get rid of fence. Not a good composition as a result.

And finally the Sumatran Tiger. Another big crop to eliminate most (not all) of the fence.

Although not great photos it was a day of testing to see how fast I could focus on shoot on moving animals and to that end a successful day.
Loved the lens.

wud · Jan 18, 2014

Your assignment for today: tell us a good thing about each of those 4 posted animal images!

Lawrence said:
Cool Mel. Can I come install it for you?
You are so kind.

Lol, install an image? Oh wait.. is THAT how photographers actually earn their money? Why haven't anyone told me that before?

Scott Murray · Jan 18, 2014

Lawrence said:
Day 18

I'm still in this thing.
Spent the afternoon at the Hamilton Zoo and had a great time.
I was determined to use only my 70-300 and stuck to that.
However the main problem I faced was either the fencing or reflection on glass so good photos were not easy to get (I am sticking with that excuse. )
The second BIG problem was as soon as I got to them all the animals seemed to turn around and "moon" me! Grrr …. Lots of rear end photos.

I have heaps of material and some pretty good bird shots. I will post these in other threads

For this day though I will only post 4.

First up the Rhino's eye. He was in a group of about 8 and everyone was showing me their butt!

Next we'll go with the Heron.

Then the ostrich - big crop to get rid of fence. Not a good composition as a result.

And finally the Sumatran Tiger. Another big crop to eliminate most (not all) of the fence.

View attachment 67619

Although not great photos it was a day of testing to see how fast I could focus on shoot on moving animals and to that end a successful day.
Loved the lens.

That is a beautiful tiger, here is a quick edit with the jpg. You can do so much more with what you have...

and with Vignetting

Krs_2007 · Jan 18, 2014

Nice shots Lawrence.

Lawrence · Jan 18, 2014

Scott Murray said:
That is a beautiful tiger, here is a quick edit with the jpg. You can do so much more with what you have...

View attachment 67653 and with Vignetting View attachment 67654

Thanks Scott. I know more can be done with it but at this point it is beyond me.
Love your improvements though.

Whiskeyman · Jan 18, 2014

Lawrence said:
From now on I will only take photos of identifiable objects. So far today I have a photo of the washing frolicking in the wind in bright sunshine. It's a happy load.

That will not do! It can be fun trying to figure out what something is or what it might be used for.

This is an excellent run of posts and photographs. Keep them coming!

WM