Taronga Zoo, Sydney - with Jimbob and Ron. Images in reply

Lance B · May 17, 2008

Jimbob, Ron(Var1) and I went to Taronga Zoo yesterday for a photoshoot. Last time I was there was January 2006 and they have made some excellent renovations since then and it is well worth the visit if you have not seen it in a while.

Most of the following images were taken at higher ISO's and I can say that the higher ISO image quality is excellent from the K20D. Also, I took some Continuous AF shots of the Red Panda as it was almsot always on the move and at the time of taking the shots I was thinking to myself that they will not turn out at all as the Panda was moving fast and even with ISO800 there was little hope of anything worth keeping. Well, was I pleasantly surprised when I viewed them on the computer screen and they were sharp! Looks like low light AF C works quite well!

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

This was taken through small cage wire and I therefore had to work on it to get reasonable contrast and a decent result. I like the way the birds were cuddled up together.

K20D DA*300 f4 @ f6.3 1/200sec ISO1000. Hand held.

K20D DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/50sec ISO800. Hand held.

K20D DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/500sec ISO200. Hand held.

K20D DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/100sec ISO800. Hand held.
This was one of the AF C shots.

K20D DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/200sec ISO800. Hand held.
This was another of the AF C shots.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/50sec ISO200. Hand held.

K20D + FA*80-200 f2.8 @ f5.6 and 120mm 1/80sec ISO160. Hand held.

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/160sec ISO800. Hand held.

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/250sec ISO800. Hand held.

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/320sec ISO800. Hand held.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f6.3 1/50sec ISO800. Hand held.

I bet you've never seen a Koala yawn. Considering they sleep for about 22 hours a day it's a wonder we see them do anything !!

K20D + DA*50-135 f2.8 @ f5.6 and 50mm 1/50sec ISO800. Hand held.

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f6.3 1/100sec ISO800. Hand held.

K20D + DA*50-135 f2.8 @ f5.6 and 90mm 1/30sec ISO800. Hand held.

K20D + DA*300 f4 @ f5.6 1/50sec ISO200. Hand held.

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Jimbob Productions · May 17, 2008

Howdy Lance,

Top shots - you got some which are very similar to mine - and others that I think you've composed a lot better than shots I made, eg the lizard and the three brown chested parrots.

I'll have to decide which shots of mine to post up. Hmm..

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

Jimbob Productions said:
Howdy Lance,

Top shots - you got some which are very similar to mine - and others
that I think you've composed a lot better than shots I made, eg the
lizard and the three brown chested parrots.

I'll have to decide which shots of mine to post up. Hmm..

Hi James,

Thank you very much for your nice comments. Much appreciated, mate.

One of the drawbacks about going to the zoo together(or any venue) and also wandering to each exhibit together means that when we decide to post our photos means that invariably our shots are similar. :-(

Knowing your skill and your Bigma, I am sure that you ahve some other wonderful shots, too. Also, yours maybe better than mine.

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lomolp · May 17, 2008

very nice pics! the high iso from k20 is really impressive.

also, 300mm handheld at 1/50, that's too much for me i guess! you must have very steady hands.

Jimbob Productions · May 17, 2008

Lance B said:
Jimbob Productions said:

Howdy Lance,

Top shots - you got some which are very similar to mine - and others
that I think you've composed a lot better than shots I made, eg the
lizard and the three brown chested parrots.

I'll have to decide which shots of mine to post up. Hmm..

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Hi James,

Thank you very much for your nice comments. Much appreciated, mate.

You deserve it - you work really hard to get those shots.

Lance B said:
One of the drawbacks about going to the zoo together(or any venue)
and also wandering to each exhibit together means that when we decide
to post our photos means that invariably our shots are similar. :-(

It's quite reassuring actually to see how similar some shots are. I'm used to missing shots that others make - maybe I'm being more observant now. It's really only walking around with others that lets you compare shots with others. I get to thank you for that too

Lance B said:
Knowing your skill and your Bigma, I am sure that you ahve some other
wonderful shots, too. Also, yours maybe better than mine.

I have heaps of shots here - even a couple of keepers ;-)
Won't have any problem posting something.

Thanks for the lift too! The Passat is excellent - nice and smooth with plenty of pickup.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

lomolp said:
very nice pics! the high iso from k20 is really impressive.
also, 300mm handheld at 1/50, that's too much for me i guess! you
must have very steady hands.

Thank you very much for your very nice comments.

SR helps enourmously! ;-)

Generally, you can handhold successfully at 1/focal length x 1.5(for the crop factor of APS C), so the handholdability of the 300mm lens would be 1/450sec - 1/300 x 1.5 = 1/450sec.

With SR, you can get about 3 stops of extra handholdability, so 1/450sec means 1/225 = 1 stop, 1/113 = 2 stops, 1/56 = 3 stops, so I am close to that envelope.

With practice, and sometimes using some aid to brace your arms or something, you can handhold a bit more than the 3 stops.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

Jimbob Productions said:
Lance B said:

Jimbob Productions said:

Howdy Lance,

Top shots - you got some which are very similar to mine - and others
that I think you've composed a lot better than shots I made, eg the
lizard and the three brown chested parrots.

I'll have to decide which shots of mine to post up. Hmm..

Click to expand...

Hi James,

Thank you very much for your nice comments. Much appreciated, mate.

Click to expand...

You deserve it - you work really hard to get those shots.

We all did yesterday.

Jimbob Productions said:
Jimbob Productions said:

One of the drawbacks about going to the zoo together(or any venue)
and also wandering to each exhibit together means that when we decide
to post our photos means that invariably our shots are similar. :-(

Click to expand...

It's quite reassuring actually to see how similar some shots are.
I'm used to missing shots that others make - maybe I'm being more
observant now. It's really only walking around with others that lets
you compare shots with others. I get to thank you for that too

It goes both ways, mate. There were many shots that you were going for/getting that I didn't think of either, so we both learnt.

Jimbob Productions said:
Jimbob Productions said:

Knowing your skill and your Bigma, I am sure that you have some other
wonderful shots, too. Also, yours maybe better than mine.

Click to expand...

I have heaps of shots here - even a couple of keepers ;-)
Won't have any problem posting something.

I look forward to them. Just don't make them too good or I will look bad! ;-)

Jimbob Productions said:
Thanks for the lift too! The Passat is excellent - nice and smooth
with plenty of pickup.

Yeah, I am very happy with the new toy.

Jimbob Productions said:
Jimbob Productions said:

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DaleDrechsler · May 17, 2008

Love the two red panda shots Lance. Nice series.

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LaRee · May 17, 2008

In my humble opinion Pentax did a smart thing setting you up with the k20d and DA*300. These are some of the best zoo images I've ever seen Lance. You have the skill to make good use of this combination. Absolutely stunning images. Excellent!
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scooter9999 · May 17, 2008

Lance

Damn, these are good. Did you do much to these images?

That 300 has a beautiful quality to its images and 800iso shots using continuous auto focus would be out of the question with my K10D

I'm slipping into a state of serious gear envy.

Colour me green

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GVRB · May 17, 2008

Fantastic shots Lance. Never managed to get to the zoo in Sydney. I'll have to twist your rubber arm to go for a shot there when i get my self back over there

Must say for a give away body and lens you're getting some great results hehe

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Rupert60 · May 17, 2008

Excellent shots, they are very real and natural looking. The lioness shot rivals those lions from long ago, but it would be difficult if not impossible to beat those.

Somehow, I have a feeling that when I do get to the Zoo, my shots are not going to match yours, but I will try anyhow.
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Lance B · May 17, 2008

DaleDrechsler said:
Love the two red panda shots Lance. Nice series.

Cheers

Thank you very much, Dale.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

LaRee said:
In my humble opinion Pentax did a smart thing setting you up with the
k20d and DA*300. These are some of the best zoo images I've ever seen
Lance. You have the skill to make good use of this combination.
Absolutely stunning images. Excellent!

Thank you very much for your very nice comments, LaRee. You are too kind.

The K20D and DA*300 combo do help alot in obtaining great results.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

Hi Russell,

scooter9999 said:
Lance

Damn, these are good.

Thank you very much for your very kind comments.

scooter9999 said:
Did you do much to these images?

Very little other than convert from RAW to tiffs in Capture One 4 with a little bit of curves, a tweak of WB if required, a touch of saturation, a small touch of noise reduction in the first shot only. In Photoshop, I used very small amounts of Highlight/Shadow in a couple of shots only. Resized for webview and then sharpened with Power Retouche plug in.

scooter9999 said:
That 300 has a beautiful quality to its images and 800iso shots using
continuous auto focus would be out of the question with my K10D

I am very impressed with the ability of the K20D. The low light performance with AF C surprised my to say the least!

scooter9999 said:
I'm slipping into a state of serious gear envy.

There is no doubt that the K20D and DA*300 combo works brilliantly.

scooter9999 said:
Colour me green

LOL.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

Gazza,

GVRB said:
Fantastic shots Lance.

Thank you very much for your very nice comments, mate.

GVRB said:
Never managed to get to the zoo in Sydney.
I'll have to twist your rubber arm to go for a shot there when i get
my self back over there

No need to twist my arm as I am always eager to have an excuse for a photoshoot. ;-)

GVRB said:
Must say for a give away body and lens you're getting some great
results hehe

The K20D and DA*300 combo makes getting good shots a snap.

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Lance B · May 17, 2008

Rupert60 said:
Excellent shots, they are very real and natural looking. The lioness
shot rivals those lions from long ago, but it would be difficult if
not impossible to beat those.
Somehow, I have a feeling that when I do get to the Zoo, my shots are
not going to match yours, but I will try anyhow.

Thank you very much for your very nice comments, Jim. You are too kind.

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