Henry Dooly Zoo and 7i

John37158 · Jul 20, 2002

The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid 90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

Leah · Jul 20, 2002

John,

My favorite is the swan photo...and the girls, of course. Thanks for sharing.

Leah

Claymore · Jul 20, 2002

John said:
The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

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Nice day out John, even better when you think about what you

saved on film and processing for that many beautifuf photos. Enjoy!
--
Clifford
http://www.imageevent.com/cdbrown

Alan1 · Jul 20, 2002

Great pix,
I'm pretty new to this forum.....so how do I post a pic?

Today was my first real day shooting with my 7I and I have a few intresting ones.

Clifford said:
John said:

The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

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Nice day out John, even better when you think about what you

saved on film and processing for that many beautifuf photos. Enjoy!
--
Clifford
http://www.imageevent.com/cdbrown

John37158 · Jul 21, 2002

Leah said:
John,

My favorite is the swan photo...and the girls, of course. Thanks
for sharing.

Leah

Thanks Leah. I haven't taken a lot of great pics, but one thing that I have discovered. Out of every 100 or so pics, you only find a couple that really catch your eye. And MOST OF THE TIME, right after you take the photo, you KNOW it.

The swan and picture of the girls gave me an immediate feeling of YEP, that's a good one.

--
John in Omaha

John37158 · Jul 21, 2002

Clifford said:
John said:

The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

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Nice day out John, even better when you think about what you

saved on film and processing for that many beautifuf photos. Enjoy!
--
Clifford
http://www.imageevent.com/cdbrown

By the way, Clifford, not one of these photos had any post processing done to them. Just two of them were cropped. I think the 7i did remarkably well.

--
John in Omaha

John37158 · Jul 21, 2002

Alan:

Go to http://www.pbase.com and you can setup an account, upload your pics, and then just copy the link from the address bar to your message thread. These pictures were uploaded to Fototime because it is faster and easier to copy a bunch of pictures. There is a small annual charge ($ 23.95, I think) for setting up an account at Fototime, but I think it's more than worth it.

AlanSr said:
Clifford said:

John said:

The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

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Nice day out John, even better when you think about what you

saved on film and processing for that many beautifuf photos. Enjoy!
--
Clifford
http://www.imageevent.com/cdbrown

Click to expand...

--
John in Omaha

John37158 · Jul 21, 2002

Let's try that again... the title of this thread should read

Henry DOORLY Zoo and 7i

BTW, based on Bryan Biggers site, I used the following settings when taking these pictures:

Contrast -2
EV -0.3
Color +1

I think they worked pretty good and will use them as the default settings from now on.

--
John in Omaha

Jean Montambeault · Jul 21, 2002

I find the rest of the photos mostly ok, but the one of the girls is simply unique and there will probably never be any other photo like that ever.

Thanks.

John37158 · Jul 21, 2002

Jean Montambeault said:
I find the rest of the photos mostly ok, but the one of the girls
is simply unique and there will probably never be any other photo
like that ever.

Thanks.

Thanks Jean, it struck me that way too. I only wish I could take more of them.

I really like pictures that are not posed and believe it or not, this was not posed. The girls just happen to move next to a big rock while we were roaming through the Desert Dome and I snapped away.

--
John in Omaha

David Martin · Jul 21, 2002

John said:
The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

Lots of good shots there, and one, of course, which is completely unique. I also enjoyed the contemplative gorilla beside the tree-trunk.
Congratulations,
DaveMart

David Martin · Jul 21, 2002

John said:
Jean Montambeault said:

I find the rest of the photos mostly ok, but the one of the girls
is simply unique and there will probably never be any other photo
like that ever.

Thanks.

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Thanks Jean, it struck me that way too. I only wish I could take
more of them.

I really like pictures that are not posed and believe it or not,
this was not posed.

John,

I believe you! That's about the only way it could happen. if anyone ever manages to pose shots like that (and with children!) They're going to end up richer than the Beckhams.
Congrats again,
DaveMart

John37158 · Jul 21, 2002

David Martin said:
John said:

The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

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Lots of good shots there, and one, of course, which is completely
unique. I also enjoyed the contemplative gorilla beside the
tree-trunk.
Congratulations,
DaveMart

Another lucky shot. He was thumping around and just plopped down next to the tree and stared up at me. What an opportunity. Snap!

--
John in Omaha

tomseek · Jul 22, 2002

John said:
The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

I hope you don't mind me saying, John, but I think many of these photos are out of focus. Take a look at pictures 3, 7, 20, 43, 72, etc... I just scanned through and looked at mostly the close-ups since they should be sharper in general, but they don't seem that way. May be it's just the aggressiveness of your Jpeg compression. Some how, they just don't look sharp to me. Please correct me if I am wrong. Not trying to pick on your photos. Just asking if every one sees the same things I do, and if any one can offer insights or suggestions.

There's no doubt that the picture of the girls are great and by itself is worth the whole outing.

timc13 · Jul 22, 2002

hey John...would you mind sharing your settings that you used..did you use the program mode? what iso? thanks..t

John37158 · Jul 23, 2002

tomseek said:
John said:

The 7i really surprise me yesterday when I took it to the zoo with
my daughter and two grand daughters. Here's a sample that has been
cropped and a link to the rest of them. Say hi to Katie (left) and
Montana.

Oh yea, it was hot! Left at 11:30 and the temps were in the mid
90's with high humidity. But it was still fun.

http://www.fototime.com/inv/BC23DC02DDC7BF4

--
John in Omaha

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I hope you don't mind me saying, John, but I think many of these
photos are out of focus. Take a look at pictures 3, 7, 20, 43, 72,
etc... I just scanned through and looked at mostly the close-ups
since they should be sharper in general, but they don't seem that
way. May be it's just the aggressiveness of your Jpeg compression.
Some how, they just don't look sharp to me. Please correct me if I
am wrong. Not trying to pick on your photos. Just asking if every
one sees the same things I do, and if any one can offer insights or
suggestions.

There's no doubt that the picture of the girls are great and by
itself is worth the whole outing.

Tomseek:

I'm definitely not making excuses, but many of these photos were taken under "point & shoot" conditions. They were all posted right out of the camera with no post processing, except for a couple of crops. Generally, these results are as good or better than any other digital that I've ever used. In terms of the overall quality of the photos under these conditions, I'm very happy with the results.

I'm not offended by your comment, in fact, I noticed quite a few were not in perfect focus, but this did not surprise me under the circumstances.

Thanks for your comments.
--
John in Omaha

John37158 · Jul 23, 2002

twolf said:
hey John...would you mind sharing your settings that you used..did
you use the program mode? what iso? thanks..t

Twolf:

I used the same settings that I've used for the last week or so ever since I read Bryan Biggers site.

Contrast -2
EV -0.3
Color +1

They seem to work real well unless you have a polarizing filter on. In this case, I'd change the EV to 0.
--
John in Omaha

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