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Amur Leopard, Zoo EdinburghTHIS IMAGE IS NOT STOCK
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Yes if you tell me where?
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I have no idea yet, haha. I just really want to use this awesome image.
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I meant to tell me when you are done.
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OK could you please not say it is stock. I just gave you permission.
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Sorry man, force of habit haha, I'm so used to using stock images.
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WOW...das ist wieder ein Knaller-Bild ******
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wow das sieht toll aus die augen und die farbe des fells ist klasse
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Fantastic photograph Nils. The light in the eyes is compelling...overall exposure is great and the colors very real. One minor thing...I would have liked the paws included but no big deal
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Nah you would loose detail. Animals is about the moment and they are unpredictable. While I stood and had to prepedict his movement, in animal pics a nice face with a general stance indicator is better to get the feeling of the animal. If I would have rotated 90 degrees the feeling would be different imo.
If you look here
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compared to here
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they are also cut offs
Going even further would loose the eye detail which is where the animal feeling|stance|habitus is communicated.
Maybe if you have a Megapixel camera.
If at all I should have gone closer. But you have miliseconds and they are very close in Edinburgh. So if you have the zoom lens on, you can't get a focus. You also have a very reflective window to deal with. Usually I have a cpl on, but they reduce a stop and with low light you will get not enough speed to freeze the animal. Yesterday we had again overcast although sun was predicted. If you get closer again your speed will drop resulting in a low ISO long exposure blur.
All that composition stuff is nice and well if I have time to compose the shot (like in landscape) or a Canon with 18 or 24 Megapixels. With the D40 or D90 you still want to get closer.
Otherwise you are just gonna get a general public view of the animal.
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Yes I see and understand your point. I did say it was minor and that the heart of the image was the eyes and how they reflected life. I didn't know that these are being shot through glass. I am even more impressed with your outcomes. I don't know if you shoot for this zoo but I am certain they would be interested in seeing your photographs and hopefully purchasing them. They are all way above average for zoo shots.
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OK, I will take the bait
If you have a couple of seconds, could you choose a couple from the profile so my misguided emotions about my own pictures don't come into it
They have their own photographer and normally an employee (I have one address of a hello madam) will send pics to someone they think will deals with it. This will likely be the photographer. If he thinks they are better it would threaten his position. On the other hand he has full access, so they might not be better. Although the ones I see on the signs are ok. Some on the website are also good.
This is on this species, not as good:
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Well you need to try to get anywhere.. so I'll give it a shot.
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No I wouldn't send them. I would print maybe 10 or so and bring them in person to the public relations officer. If you send them to the photographer she's just may put them in the round file called trash
If the front door doesn't work than perhaps the backdoor would. You could take a job there and as anything and then network yourself to being another staff photographer.
Her shot is good...but I like yours better. In the example you showed me it looks as if she is using HDR too? I think her name is Kelly Robinson.
OK...I'll look through your animal pics and see if I could recommend a few for consideration.
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Thanks a lot. Yeah I thought they would go into the bin. That's what I tried to say. There is a members only evening on the 9th of July. Maybe a good start to network.
You do know I make money from my website? Not that much anymore, but over the years a couple of thousand pounds. 
So going offline is now the thing to do
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Well the money is great...but I was thinking that you have such a passion for photographing these animals that it would be nice to be the "in-house" photographer for that zoo.
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yeah, I will try .. I am just trying to be realistic
You have no chance so you use it
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Gotta knock on the doors again and again...even knock some of them down. People will open them sooner or later.
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Great DOF and Detail!
D90 has very good ISO performance by the looks of things
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Maybe. I never had anything else to compare it with. But Scotland's overcast sky (like yesterday) is a challenge.
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I try not to go over ISO400 but sometimes there is really no choice with animal shots, either you go over or you miss out.
They are Very Opportunistic, I don't have many, I have a few but I'm not sure they are up to scratch, I have messed up way to many animal shots becasue my settings were too off, I wish I had a 400mm f2.8 lens, that would let plenty of light in
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Yeah but with f2.8 you have to nail the focus on the eyes ... unless of course you just want a beauty pic with no emotional content.
Whatever gets you that short glimpse when they notice you are there, is cool.
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but this has been taken with a 70mm f 2.8 prime
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No connection but I think nice as a picture
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Hmmm Connection is better I must admit.
I'm thinking of getting a 17-70mm f2.8, I'm buying one for my girlfriends camera so I was thinking of getting 2, may be able to get a better price
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