Pictures from Dublin Zoo

[Oggie]

These are great shots...

By any chance did you enhance any of these pics or are they as taken meaning you've done nothing to them aside from adding the frame?

Amazing shots I thought Killersheeps and mine we're awesome yours blow ours out of the water...

Thank you for sharing really enjoyed the pics.

The camera I have is a Canon PowerShot SX10 IS.

Thanks man.
The first picture and the last two are HDR shots, which is a technique of taking three or more pictures of the same scene at different exposures. When you combine them in a program like Photomatix, it can provide a better representation of what the human eye saw, instead of the camera lens. As you probably know, if you are shooting into a sunny sky, you are usually left with either (A) a perfect representation of the sky, but dark and silhouetted trees, people, or whatever else happens to be in the foreground, or (B) the opposite. HDR corrects that by combining the exposure for each shot.
The rest of the images are pretty much untouched, except for some cropping, rotation etc...

Nice pictures, I like the first one best.

Thank you, glad you liked them.

[Andre]

Yeah love them, great work,post card quality, the Zoo would surely buy a wad of that first one, its a classic.

[Youngblood]

Damn dude. Great pics. You have both a good camera and great eye to go with it. Look forward to seeing more.

[Nameless]

Very nice, you're taking some damn nice pictures with the shadows and lights, I have a Canon sxi personally and I am damn happy with it, wanted to go for the Tx1i but it was a bit expensive and I don't like to film (even in HD) so I went for a model lower but which damn satisfied me.

[Oggie]

Here are a few more from a recent trip.
It was bitterly cold that day and a lot of the animals were inside in dimly lit housing, behind glass and at a distance. This is the reason that some of the pictures seem a bit low in quality!

White Collared Mangabey:


White Collared Mangabey:


Silverback Lowland Gorilla:


Silverback Lowland Gorilla:


Penguins:


Swans:


Chilled out Gray Wolf:


Gray Wolf:


Orangutan:


Orangutan mother and infant:


Orangutan:


Spider Monkey freezing in sub-zero temperatures:


Enjoy!

[Kel]

Wow, impressive shots. How much was the camera?

[Oggie]

Wow, impressive shots. How much was the camera?

It cost 7,000 Hong Kong Dollars, which is around €700... which is about £630 I think. It's a Canon 450D, came with two lenses (one for close up and one for distance), 4GB memory card, carrying case and tripod. Hong Kong is cheap as hell for electronics though, so I'd expect to pay more over here on this side of the world.
One of the best investments I've ever made, photography gets really addictive when you get a camera like that. The 450D is only beginner to intermediate level though, I'd imagine the high end cameras are awesome to work with!

I'm going to be shooting a wedding in the beginning of February with it, should be fun and a good experience.

[CutMeMick]

Silverback Lowland Gorilla:

Oh shit it's BoxingGorillas cousin...

[Spicoli]

Absolutly awesome stuff.Pat yourself on the back.Didn't you have the night sky,stars,comet not long ago? Stunning ones here.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Won't let me rep you Oggie

Those pictures are so rich. Have so much depth, they are just beautiful. Do you do this professionally?

I've never really been good with a camera but I just read some of your tips which are great also. Really good stuff!

[CutMeMick]

White Collared Mangabey:

[johnmaff36]

Here are a few more from a recent trip.
It was bitterly cold that day and a lot of the animals were inside in dimly lit housing, behind glass and at a distance. This is the reason that some of the pictures seem a bit low in quality!

White Collared Mangabey:


White Collared Mangabey:


Silverback Lowland Gorilla:


Silverback Lowland Gorilla:


Penguins:


Swans:


Chilled out Gray Wolf:


Gray Wolf:


Orangutan:


Orangutan mother and infant:


Orangutan:


Spider Monkey freezing in sub-zero temperatures:


Enjoy!

Wow. Those are some fine pictures there. I was in dublin zoo a few months back and i seen more skangers than animals. Thats really impressive. The 2nd pic looks like joan rivers and the 3rd luks like my ma-in-law in a huff. I take it you do this for a living? If not, its something you should consider

[killersheep]

Holy sh!t those are absolutely amazing. Well done brother. Are you selling prints?