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Photo of the day : October 2013

Wet today.

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Fuji X100
 
Kayaking today for the first time in about 3 years. Had my lumix waterproof camera with me. Decided I need a GoPro so got one of those now. Here is one from the Lumix


P1040037 by kevinfl2011, on Flickr
 
Evil Spoonman said:
Great lines in that photo, wonderful shape overall. Where did you find flamingos?
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She's in the zoo in your/our home town. This was taken in the Flamingo Grotto, built in 1885 and is the oldest structure at the zoo. I really love the dappled light that falls here in the later afternoon and she was just perfectly placed for this one.

BarryJ said:
That is a pretty neat shot ! I'm not sure I've ever seen a real live Flamingo. Love the title too.
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Thanks, Barry. She's a nearly blind Chilean Flamingo, actually both of the Flamingos at our zoo are nearly blind, because of their old age. Both of them get around perfectly well though, they know the enclosure like the back of their wing.
 
ijohn.8.80 said:
She's in the zoo in your/our home town. This was taken in the Flamingo Grotto, built in 1885 and is the oldest structure at the zoo. I really love the dappled light that falls here in the later afternoon and she was just perfectly placed for this one.
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I did not know the history of the flamingo structure. That is cool information. I also have a photo of one of those flamingos, although I don't know which...


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1/750th sec, f/2.8, ISO400, 75mm
Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus 75mm f/1.8
 
Evil Spoonman said:
I did not know the history of the flamingo structure. That is cool information. I also have a photo of one of those flamingos, although I don't know which...


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1/750th sec, f/2.8, ISO400, 75mm
Olympus OM-D E-M5, Olympus 75mm f/1.8
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Yours is of the Greater Flamingo, the bigger of the two and has the pale pink body colours, the Chilean that I captured has the intense apricot colours on the wings. The one you captured doesn't stop moving her legs because of arthritic problems. Basically, if she stops moving them, they have risk of locking up on her because of her old age. She could be nearly 100 years old or at the youngest about 85, there is no official record for her import, but there were three imports of her type that were between that many years ago.

Having a son in the Zoo Youth is handy!
 
ijohn.8.80 said:
Yours is of the Greater Flamingo, the bigger of the two and has the pale pink body colours, the Chilean that I captured has the intense apricot colours on the wings. The one you captured doesn't stop moving her legs because of arthritic problems. Basically, if she stops moving them, they have risk of locking up on her because of her old age. She could be nearly 100 years old or at the youngest about 85, there is no official record for her import, but there were three imports of her type that were between that many years ago.

Having a son in the Zoo Youth is handy!
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I had to crank up the shutter speed/ISO on that shot because the flamingo wouldn't stop shuffling in place. Your explanation brings sense-making.

I've been to both Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Zoo. Hiked the entirety of Monarto, had a very good time (wish it had elephants). Unfortunately I lacked the extreme telephoto at that time, I'm planning to go back with my new Panasonic 100-300mm telephoto zoom. The enclosures are just too large to pull off good photos without a lot of magnification. Considering doing some of the behind the scenes things too.

Also, that is one old flamingo...
 
Die RoZ said:
Please, any opinion/input would be great. I am really eager to learn.


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My honest opinion is your framing is so close to being just right, but not giving a tiny bit of breathing room for the drain cuts off a sense of scale, also you're slightly off kilter which I find a little distracting.
That said, exposure is just right and the colours are really intriguing, did you post process a lot?
 
I wasn't really expecting to find anybody out on the lake. But as it was this one guy, I liked the contrast of his orange sale against the natural green and blues.

Comments always appreciated.
 
Last night in Long Beach.

Composition was frustrating. It was hard to find good locations free of distractions, bikers, pedestrians, walkways, etc. So some creative cropping had to be done.

Any comments are appreciated.


IMG_5872 by Puckman2012, on Flickr
 
Schtumple said:
My honest opinion is your framing is so close to being just right, but not giving a tiny bit of breathing room for the drain cuts off a sense of scale, also you're slightly off kilter which I find a little distracting.
That said, exposure is just right and the colours are really intriguing, did you post process a lot?
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Thank you for the feedback. I see what you're saying. What do you mean by "off kilter"? Like that it's crooked?

I did some work on it in the Lr5. I was really trying to get a high contrast look. With sea weed and rocks around the original shot had quite a range of colors, and I was just trying to make that an accent.
 
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