San Diego Zoo

[APFparadise]

A few pics from last weekend APF Meet at the San Diego Zoo.

There is A LOT more (32 images) HERE

 

[aural]

very nice! I'm going out there this summer... i cant wait!

 

[Cutiewitbooty]

wow awesome pictures!!!

 

[zenya]

Fantastic shots as always, Edward.

 

[melev]

How are you taking these pictures? Again, like the other thread - all excellent. :thumbsup: Are you shooting from a tripod?

 

[RichK]

Very nice shots. What camera and lens? Tripod? I can't wait to take a trip to the Washington Zoo this summer!

 

[APFparadise]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7135606#post7135606 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
How are you taking these pictures? Again, like the other thread - all excellent. :thumbsup: Are you shooting from a tripod?

Marc, thanks. The Zoo series was taken with Canon 100-400 IS lens, on a monopod. That is a great zoo lens. Nice and sharp. Many of my friends use it for zoo.

The aquarium (of the pacific) shots were taken with Canon 24-70L Lens, and flash mounted on the camera, with Gary Fong's Lightsphere II Photojournalist on it, tilted slightly forward. The trick is not to shoot up instead always a little down. The colors come out really good, you wont believe it's direct flash. For Public Aquaria shots where you can not stick a remote flash on top of the tank shooting down (standard practice for the "APF" school of thought of aquatic photography), this seems to be the best way. I did this trip as part of an APF meet, and we had 4 guys shooting, with different methods, from available light and high ISO, to my direct flash, to wireless flash off shoe, and the results were good from all sources. There are two threads on APF about the trip by two Nikon D200 users, check them out.

 

[melev]

What does APF stand for? I agree about always shooting down slightly, I do it all the time.

 

[clippo]

Nice shots Ed!

APF = Aquatic Photography Forum

 

[APFparadise]

Marc, shooting down is something you need to do if you are using on board flash. In home shooting situations, that is unnecessary, because of many possibilities with off camera flashes. APF (link HERE) has a huge wealth of information on that. The only reason I used on camera flash, is because at the Long beach aquarium, the tanks are built into walls, so you can not stick a flash on top of them looking down.

 

[melev]

Thanks. I'll check it out.