New DSLR at the Melbourne Zoo

[JustJim]

Last month I bought my first DSLR, a Nikon D5000. The next day I took it to the Melbourne Zoo. What fun! Beats the heck out of my old Nikon FTN.

Nesting



Tortoise



Swinging'



Then a last week I got a graphics tablet and PSE7 so I did this:-

Tortoise OOB



A day's work in a darkroom done in an hour (or so).

[Ella1267]

Welcome to DPS.....I love the last pic, the framing is awesome. Great job.
Nice set.

[Chewys Dad]

Hi JustJim! I would really like to learn how to do the effect in the last one, I'll have to get out my CS4 book and see If I can figure it out.
Thanks for sharing this
Michael.

[bascott]

Welcome to DPS JustJim and congratulations on the new D5000! Nice set of pics and the pp on the last is great

[CaptainNH]

Wow Jim, it didn't take you long to get the hang of that tablet did it!

[JustJim]

Thank you all for your kind comments. No, the tablet doesn't take long to master, it's just like pen and paper, Elements, however, is going to take a little longer. Of course I should master the camera first!

Chewy's Dad, there is a discussion of the 'OOB' technique on DPS here, and a tutorial for PS or PSE here.

Thanks again everybody.

[leonaashlee]

Looks like you've been enjoying your new camera...and you've done well with it. I really like the effect of that last shot...very cool.

[Angelb]

Welcome to the DPS family JustJim

These are all great, but the last one is fantastic, I love the way you have the tortoise look like it is coming out of the frame. Great reflection in the bird nesting one and the swinging ape looks like he is having fun. TFS these great shots.

[JustJim]

Originally Posted by leonaashlee

Looks like you've been enjoying your new camera...and you've done well with it. I really like the effect of that last shot...very cool.

Thank you, very kind of you.

Originally Posted by Angelb

Welcome to the DPS family JustJim

These are all great, but the last one is fantastic, I love the way you have the tortoise look like it is coming out of the frame. Great reflection in the bird nesting one and the swinging ape looks like he is having fun. TFS these great shots.

And thank you, too. The Orang Utan shot needs some work on shadow recovery. The shot I've posted has been upped by 1.5EV over the whole image, but I think I need to do some more localised work.