Chester Zoo (10 x S3-IS images)

cmt · 9 Aug 2006 at 21:31

Took a trip to chester zoo today with the kids.

Had a whale of a time with the S3 - love the continuos shooting mode on it.

Ended up with over 1500 pics, just sorting through them now and these caught my eye.

cmt · 9 Aug 2006 at 21:32

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cmt · 9 Aug 2006 at 21:48

cyKey said:
They're really great. Just goes to show you don't need a DSLR with a 100-400. However, the bokeh one of those shots is a bit ew

true, but can't have everything, but for a £300 camera i think it does quite well.

Just noticed the fish photo is from the Fuji F30 i bought as a pocket cam, and the 9 year old took that one! ISO1600 handheld - no flash.

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cmt · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:54

dunker said:
great pics i really like #10 what is it? some kind of fox/squirrel creature?

A Red Panda.

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cmt · 9 Aug 2006 at 22:57

A couple more...

just need to get PP'ing them now as these are all straight out of the camera with no tweaks what-so-ever.

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cmt · 10 Aug 2006 at 09:55

Arsey said:
what amount of zoom is the parrot one

(sorry if its not correct terminology, im a camera n00b)

full zoom on the S3-IS (432mm - 35mm equivalant)

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cmt · 10 Aug 2006 at 09:57

bigredshark said:
Number 5 is superb, really like it! Nice shots, maybe some post processing would improve the colour, make them a little more vivid. As was said though, just goes to show you don't need an SLR for great results

Ta!

Dont really know where to start with the Post Processing - bit of a noob at that.

Any tips (Can post a link to the full size images if needed)

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cmt · 10 Aug 2006 at 12:24

Arsey said:
what I meant was something like, "Is it 4x zoom, 8x zoom etc?"

also what megapixels did u use?

12x zoom and 6mp

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cmt · 10 Aug 2006 at 16:58

Hyper said:
What camera is this mate
They are cracking shots.

Canon S3-IS 'superzoom' compact.

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cmt · 10 Aug 2006 at 19:46

Link to full size image folder

if you do any PP, let me have a look at the results - it all helps with the learning experience

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cmt · 10 Aug 2006 at 19:54

bigredshark said:
i did a couple a bit further up, let me know what you reckon, it might be a little overdone...

I like what you have done with the colours on the chameleon, if a little overdone, and you have added a bit of 'punch' to the parrot shot.

i really need to get my head around PP'ing instead of just doing 'Smart Photo Fix' on PSP10

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