Mum
Coati dragging baby back home
800
asa 70-300 Sigma 1/60 f5.6
70-300
in 300 macro mode 800 asa
1/2500 f10 (equiv 450mm)
Having
had the Nikon D70 for a week or so another visit for a few hours to Chester Zoo
to test out its potential proved very useful. All images were shot as 'fine' Jpegs
at 3008 x 2000. They were then loaded into Photoshop and where mentioned some
work was done on them. They were then cropped and saved for the web at 800 x 600.
Click on the images below for the larger copy. All images are hand held and shot
in available light - no flash. I wondered how the images would stand up against
those from the stabalised Dimage A1 . I mostly used a Sigma 70-300 lens and a
Nikon 105mm Micro both autofocus.
70-300
300mm (equiv 450mm)
Sigma 800 asa 1/800 f11
70-300
Sigma 135mm (equiv 200mm)
1/15 f22 200asa
Really needed the tripod for this
Amorous
flamingoes 70-300 Sigma
800asa 1/800 f7
Nikon
105 micro (equiv 157mm)
1/100 f5 1600asa
Nikon
105 micro 1/200 f3.5 1000asa
Fruit beetles have a get-together
Sigma
18-35 18mm (equiv 27mm)
1/100 f3.5 1600asa
Sigma
70-300 220mm ( equiv 330mm) 1/1250 f5.3 400asa
These
instructions from B and Q are tricky. 220mm (equiv 330mm)
1/2500 f6.3 1600asa
Nikon
105 micro (equiv 157mm)
1/60 f11 1000asa
Gaboon Viper
Nikon
105mm Micro (equiv 157mm)
1/60 f9 1000 asa
On
top of the world - 220mm
(equiv 330mm) 1/4000 f9 1600 asa
Nikon
105mm Micro (equiv 157mm)
1/200 f7 1000 asa
Macleay's
Spectre from New Guinea
1/25 f11 1000 asa Nikon 105mm micro
(equiv 157mm)
Green
Tree Monitor , New Guinea
1/200 f3.5 1000 asa 105mm micro
(equiv
157mm)
1/200
f4.5 1000 asa 105mm micro
(equiv 157mm)
Cameleon
105mm 1000 asa 1/200 f6.3
1/60
f 6.3 1000 asa 105 mm
(equiv 157mm)
Afternoon
snack. 1/200 f4 1000 asa
105 Micro Nikkor (equiv 157mm)
Open
Wide!
1/2000 f5.6 270mm (equiv 405mm) 1000 asa
Seals
playing - 70-300 110mm
(equiv 165mm) 1/800 f4.2 400 asa
Sigma
70-300 300 macro mode
1/13 f5.6 400 asa
Sigma
70-300 240mm (equiv 360mm) 1/800 f5.3 400 asa
Now
belt up!
240 mm (equiv 360mm)
1/125 f5.3 400asa
background blurred in
PS
Mandrill
background blurred in PS
1/40 f 5.6 300 mm (equiv 450mm) 1600asa
Coati
young and Mum
1/640 f 5.3 800 asa
240 mm (equiv 360mm)
Background
blurred for this Hornbill pic
1/125 f5.6 1000 asa 300
mm
(equiv
450 mm)
Sigma
70-300mm 300mm cropped
1/400 f5 500asa
Another
visit to Chester to celebrate the first warm day of Spring found many animals
also out enjoying the warm sunshine. The Orang Utangs were having fun whilst it
was great to see the Jaguars also out for once. It was the first time I had seen
them away from their inside enclosure enjoying the good weather.
One of highlights
for me was a ' one on one conversation piece ' with the male Mandrill ape who
came right up to the front of the glass. I mainly used the Sigma 70-300 lens with
the D70 and a few interiors with a fast manual Nikon 35mm.
Under
cover agent! Sigma 70-300mm
330mm 1/800 F5.3 500asa
Deep
in thought. Sigma 70-300mm
450mm 1/1000 f5.6 640asa cropped
Hanging
about. Sigma 70-300mm
400mm 1/400 f5.6 640asa cropped
Sigma
70-300mm 140mm
1/640 f6.3 500asa
Sigma
70-300mm 300mm
1/640 f6.3 500asa
Sigma
70-300mm 255mm
1/500 f5.6 500asa
Sigma
70-300mm 300mm 70% crop
1/400 f5 500asa
Sigma
70-300mm 450mm 70% crop
1/1000 f5.6 500asa
Sigma
70-300mm 450mm 70% crop
1/500 f5.6 640asa
Sigma
70-300mm 450mm cropped
1/1250 f5.6 500asa
Sigma
70-300mm 450mm 70% crop
1/400 f5.6 500asa
Sigma
18-125mm 32mm
1/125 f5.6 1250asa
Three
shots of the tropial fish in the aquarium were taken with an old 35mm Nikon f1.4
1/60 sec unknown aperture 1250asa
Nikon
35mm 1/100 f5.6
1250asa
Nikon
35mm 1/80 f5.6
1250asa
Oh
look Charlie it's the new Airbus
Sigma 70-300mm 165mm
1/800 f7 640asa
I'm
not quite as innocent as I look!
Sigma 70-300mm 450mm
1/2000 f5.6 640asa
Don't
you dare touch my food again! Sigma 70-300mm 165mm
1/640 f6.3 640asa
Three
images out of many I took in this conversation piece with the Mandrill. It was
the first time I had seen him so close to the glass
The
Meerkats, tucked away in a quiet corner of the zoo, are always glad to see visitors
