untitled woolly mammoth couple

Posted by danthro (Suburbia, United States) on 25 May 2008 in Animal & Insect.

sorry i'm not able to catch up on everyone's blogs as i'd like to, focusing on other pursuits more now.

Comments, feedback, criticism, suggestions, etc. are always appreciated. Thanks!
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Comments (18)

Saeed from Tehran, Iran

interesting shot

25 May 2008 6:05am

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

Interesting image

25 May 2008 6:11am

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

very cool and great!
well done!

25 May 2008 8:23am

chris chisu from Seattle, United States

Looks like you are visiting the museums lately.

25 May 2008 9:02am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

Nice one Dan!

25 May 2008 9:56am

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Hong Kong

a startling image. Very interesting!

25 May 2008 11:28am

Scarabaeus from Manchester, United Kingdom

Quite a funny image, it looks quite spooky in the dark.

25 May 2008 11:58am

vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada

Ready to attack!

25 May 2008 12:06pm

Anthony Lambert from Germany

Museums are always a good place for great shots !!

25 May 2008 1:05pm

yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece

great image - I like the backlighting and the tonal range

25 May 2008 2:03pm

standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France

Very interesting capture. I like the atmoshere!

25 May 2008 4:32pm

Luis A. De Jesus R. from Mexico City, Mexico

My beef with this image is the blur --a bit too much for my taste. Perhaps taking a tripod would had helped. Some museums charge a bit more for the tripod, but it can really make the experience worth the while. Come to think of it, your problem seems to have been the high ISO. What did you use? Still would had been resolved by a low ISO and the use of a tripod and crossing your fingers hoping that nobody would walk in front of the camera to ruin the exposure. I like the choice of subject, a favorite when I go to museums. Take care,

Luis

25 May 2008 10:01pm

@Luis A. De Jesus R.: you're totally right. i don't have a tripod yet unfortunately. but i appreciate your honest critique! :)

Melissa W. from Warsaw, Indiana, United States

Those tusks are huge...

Even if you don't have a tripod, which who wants to lug around a tripod in a museum, you could always set the camera on a ledge or something, set up your shot and use the self-timer.

26 May 2008 2:15am

John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States

Great shot, love the details and the way you framed this one.

26 May 2008 3:01am

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

My first impression was of the Martians in Quatermass II.

27 May 2008 10:42pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Oh yeah, caught the comment on ISO. I think you could have boosted your ISO way higher and had a nice sharp image (though it may depend on the camera --my little L11 takes crappy shots at ISO 800). 320 is not high. I hardly ever set my D40 to less than 400 ISO, and I use 800 regularly. I'm also satisfied with the shots I get at even 1600. Now, 3200 is a big push, with lots of noise, but sometimes even that much noise is better than blur --it's a matter of taste. Almost everything in photography is a trade off. Also, you can try bracing as Melissa suggested, and sometimes, you can take several shots and find one that you got steady enough to be sharp. Sometimes I take ten or more shots in low light to get one that I find sharp enough.

27 May 2008 10:48pm