Re: First wildlife pictures

Focus wrote:
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>> On 2008-05-11 02:48:06 -0700, "Focus" <focus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>
>>> ****tugal seems to be flooded with birds: I hear them everywhere,
>>> but I can't
>>> see them!
>>> So I found some other wildlife that might be interesting for you:
>>>
>>> http://photos-of-****tugal.com/Wildlife/
>>>
>>> Comments welcome.
>>> (Please be gentle: they are my first wildlife attempt ;-)

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I liked the pictures. They are like the views you get from riding a 
monorail through the Wild Animal Park. It was nice to see all the 
colors and the animals against the background.

The pictures are not particularly good in a "photographic" sense. 
Documentary-wise, they are a good trigger for someone who was there 
and can add context and "feeling" from memory. Of all the photos, 
there are two I might go back at and look at again. Throw away all 
others. OK, maybe all but three.

If I were a curator or a publisher, none of them make the grade. If I 
were a brochure-maker, maybe a couple. If I were a close relative of 
the photographer and we were in his living room looking at a slide 
show, I'd tolerate them once. When he tried to waylay me into seeing 
them again, I'd get a phone call and have to leave.

Nice pictures, but busy and not grabbers. Good practice. Practice. 
Practice.

-- 
Frank ess