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Post April 24th, 2008, 9:32 am

Just wanted to share some pics I took from the Pittsburgh Zoo a little over a decade ago. I thought I had lost them but came across the original prints a few days ago. So I scanned them to PC and touched them up a bit. These were taken with an old Minolta 202 SLR I had bought in 1978 using a Vivitar 300mm lens for the zoom. I most likely used a Fuji 200 ISO film because that's what I was in the habit of using at the time. Hope you like! (click the images for a larger view)
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Post April 24th, 2008, 10:21 am

Love those cats! hehe Image

Great shots ATNO. :thumbsup: I have some old pictures myself that I should scan too.
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Post April 24th, 2008, 10:27 am

I absolutely love these. The fact they are older photos makes it even better.
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Post April 24th, 2008, 10:28 am

heehee, back then I still remembered a good bit of my photography training. Thanks guys.
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Post April 24th, 2008, 10:31 am

By the way, if it wasn't for the fact i was listening to "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top i would most definitely be listening to Guns N Roses right now!
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Post April 24th, 2008, 10:55 am

I found this lion's face totally priceless :lol:
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Post April 25th, 2008, 11:29 am

I like the Zebra and Giraffe pictures :)
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Post April 27th, 2008, 8:48 am

I love all of it.
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Post April 28th, 2008, 6:51 am

every one of these is excellent mark, honestly. You should consider doing more photography, cuz everything I've seen from you lately, whether older shots or recent, are all good!
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Post April 28th, 2008, 8:41 am

Thanks all. Bryan, I've actually considered it. I honestly anticipate doing a lot of nature shots over the summer. Nature seems to be my forte. Never have been very good with people/portraits.
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Post April 28th, 2008, 8:45 am

I think we must be opposite then Mark. I'm more of a people person and love to take portraits. I dread the thought of taking animal shots, everyone i tend to take ends up being complete and utter crap.

I agree with Bryan here though, these are all really good photos.
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Post April 28th, 2008, 8:51 am

I think I'm more like SB then.

I will indulge myself with some human photos. I don't know, is it good to pay someone to take their pics?

I don't know is there ways to convince them to let us snap them for freee....

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Post April 28th, 2008, 8:55 am

:scratchhead:

Why would anyone pay anyone to take their photo? Usually it's the other way around. I think i'm going to be safe here when i say that your ability in photography is very very limited George, so to pay to take a photo is a waste of money. If on the other hand you were a good portrait photographer and you were likely to recieve either alot of business from it or some direct income as a result of the photo then i wouldn't even bother taking one small coin out of your pocket for a photo.

Surely you've got some friends or family that you could talk into having their photo taken?
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Post April 28th, 2008, 9:06 am

Oh, no business purposes. Just hobby only. For memories or souvenirs kind of thing.

I know, I mean some model-looking type, I don't know I will be on the look-out.

I was meaning photos like:
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naked-type, is it socially unacceptable? I don't want ppl to think that way, I mean really pro. at snapping naked pics..I'd love to see some samples if any can be found

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