Re: Greater Vancouver Zoo

[Alan Chan]

I would love to avoid the fence whenever possible, but not in this case. 
They were double fenced and I was forced to stand back and took the 
pictures. So I switched to manual focus and focus on their eyes only. I was 
hoping to let the viewers noticed that they were captured and imprisoned, 
though I have no idea how well those pictures were executed.

Regards,
Alan Chan
http://www.pbase.com/wlachan
I think the bars force us to reflect on the fact that these creatures of 
the wild have been imprisoned for our entertainment.  Perhaps there are 
good reasons for it, perhaps not.

John

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:13:34 -0700, Shel Belinkoff 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi Alan ...

I don't like these at all.  The fence between the viewer and
the animals really detracts from the critters.  Better would
have been to get closer, stick a smaller lens through the
fence, if at all possible, or get much closer to the fence
and use whatever lens you had wide open or close to it,
obscuring the fence completely.  Baring those options, these
are probably as good as you could get, and was a good
exercise in hand holding longer lenses ... which you seem to
have done quite well.
Others might like the idea of the fence being there, but,
imo, it makes for very poor photographs.
shel
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