Zoo Photo

[JDub]

I like this shot. You caught this animal in a relaxed and tranquil moment. Only critique I have is enhance it a bit in digital darkroom todeal with the slightly washed out look, and maybe crop a bit on top, bottom and right to bring the animal up a little closer . there is plenty of background there for a little cropping although none of it is distracting. Just to focus a bit more on the animal.( I think this might be a cheetah) Do you have any info on lens and camera settings?

Good suggestions by all, I will take the suggestions and give them a try.

Taken with a Canon S40 with the following settings
shutter speed 1/250
aperature F/5
Focal Length 21mm

[JDub]

Good suggestions by all, I will take the suggestions and give them a try.

Taken with a Canon S40 with the following settings
shutter speed 1/250
aperature F/5
Focal Length 21mm

I took a little break from work and tossed together a first pass. This crappy monitor at work is hard to do graphics on, but I thought I'd take a shot at it.

Thank you all for your suggestions, they are very helpful.

[gahspidy]

Yes , it looks much better, IMO. Really a nice looking photo to print out and frame.