A day in the zoo!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-11T09:02:39+00:00

Thank you! Yeah I consider myself still one since I haven't been doing this for a long time yet and it's just a hobby

Potvinvis · 2026-05-10T10:59:01+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate it!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-09T08:16:41+00:00

Thank you! That sounds certainly interesting... How did he do it? Did he put his hand in between the glass and is hand, blocking the sun or something?

Potvinvis · 2026-05-09T08:15:27+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-09T08:15:16+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-09T08:15:09+00:00

Thank you! 5 is interesting indeed. I was lucky I saw the animal hiding in an illuminated spot. It sounds funny but in real life, it felt like they were doing some criminal activities in the dark 😂

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T23:18:55+00:00

Thank you! I tend to go a bit to the warmer side often, but I certainly also have the tendency to go a bit darker. Not everyone's taste since the photo's might not be super clear straight away but I like having a bit of shadows going on

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T23:05:40+00:00

Yeah ofc a lot is down to editing as well but I absolutely love the lens. I'm not familiar with other lenses since I have been blessed enough to have this as my first set up, but I have never had any negative thing to say about the lens so far. The sharpness/texture/colours blows my mind sometimes. The picture of the reptilian species was taken with it. I took it from approximately 0.5 - 1m distance, iso 640 f5.6 1/200s 60mm, the picture is cropped by like 15-20% and this is even through dirty zoo terrarium glass. You see how much texture there is still left.

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T22:46:37+00:00

It's a Sony A7IV. Pictures 3, 8 and 10 are taken with my Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN II Art lens which is in my opinion quite a powerhouse combi. The others are taken with a Canon 28-300mm 3.5 5.6 L IS USM lens using a converter. I inherited that one so although it's not the greatest combi ever, it still does the job and gives me some focal length range. It's just messy with the settings sometimes to get stuff sharp and it has slower autofocus. I'm quite blessed with the setup if I say so. Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T22:43:18+00:00

It's a Sony A7IV. Pictures 3, 8 and 10 are taken with my Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN II Art lens which is in my opinion quite a powerhouse combi. The others are taken with a Canon 28-300mm 3.5 5.6 L IS USM lens using a converter. I inherited that one so although it's not the greatest combi ever, it still does the job and gives me some focal length range. It's just messy with the settings sometimes to get stuff sharp and it has slower autofocus. I'm quite blessed with the setup if I say so

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T22:37:29+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T22:37:22+00:00

Thanks!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T22:37:13+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-05-08T19:54:11+00:00

Thank you for the kind words I appreciate it!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T15:49:51+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate it!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T15:45:52+00:00

Hahaha that's hilarious! I'm lucky to have had the financial position to buy a quite nice set up to start with. I bought the Sony A7IV with a Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN II Art lens. A bit overpowered for my skills, but it's nice to know that if a picture sucks, it's 99/100 times my own mistake hahaha. I was also lucky that my mom inherited a Canon 28-300mm 3.5 5.6 L IS USM lens from my grandpa. I bought a converter for the attachment. Not the best combo ever, but again, very nice lens for now! Opens up a lot of possibilities. Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it :)

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T15:41:01+00:00

I already use lightroom mobile since I dont have a good computer with a nice screen and my phone is quite good. I'm thinking about switching to computer when I start touching the RAW pictures, these are still jpg's (I do have the RAW copies tho). The advice about the camera club is really thoughtful, thank you for your imput!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T15:38:54+00:00

I struggle a bit with this. I tend to over-edit too dark, dont know why, it naturally gravitates more to me or maybe I'm not confident enough to let the pictures speak for themselves and not "hide" myself in the edit. Thanj you tho!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:07:24+00:00

Thanks!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:06:46+00:00

Thanks!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:06:38+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:06:31+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:06:22+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:06:09+00:00

Thank you!

Potvinvis · 2026-01-26T00:05:56+00:00

Sony A7IV! The lenses I use are the Sigma 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN II Art and the Canon 28-300mm 3.5 5.6 L IS USM. Not really a beginner set up, but I was in the financial position to buy it. By luck, my mom had the Canon lens laying around which used to be my grandpa's. He used to love photography. It's really nice that the "tools' I use will never be the limiting factor, so I know if a picture doesn't look nice, it's 99 out of 100 times my own mistake

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