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ZOOlights

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Posted by John Lehmkuhl on December 23, 2006 at 3:32 PM
ZOOlights
The Zoolights at the Portland Zoo are fun to visit if you're a member and get in for free..... not sure I'd pay.... we had a a great time.
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on December 23, 2006 at 3:33 PM
Did a few abstracts shots but I was disappointed with the 20D for this. My older Nikon Coolpix the lens stays open and the "sample rate" is smooth while the 20D isn't smooth at all, but made dots instead :mad:

Still a cool effect but wasn't what I expected the camera to do.
Posted by Harald Rust on December 23, 2006 at 4:33 PM
The abstract is interesting, but I also like the first one.
As an aside, Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma also puts on a nice zoolights show for those in the Puget Sound area. We once spent an evening shooting the lights in Tacoma a couple of years ago. Had a lot of fun. It's quite challenging to capture the mood with the camera.
Harald
Posted by Jerry Roseburrough on December 24, 2006 at 4:58 PM
John, Were you perhaps using an IS lens that made the dot pattern? Just trying to understand why you got the dot pattern.

Anyone?