I'm sort of working on a project of getting good pictures of animals at our zoo to use to decorate the baby's room. I have an awesome one of a hippo that I'm entering in to a contest, but I'm super-paranoid, so I'm not posting it until it has been submitted.
I just got back a new roll from late last year. I'd like honest feedback. I do not think any of these are great. I was disappointed with the first elephant one because I really like the composition, but I think it is overexposed. But, then I sort of like the overexposure. I did a couple of color corrections, but I don't think I like them as much as the original - even though it is overexposed. See here:
Original:
color correction:
Then, I have a warthog I kinda like - but am not completely in love with:
Finally, two elephants. This is cropped from the original. Gives me ideas for how to compose another one, but I'm not in love with this either.
So, I'm totally up for honest critique. We are members of the zoo and go about every other week in from April through November. So, I've got many opportunities. My goal is to keep getting better shots until I get a great one of each animal.