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I really liked the other post your best threads and thought it would be interesting to see everyone's perspective on zoo photos. Hopefully there will be some takers. Here is my contribution, a two headed giraffe.
Taken with XSi, 85mm lens, 1/320 secat f2.5, iso 200.
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Not exactly a zoo...
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Properly cropped pics are on my Flickr site...
great whale shots.
Love the gorilla.
Birth defective giraffe is cool.
I'll try to remember to see if I have anything worth posting later.
I is more inspired!
Got this one while visiting Vietnam at Saigon Zoo (right before being robbed by a Xichlo driver - lovely)
40D, 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 135mm and F/5.6, ISO 800, 1/80sec
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This one is of my sister playing with one of her mates at the zoo she works at as a zoologist. His name is Snappy Tom and he's a 4.5m Australian Saltwater Crocodile.
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Amazing photos of the whales by the way. Well done.
The gorilla is stunning.
I love the croc! That is an awesome shot.
I need to keep this one going. My 3 year oldis loving the pictures.
While not technically sound or perfectly in focus, I really like this picture. Water is a natural barrier for the monkey and this guy was hanging about 50 feet from the nearest tree trying to fish.
Taken with XSi, f7.1, 1/400 sec, iso 320, 70-300mmISat 300mm.
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Here are a couple of my shots from the zoo:
Taken with the Canon Xsi and the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS Lens:
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Taken with the Canon Xsi and the 'nifty 50' (Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens). I was amazed that I was able to capture this shot in the ominous blue light (taken with natural light):
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What Can I say... I like Lizards.
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Here is one I think is cute but was way overdone is post (oops):
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And here are a few that I already posted in various places earlier:
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Here's one from this past weekend that I like the mood of.
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~ Ken
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Wow. Almost a painting. Pretty!
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Wow, lots of great pics! That pic of the Croc is amazing seeing the size of that thing and knowing your sis is the one feeding it. The only thing I'd do different is to crop off the handto the right for better composition of just the two of them (... or you couldjust let the croc do it :)
Here's the only other whale pic worth postingas its a little sharper than the one above. It was quite dark and getting high enough shutter speeds toreduce the blur of jumping whales was near impossible. fwiw, the white whale was taken with a 70-200 f2.8 L and the Orca's were taken with the 17-55 f2.8 IS EF-S both on a 30D.
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Here's a link to a larger pic... posting it here as a URL crops too much off of the right side.
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That out-stretched elephantis areally great capturebut i'm finding a lot of humor in it now that I've done a double take on it... its seems wrong in so many ways.
Which isworse, the dad not taking the cigarette out of his mouth or him holding his kid out over a precarious 12'(?) drop (a la Michael Jackson rip)?
No offense to smokers or Jackson fans but I can't help but chuckle [:D]
I'm a big fan of these"post your best picture" threads, as they give us an opportunity to photograph and share the images. That way we can learn from one another.We should have more of these similar threads and more photographers participate it them.
My fovorites so far are: the elephant, crocodile, muskrats and the orcas.
These are from last year.
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Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/320 second, F/1.8, 85mm, ISO800
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Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/1250 second, F/1.8, 85mm, ISO200
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Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/1000 second, F/1.8, 85mm, ISO800
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Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/400 second, F/7.1, 300mm, ISO800
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It cracks me up every time I look at it. [:D] There's certainly some child safety issues going on there.
btaylor: that elephant picture is the one I like the most...since you've been to VN I'm sure you've seen the way parents hold their children on motorbike? At least the guy's standing still in the image. I was originally from Saigon, Vietnam and very familiar with the zoo there. Sorry to know that you got mugged while being there.
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Absolutely! It always made me laugh seeing a motorbike with 4 or 5 people on them and only the father having a helmet on. Self preservation must be the key.
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Wasn't the end of the world. Luckily there was only a few thousand dong in there (very little). Certainly didn't ruin the trip. Halong Bay is one of the most magnificent places I've ever seen.
Cheers.
this one is my favorite:
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exif and more from zoos can be found here
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from last trip to zoo...
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Very nice pics Colin... the last one with the mother Tiger sleeping hasperfect DOF (my fav). The bats drinking blood(besides being creepy) also has perfect bokeh and verycaptivating. Great job.
Although not my favorite shot of that day its the one I was most surprised to see when I was reviewing.
Despite using 70-200 2.8L all day this was actually caught using my 50 1.4 at 1/1600 ona 400D. The piece of horse meat looks even more detailed at 100%
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That's an awesome meat toss!
Think he'd do it again with some strobes and a nice white background? [:)]
Regardless, way cool.
Some really nice shots posted [:)]
Here's a couple of shots I took at the zoo
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killer tiger. What'd you do, throw things at him?
Cool eyes on the zebra.
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here are several from the San Diego zoo in June. All taken with
5Dll and 70-200 f4IS. The tiger, leopard, and gorilla were all taken
through the 1" plate glass that they have for up close viewing. That's my 2 yr old leaning in for a hug to the leopard.
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Lemur taken with 400D, 75-300. 1/400, f6.3, ISO400. When I think back, it was this trip to Dublin Zoo that decided I needed to upgrade to L glass. Too many shots were soft and lacking contrast.
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This was taken at the Wild Spirit wolf sanctuary in western New Mexico. They actually let serious photographers in the habitats (for a small fee--of course)
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That wolf is pretty cool. Since I don't get out much to shoot actual wildlife in the wild, I am stuck with zoo pictures. Here are a couple more of mine.
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Sharing few of my pics taken at Fort Worth Zoo. I am still learning the skills of SLR Digital photography
Camera: Rebel Xti
Lens: Canon 70-200mm F4.0L IS
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These two were taking at a small zoo in the flatlands of Colombia. Unfortunantly they were taken with my old camera and I did not get them super well setup but they are cool anyway.
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Panasonic DMC-FZ7 36mm (I think that is really 400mm or so) F/3.3 1/25sec ISO-200
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That last one is brilliant. Open wiiiiiiide!
I had another trip to the zoo this weekend and the kids gave me a couple of seconds to snapshots of jellyfish. These were taken with 85mm @ 2.2, iso 800, 1/30 sec. PP noise and contrast with a little saturation adjustment. They are in a tank with the only lightsource in the room being a blacklight.
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Thanks Madison!
That was one of those pictures where you line up and setup everything for a normal shot and the guy just does something really cool.
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Nice portraits. I like watching snow leoparts a lot. In my local zoo there is one that walks around with his tail in his mouth. Toobad they are kept behind a wire mesh, I couldn't grab a good shot.
Is that blur a lens blur or a post processing one?
I would like to contribute some of mine...[:D]
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Don, the gorilla portrait is stunning! Excellent work!
I am using a Rebel XTi with a EF 50 f/1.4 for the first pic and a 100 - 400 L for the rest