Post your favorite (or best) zoo pictures!

[Colin]

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!

[btaylor]

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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[btaylor]

Amazing photos of the whales by the way. Well done.

[Madison]

The gorilla is stunning.

[Jayson]

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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[wusstigphoto]

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 []

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

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.

[Garrett-Grimsley]

These are from last year.





Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/250 second, F/6.3, 200mm, ISO400





Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/320 second, F/1.8, 85mm, ISO800





Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/1250 second, F/1.8, 85mm, ISO200





Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/1000 second, F/1.8, 85mm, ISO800





Canon Rebel XT 350D, 1/400 second, F/7.1, 300mm, ISO800

[btaylor]

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.

It cracks me up every time I look at it. [] There's certainly some child safety issues going on there.

[Sinh Nhut Nguyen]

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.