My first time at the Zoo for ages (at least 14 years I think). Here are a few. More... Seal Rod'nt Steward Polar Bear Lion cub Savanna Baboon Tigress Tiger Elephants Butterflies Tortoises (or turtles) Frog... Relix Prairie owl Just visiting the zoo... Alright not just visiting then More on the flickr Enjoy!
the Tigress is amazing! the ligh is just wow. - rest are great too! (lovin the frog and turtle) was did you use to do the indoor reptile shots? the 50mm?
Thank you guys Most were shot with the 70-300. With the reptiles I switched over to my Sigma 17-70 and for the nocturnal and the polar bear I used the nift fifty. My favorite is the turtles
That's almost like relix in his natural environment. Wow. I love, love, love those first 2 butterfly pics. And now I want to go to the zoo...
regarding the title; I see what you did there! Some nice shots here, those butterfly ones look really sharp! Dan
I think I like the tigress and the "Just visiting the zoo...". First because of the light and second because of the nice idea and DOF All are technically nice, but I like those two the most. On the other hand the baboon-shots, I reckon, are the weakest link as they are just about as generic zoo-shots as possible.
Thanks for the feedback fellas. @Jipa Seeing as I haven't been to the zoo for 14 years I guess what you call generic baboon shots is a must. What really gets me going on them is the texture and composition of the black square vs the surface. Perhaps the two shot horizontally on my flickr are better descriptions of this. If you have a tip for getting the same elements in frame but giving it more tension then that would be appreciated I'll probably be going back soon with a photo buddy so we can spend an entire day shooting the zoo animals @DeMob hehe thanks for noting
