I must admit I'm very poor at adding details to flickr and thus I really need to go back and find when these shots were taken to work out which zoo they come from. That and these are a little old now - a half year or a bit more as I've not been to the zoo in ages (really must get to go going again when I get the chance). https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7466/15298283353_9eb3503339_c.jpg I'll admit I did add a little grain to this; but it really was that dark and foggy - this was taken at Whipsnade on a spooky day with the clouds basically right over the whole zoo all day - rather bad for photography; but at least you get to see the er - 5 legged beast! https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8614/15730375110_37fdedb327_c.jpg Same day with a touch more light and colour https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7326/9394206385_cdf93f3954_c.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3689/10178160964_dd122d2dec_c.jpg https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7051/6814878802_fff71ecac1_c.jpg Hope you all enjoy and I welcome any comments
The Ostrich pic doesn't really do it for me, but that's just me. The other photos, however, are sharp and well-framed and would look good in any magazine or zoo guide. What sort of camera/lens are you using? Hix
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Gallery This is the Whipsnade gallery These are really nice photos, welcome to ZooChat! I look forward to seeing more of your pictures.
Welcome to ZooChat. I like your prairie dog the best: you have caught a beautiful pose, the composition is good and the low viewpoint suits the subject well - moreover it gives a lovely background to make those whiskers stand out. I like the otter a lot too. The stork is nice but I think that the reflection of the flamingo in the background is rather distracting. I look forward to seeing more of your images. Alan
My thanks all! Hix I assure you it was no ostrich - just take a look its clearly got 4 leggs or some forelimbs! But yes that was more me fooling around after a very grey day. At present it varies a little but mostly its a Canon 7D coupled with a Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS L MII or a Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 OS Jibn and Funky - my thanks and I would save that I can't recall the zoo several are from; Whipsnade was only two. Hopefully I'll get to a zoo again this coming year and can bombard the galleries (probably will be Whipsnade or Kessingland/Africa Alive) Lemur - yes its one of my favoured shots as well; really came out far better than I imagined. Was rather fun to get the shot too as they were in an enclosed area, but you could go into the pen and thus a nice low shot was easy (or at least a lot easier than for many other animals at the zoo).
I replaced your images with links because some of the images were too large for the space. If the first photo isn't an ostrich, what is it? I can't see it being anything else.
Funky I think you might be right with that suggestion - it rings a bell. Childonias - my thanks; and yes I should have taken more care with the size I embedded into the forums. And yes its certainly a quip on the fact that it was a 4 legged ostrich
