Zoo Pics

[ions]

Dark Underworld of Peacocks, Toronto Zoo by Christopher Brian's Photography, on Flickr

[Northstar]

mine is a bit different, but i find myself spending time looking at it, and it's interesting IMO.

I was at the zoo, and took this shot of the two griz bears playing....what I caught in the reflection of the windows made the shot much more interesting.

this image is not edited other than a little bit of exposure/sharp/sat/contrast.

i'm curious what others think of this shot...comments welcome.

[MrFotoFool]

mine is a bit different, but i find myself spending time looking at it, and it's interesting IMO.

I was at the zoo, and took this shot of the two griz bears playing....what I caught in the reflection of the windows made the shot much more interesting.

this image is not edited other than a little bit of exposure/sharp/sat/contrast.

i'm curious what others think of this shot...comments welcome.

No offense, but I find the reflection distracting.  The bear action is great, but I personally would like it better if it had been taken with a polarizing filter to eliminate the reflections.

[chops411]

Nashville Tn Zoo

[tomscott]

Tiger by tom_scott88, on Flickr


IMG_9407 by tom_scott88, on Flickr


Turtle 2 by tom_scott88, on Flickr


Bat by tom_scott88, on Flickr


Lizard by tom_scott88, on Flickr


Shark by tom_scott88, on Flickr


Baby Elephant by tom_scott88, on Flickr

[anand]

All images are good. Love the elephant calf.

[ions]

mine is a bit different, but i find myself spending time looking at it, and it's interesting IMO.

I was at the zoo, and took this shot of the two griz bears playing....what I caught in the reflection of the windows made the shot much more interesting.

this image is not edited other than a little bit of exposure/sharp/sat/contrast.

i'm curious what others think of this shot...comments welcome.

No offense, but I find the reflection distracting.  The bear action is great, but I personally would like it better if it had been taken with a polarizing filter to eliminate the reflections.

I disagree. No offence, but I think the point of this photo is missed with such a suggestion. The juxtaposition of the two different zoo inhabitants, guests and those that live there is neat. The wonder on the faces is great. I think it works well. Rather than a reflection it has a real double exposure feel to it. Good job Northstar.

[HeavenHell]

Great shots guys.  I love the koala, the jellyfish and the red fox.

[Northstar]

mine is a bit different, but i find myself spending time looking at it, and it's interesting IMO.

I was at the zoo, and took this shot of the two griz bears playing....what I caught in the reflection of the windows made the shot much more interesting.

this image is not edited other than a little bit of exposure/sharp/sat/contrast.

i'm curious what others think of this shot...comments welcome.

No offense, but I find the reflection distracting.  The bear action is great, but I personally would like it better if it had been taken with a polarizing filter to eliminate the reflections.

I disagree. No offence, but I think the point of this photo is missed with such a suggestion. The juxtaposition of the two different zoo inhabitants, guests and those that live there is neat. The wonder on the faces is great. I think it works well. Rather than a reflection it has a real double exposure feel to it. Good job Northstar.

Ions...Thanks, I appreciate your kind words.  You describe my thoughts well when I first saw what I had captured.  Is it "technically" a great image?  NO.  But, I've seen pictures of two bears(animals) playing together like this countless times, but this image is uniquely different, and as I said, I find the image much much more interesting.  Again, not a technically great shot....but you can't deny that you'll spend an extra second or several looking at it.

[scrappydog]

A few from my most recent trip to the zoo.  A mix of 5DII, 5DIII, 100-400, and 400 f/2.8 II.

[Sideonecincy]

First post here 

[JBeckwith]

I know this is an old topic but I really like the OP's pictures.  He resisted the urge that almost everyone has at zoos to zoom all the way in as tight as possible on the animals.  He did a great job of capturing the environment without making it overly obvious that it was a zoo.

[Narcolepsy]

mine is a bit different, but i find myself spending time looking at it, and it's interesting IMO.

I was at the zoo, and took this shot of the two griz bears playing....what I caught in the reflection of the windows made the shot much more interesting.

this image is not edited other than a little bit of exposure/sharp/sat/contrast.

i'm curious what others think of this shot...comments welcome.

This is reminiscent to me of the 2003 winner of Wildlife Photographer of the year -
Gerhard Schulz -  Gorilla and Boy
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/12/1071125653861.html

[mbj68]

Kansas City Zoo



St Louis Zoo

[Northstar]

Kansas City Zoo



St Louis Zoo

mb...nice job, i especially like the first two.