A few from Edinburgh Zoo the other day
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I love the Polar Bear pic 
The lizard one looks like the focus is in the wrong place to me (on the end of it's nose instead of the eyes). The shadow under his chin looks quite noisy too.
Polar bear is definitely my favourite, although on closer inspection it looks like he's got a stick growing out of his nose
The lizard one looks like the focus is in the wrong place to me (on the end of it's nose instead of the eyes). The shadow under his chin looks quite noisy too.
Polar bear is definitely my favourite, although on closer inspection it looks like he's got a stick growing out of his nose
I had to shoot the lizard through glass and without a flash as was worried the flash would scare it off. So it ended up being a high iso number due to the lowish light level and this with the glass might have thrown the focus off a tad. Also contributes to the noise in the background and under the chin.
Might have another of this lizard and will see what focus point i got there.
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Might have another of this lizard and will see what focus point i got there.
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Hey SCM dont wanna hijack your thread but the polar bear look really familiar...
Must just be a lazy bear, i took that shot last july...S
Must just be a lazy bear, i took that shot last july...S
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Yeah...i was gonna say its quite the life being able to sleep all day, but i dont know...maybe he/she's just really really bored all the time! Good shots tho man, i had a dissapointing day last year, mainly becuase the weather wasnt that great...S
_dogma_ said:
I feel really sorry for the polar bear at Edinburgh zoo, last time I was there she was in the water swimming in a circle constantly (half a circle on her back, the other half on her front). It was a shame to see such a beautiful animal behaving like that.
I first visited the enclosure mid-morning, when I went back mid-afternoon, she was still doing it in the same spot as before, very disturbing...
Great pictures though!
I got lucky with the weather and i do feel sorry for some of the animals there, like the polar bear, as not the biggest of enclosures in places. Poor guy must be bored out of his skull as all he did that day was sleep and when i returned to try some close up shots with the 70-300mm sigma he had gone inside to hide.
The Bongo's are at least kept for somewhat correct reasons, as they are trying to save them from dying out in a worldwide zoo breeding effort. As are a few other animals kept there so they are doing some good at least.
Still got about 100 pics to go through and sort out from the visit so might update post next few days.
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The Bongo's are at least kept for somewhat correct reasons, as they are trying to save them from dying out in a worldwide zoo breeding effort. As are a few other animals kept there so they are doing some good at least.
Still got about 100 pics to go through and sort out from the visit so might update post next few days.
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nolimit said:
The Polar Bear and lizard were with the 17-85mm Canon IS Lens and i did have my 50mm F1.8 prime with me but didn't use it in the end. Although some shots might have benefited from it as they were at the 50mm on the zoom len.
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I went down to London Zoo today and took my sigma 70-200 with x1.4 TC and Tamron 28-75.
mostly used the sigma.
I found it really difficult to capture good photo's in a bright sunny day. most of the animals were hiding in the bushes and fence etc was too much distraction.
You really need lot of patience to get good shot.
mostly used the sigma.
I found it really difficult to capture good photo's in a bright sunny day. most of the animals were hiding in the bushes and fence etc was too much distraction.
You really need lot of patience to get good shot.