Edinburgh Zoo

tolien · 13 Aug 2007 at 22:55

Sea Lion:

300mm, f/5.6, 1/500

Flower:

300mm, f/5.6, 1/125

I might have cropped that bit of flower that's on its way out in the bottom left, but it would've removed some of the background.
There has to be some irony in taking photos of flowers at a zoo though

Nils Olav:

39mm, f/5, 1/160

Giant penguin:

45mm, f/5.6, 1/125

Images link to the larger version. Got a tonne more, but I haven't really looked at them yet.

topgun06 · 14 Aug 2007 at 21:53

Love the first two

DB_SamX · 14 Aug 2007 at 22:36

Erm, last 2 look fake to me. Ironic too for a zoo.

tolien · 14 Aug 2007 at 22:49

DB_SamX said:
Erm, last 2 look fake to me. Ironic too for a zoo.

Yeah, they aren't real penguins - one's a bronze statue to the mascot/Colonel in Chief of the Norwegian King's Guard (see the link above the image), the other's about five to six feet tall and sitting at the entrance, and kids stand beside it to get their photos taken.
The grass behind the statue didn't really lend itself to being a useful background

Here's another:

55mm, f/10, 1/200