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Jan. 20th, 2007 04:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guppiecatContinuing my photo sets from flickr. Here is my next set Blank Park Zoo - 2006-10-14. I took these photos after a basic class on photography taught at the zoo. It was nice to be one of the few people at the zoo before opening. However, this was before I realized that if you go during the week, when they open, you're the only person there, and that's even better.
If you're interested in the whole thing, click on the set otherwise, continue below for highlights.
Owl - He was being held by a person, so it was easier to get this shot. After the photo class, they brought this guy out for us to practice on. He stayed there with the keeper, until the crows came out and he got nervous. It's apparently a long-time rivalry between them.
Wobbly (wallaby) - OK, this requires some explination. Until recently, all the times I went to the zoo it was mid summer and the wallabies were just laying about, doing nothing. The few times they tried to do something, they hopped for a bit, and then
fell over. This led to the belief that wallabies are actually wobblies and just fall over all the time. Later, when it cooled down, the wobblies started doing stuff, so now I believe that it's just that their joints are made of wax, and in the hot summer, they are wobbly. The rest of the time, they're fine.
Snow Leopard - I like shots of animals with their tongues hanging out. They look both majestic and silly at the same time. This is an excellent example.
Caiman - I really like how this shot turned out. Reptiles are great for practicing new photo techniques on, as they tend to hold still for you. (Yes, this is the same caiman that the woman called an alligator, see previous post.)
Peacock, in a tree - Ok, zoos clip the wings of their birds. This keeps them from flying away. I get that. So how did he get up there? Can peacocks climb? No ropes or pitons. Pinion feathers, sure, but those are different.
The zoo let us photo go past the main barriers so that we could get better shots. Lots of people were taking photos of the gibbons, but I was much more interested in this bunny next to the gibbon cage. I particularlly like the lighting here. (I got to the gibbon later).
Frog - Yellow means "do not touch". Look at bees... and the sun.
This was cool. See, they had baby turtles and baby ducks. They fed the baby ducks this grainy yellow stuff (ground corn?). The baby ducks would take a mouthful, but couldn't swallow it, so they want to the pond to get some water. The turtles would lurk near the ducks and eat whatever the ducks dropped. It was SO cute.
If you're interested in the whole thing, click on the set otherwise, continue below for highlights.
Owl - He was being held by a person, so it was easier to get this shot. After the photo class, they brought this guy out for us to practice on. He stayed there with the keeper, until the crows came out and he got nervous. It's apparently a long-time rivalry between them.
Wobbly (wallaby) - OK, this requires some explination. Until recently, all the times I went to the zoo it was mid summer and the wallabies were just laying about, doing nothing. The few times they tried to do something, they hopped for a bit, and then
fell over. This led to the belief that wallabies are actually wobblies and just fall over all the time. Later, when it cooled down, the wobblies started doing stuff, so now I believe that it's just that their joints are made of wax, and in the hot summer, they are wobbly. The rest of the time, they're fine.
Snow Leopard - I like shots of animals with their tongues hanging out. They look both majestic and silly at the same time. This is an excellent example.
Caiman - I really like how this shot turned out. Reptiles are great for practicing new photo techniques on, as they tend to hold still for you. (Yes, this is the same caiman that the woman called an alligator, see previous post.)
Peacock, in a tree - Ok, zoos clip the wings of their birds. This keeps them from flying away. I get that. So how did he get up there? Can peacocks climb? No ropes or pitons. Pinion feathers, sure, but those are different.
The zoo let us photo go past the main barriers so that we could get better shots. Lots of people were taking photos of the gibbons, but I was much more interested in this bunny next to the gibbon cage. I particularlly like the lighting here. (I got to the gibbon later).
Frog - Yellow means "do not touch". Look at bees... and the sun.
This was cool. See, they had baby turtles and baby ducks. They fed the baby ducks this grainy yellow stuff (ground corn?). The baby ducks would take a mouthful, but couldn't swallow it, so they want to the pond to get some water. The turtles would lurk near the ducks and eat whatever the ducks dropped. It was SO cute.
