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William T. Hornaday posted:I really enjoy your photos. I would love to have the access to animals that you have.
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# ? Apr 6, 2012 15:58 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 12:57 |
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Oh, I have something to post here: DSC_7902 by gustavonerdz, on Flickr
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# ? Apr 6, 2012 19:13 |
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Whitezombi posted:I really enjoy your photos. I would love to have the access to animals that you have. You can! all the photos I've shared here were taken from the public spaces of the various zoos.
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# ? Apr 7, 2012 00:30 |
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Went to Sea World again this past weekend Inland Bearded Dragon by faltion, on Flickr Asian Small-Clawed Otter by faltion, on Flickr Not a rock by faltion, on Flickr
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# ? Apr 8, 2012 04:24 |
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Faltion posted:
This took me a second, I was looking at the turtles on the left, then "wait what's he walking on-Oh holy poo poo" That's awesome
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# ? Apr 8, 2012 19:48 |
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William T. Hornaday posted:You can! all the photos I've shared here were taken from the public spaces of the various zoos. What are you shooting with? The fences here prevent shooting a lot of the animals.
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# ? Apr 10, 2012 19:19 |
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Whitezombi posted:What are you shooting with? The fences here prevent shooting a lot of the animals. The gear I usually bring to the zoo is a 7D, 70-200 2.8L IS, 24-70 2.8L, 580EX II, and 12 mm extension tube. I pretty much won't even bother trying to take photos at 90% of zoo exhibits. I'll walk up, look at it, say to myself "There's no loving way that I can possibly get a good photo out of this," and just move along to the next one. Maybe the lighting is too poor, the background sucks, the lighting is too harsh and contrasty, the vantage point is too high or low (i.e., not at eye level,) the animals are too far away, the mesh/glass/fence is impossible to cleanly shoot through, and so on; if any of these are the case and can't be overcome in some way (I've accumulated quite the sack of tricks,) I won't even bother. So be aware, the photos I share here typically go through a pretty thorough vetting process before I even think about picking up my camera to take them.
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# ? Apr 10, 2012 22:00 |
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Please share your tricks!
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# ? Apr 11, 2012 01:28 |
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BBC Radio 4 show on wildlife travel/photography. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01d84dy/Excess_Baggage_Wildlife_travel/
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# ? Apr 11, 2012 21:30 |
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The latest episode of Frozen Planet was a "behind the scenes" look at wildlife photography too, if anyone is interested in a little bit of detail on how those guys got their shots. Granted most of their work was video, but it's still photography. Those guys are truly insane. I grew up in Alaska so I generally know how do deal with freezing weather, but they took it to another level doing poo poo that I was told would kill me if I ever tried. On the other hand, they got some spectacular footage out of it. I'd sell organs for a chance to visit Antartica.
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# ? Apr 11, 2012 22:23 |
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Faltion posted:Went to Sea World again this past weekend Haha, awesome! Man, nothing beats the connection we have with other mammals. I know exactly how that otter feels. Wild"life"? horse by Brian.M.K, on Flickr bat by Brian.M.K, on Flickr snake by Brian.M.K, on Flickr
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# ? Apr 12, 2012 01:34 |
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Some of the photos I'm happy with from my trip to the wildlife park. I'll be going back when we have better weather. Also, next time I'll go on my own so I can spend more time waiting for the right moment, rather than have to hurry along for friends. Although that being said they were quite patient. The first shot is just something that was funny on the day. I think we were both cursing one another for standing in each other's frame. Second one is the best from my day. Third one looks a little soft to me, but I like the reflection thing, so I included it.
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# ? Apr 12, 2012 02:37 |
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A couple of smaller Wyoming critters... jumping spider IMG_6846 - Version 2 on Flickr horned lizard IMG_6830 on Flickr
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# ? Apr 12, 2012 19:50 |
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Good week for lizards. Wary Lizard by torgeaux, on Flickr Dont Look Back by torgeaux, on Flickr About 5 Feet Long by torgeaux, on Flickr Close Big One by torgeaux, on Flickr
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# ? Apr 14, 2012 19:18 |
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Buceph posted:Hahaha! This is evolution.jpg. Look how similar they are! Just afterwards, the guy checks how the picture came out and the monkey checks out its dick.
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# ? Apr 14, 2012 20:10 |
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Went for a cold walk yesterday, and as I was stalking a robin my camera's AF zoomed way past the bird onto this brown blob in the background: I managed to sneak pretty close while he was eating until he finally got fed up with me and held this old dracula pose for about 30 seconds before swimming away:
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 17:28 |
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Those teeth are weirding me out, were you making some post adjustments that caused that?
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 19:30 |
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neckbeard posted:Those teeth are weirding me out, were you making some post adjustments that caused that? Beaver teeth are normally gross like that.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 19:40 |
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neckbeard posted:Those teeth are weirding me out, were you making some post adjustments that caused that?
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 21:12 |
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InternetJunky posted:No adjustments. I thought for an animal that uses tree bark for dental floss they would have much whiter teeth. They wouldn't care anyways, because their teeth never stop growing.. they chisel them down on trees, which wears them down and keeps the teeth sharp. The orange is actually their healthy color, it's some specialized enamel.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 21:25 |
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William T. Hornaday posted:The gear I usually bring to the zoo is a 7D, 70-200 2.8L IS, 24-70 2.8L, 580EX II, and 12 mm extension tube. That's exactly how it went with me. Plus having the girlfriend and 2 kids along.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 21:43 |
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Whitezombi posted:That's exactly how it went with me. Plus having the girlfriend and 2 kids along. Oh man, I never let anyone come with me to the zoo. And I can barely stand being around all of the other people's children there, let alone being tethered to a couple of them all day. Props to you. Elendil004 posted:Please share your tricks! I may try and write something up some day. Anyways, here's a tortoise.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 22:51 |
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I went to Taronga Zoo a few weeks back. Really wish I had a 70-200, all of these were shot with a 24-70 2.8. _DSC2741 by greatapoc, on Flickr _DSC2748 by greatapoc, on Flickr _DSC2795 by greatapoc, on Flickr _DSC2952 by greatapoc, on Flickr _DSC3072 by greatapoc, on Flickr Unfortunately the Tigers were behind the ugliest glass in the world. _DSC2971 by greatapoc, on Flickr And the wonderful view that the animals have... _DSC3026 by greatapoc, on Flickr
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 11:41 |
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William T. Hornaday posted:Anyways, here's a Fixed that for you. Probably the scariest tort...hellspawn I've seen.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 14:28 |
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greatapoc posted:I went to Taronga Zoo a few weeks back. Really wish I had a 70-200, all of these were shot with a 24-70 2.8. We absolutely loved our day at the Taronga Zoo. A+++ would go again. One of the highlights of my Sydney visit. goat by Brian.M.K, on Flickr emu by Brian.M.K, on Flickr komodo dragon by Brian.M.K, on Flickr Edit: I think these were all shot with the 105mm f/2.8 Sigma on my 10D
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 21:36 |
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Pronghorns. Right outside the town dump, luckily I wasn't facing that direction. Lander_Pronghorn3 on Flickr Lander_Pronghorn2 on Flickr Lander_Pronghorn1 on Flickr Another wildlife coiled_rattler 064 on Flickr BetterLekNextTime fucked around with this message at 21:38 on May 3, 2012 |
# ? Apr 19, 2012 22:31 |
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/\/\/\ Pronghorns are great. I've got some not-as-good shots from about a month ago I need to dig up, edit, and upload. Nicely done. Just got back from a long trip, which included a couple of stops a couple of days ago in Manitoba. Squirrels are still popular around here, right? Gopher 5 by Execudork, on Flickr Narcisse Snakes 2 by Execudork, on Flickr Narcisse Snake-loving Chipmunk 1 by Execudork, on Flickr
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# ? May 6, 2012 22:01 |
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Rat Snake3 by torgeaux, on Flickr Rat Snake2 by torgeaux, on Flickr
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# ? May 13, 2012 00:29 |
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Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr I finally got to take my new camera with a fitting lens to the zoo.
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# ? May 15, 2012 00:17 |
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The extra chimp on the ground makes that photo twice as awesome! Still sorting through a billion pics from Yellowstone last weekend, so here's a deer from a day visit to Glacier NP a few days ago. glacier_deer 208 on Flickr glacier_deer 209 on Flickr
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# ? May 20, 2012 17:01 |
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Kayaking + nature photography is just awesome. Here's how close my wife could get before the animal finally spooked: Another shot:
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# ? May 21, 2012 16:21 |
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Played at the zoo some more. Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr Untitled by Eeek5127, on Flickr
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# ? May 21, 2012 17:22 |
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http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/05/the-damage-waiver-bearly-covered-this-one edit: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1114874 MrBlandAverage fucked around with this message at 20:30 on May 21, 2012 |
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MrBlandAverage posted:
Came here to post that!
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# ? May 21, 2012 23:58 |
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That first photo is quite epic. Bear is all "those settings are totally wrong for this light, let me fix them for you." Though on a serious note, leaving the camera behind probably saved the photographer's life. It's really hard to survive a bear encounter once they decide to approach you. Running only makes them more interested in chasing.. and it's a race they'll win.
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# ? May 22, 2012 03:12 |
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xzzy posted:Though on a serious note, leaving the camera behind probably saved the photographer's life. It's really hard to survive a bear encounter once they decide to approach you. Running only makes them more interested in chasing.. and it's a race they'll win. Plus, if you don't encounter a bear, you have somebody to lug around a big ol' tripod for you.
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# ? May 23, 2012 05:42 |
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I was trying to figure out flickr and posted a Texas Horned Lizard! DSC_3022 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr So, here's another of the same guy (I shooed him out of the road after this). DSC_2996 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr And here's a Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail. DSC_2917 by Ghost Cactus, on Flickr I missed a rattlesnake warming up on the road - it was the one time that day I decided to leave my camera in my office. Edit: BetterLekNextTime posted:Another wildlife This is really great. Did you startle him when you were hiking? Ghost Cactus fucked around with this message at 03:14 on May 24, 2012 |
# ? May 24, 2012 02:57 |
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More or less- someone on the crew went to take a leak in a little gully, and when she started climbing out she was face to face with this guy. This year was so warm we saw 5 rattlers, more than we've seen the past 6 years combined. Most of the ones we found got real upset real fast- that's not what I'm used to from rattlers in California or timbers back in the east that have always seemed really mellow.
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# ? May 24, 2012 05:15 |
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Wow, that would be a shock! Weird that they're so quick to get defensive, too. The rattlers around here have just started coming out. I've only seen two so far, but a lot more smashed on the road.
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# ? May 24, 2012 05:48 |
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^^ about half the ones we saw were on the road- thankfully not too much traffic. Finally got through the rest of my Yellowstone photos. A few furry guys... Yellowstone2012 315 on Flickr Yellowstone2012 323 on Flickr Yellowstone2012 296 on Flickr Yellowstone2012 306 on Flickr BetterLekNextTime fucked around with this message at 05:47 on May 25, 2012 |
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