Wild life

[RandyRFJP]

Another very nice set images, Jean. I particularly like the photo of the gibbon. I am always amazed at the loudness of their vocalizations.

[bje07]

For sure you know where they are.
Thank you for commenting.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice series Jean

[bje07]

Thank you Binnur.

[madcrow]

Again fabulous series of images. Everyone a beauty. The strength of your images is, one would think the animals are running free.

[rpcrowe]

Lovely captures. For those of us who cannot afford or cannot go on safari for other reasons, a zoo is the only place when we can shoot animals such as these.

Luckily, for some of us, there are zoos which are laid out so that the photographer can, with foresight and talent photograph without displaying the telltale evidence of enclosures.

You have certainly done that well.

This is another way that should allow some good "safari type" images. A caravan safari at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park (AKA San Diego Wild Animal Park).



It's fairly expensive ($111 USD) - but, certainly not expensive in comparison to a real safari

Note: There is a electric train ride around the gigantic enclosure which is free to me (since I have a yearly pass to the Zoo and Safari Park). However, the train doesn't put you close enough to the animals for good imagery. There is also a tethered Balloon ascent but the same thing goes with that - not close enough to the animals.

One of these days before I start pushing up the grass, I plan on springing the $111 for that tour...
http://sdzsafaripark.org/safari/caravan-safari

I wish that I lived in an area in which a two day safari would be feasible. I couldn't afford the type of safari that I'd like. My son in law and his dad went for two weeks and had a private vehicle and guide for the entire time. He went armed withan SX50-HS bridge camera and his dad went with the next less expensive Canon bridge camera. But they were both able to get some very nice (despite limitation in equipment and absolutely no photo experience) animal shots.

[bje07]

Again fabulous series of images. Everyone a beauty. The strength of your images is, one would think the animals are running free.

Thank you Maurice for commenting

[bje07]

Richard, thank you.
The park where these pictures were taken is not so huge as the one you mentioned, it takes 2 or 3 hours by foot to make the tour,(sorry the link is in French)
I won a photo competition in 2013 with this picture and got a free pass for a year.
I tried to take pictures without fence or grid, with shallow depth of field, with a 70-200 mm zoom + sometimes a converter x2. (that helps!).

[bje07]

No bear, no elephant but


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[bnnrcn]

Another nice set, #13 looks super

[bje07]

Thank you Binnur

[NorthernFocus]

I just realized you're adding additional images to this thread, Jean. Some interesting looking creatures. No.7 really demonstrates the length of the arms on the gibbon. No.13 looks like a grumpy old man. Nos.11 and 15 must be two of the ugliest bird species known to man. More specifically the ugliest heads. The bodies and plumage are actually quite attractive and graceful when aloft. But up close they really are hideous

[Mike Buckley]

I just now realized that I had accidentally overlooked the best photo of the thread, so I am bringing it to everyone's attention by providing this link to it. A really beautiful image of a truly ugly bird. How Dan describes that body as graceful in flight is beyond me.

[bje07]

Thank you Mike, and Dan

[bje07]

some others images to finish this thread

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