Animal candids from the Zoo Prt 2

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Animal candids from the Zoo Prt 2

Postby drifter on Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:55 pm

Couple more from the zoo . CC welcome . Particulary the colour .

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Awww.
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Postby chet on Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:12 pm

I like them all, esp the giraffe one with the opera house OOF... I had no idea your Zoo up there was so close to the bay :shock:
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Postby MattyO on Sat Oct 07, 2006 1:38 pm

Those first 2 are awesome shots, very well composed and nice colours.

Its such a pity you couldn't get the koala to pose for you. Lazy little bugger!
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Postby Ady on Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:24 pm

I love the second one. Perfect DOF IMO. Well done.
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Postby poompy on Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:11 pm

meerkat and giraffe are the standout ones for me! i so wanna go to the zoo.
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Postby gstark on Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:16 pm

Chet,

The zoo - which celebrated its 90th birthday today, as it happens - is located on the harbour, and there is little that is a more Sydney type of outing than, on a fine srping day such as we had today, catching a morning ferry from the Quay to the zoo, and then spending the day wandering around with the animals, observing the zoo exhibits.

As can be seen from these images, there is much to be seen, and that extends well beyond the traditional zoo offerings.

With cheap airfares available, and inexpensive harbourside accommodation available through the forum, a Sydney visit, joining us for our Christmas dinner, plus an outing to our zoo, should been on everybody's list. :)
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Postby Steffen on Sun Oct 08, 2006 3:20 am

I hate (no love - no hate - no wait, love - err, whatever) to be in discord with the sacred judgement of our esteemed forum members, but...

For me the only one that works is the third one. That is one cool look on the Koala's face, and a rare catch! Well done!

Maybe a wee-bit crop on the left-hand side to get rid of the chaff...

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Postby marcotrov on Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:02 pm

The giraffe is a winner drifter :)
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Postby christiand on Sun Oct 08, 2006 7:33 pm

I think the Koala just looks stoned - as usual :lol:
Or he thinks: when I finally found the answer, they changed the question :shock:

Great photos.

20 years ago I did a very similar shot of a Giraffe on slide film at Taronga Zoo.

Back then they had an opening cut in one of the palisade fences.
The view through the opening was towards the Opera House.

They also put up a plaque which had writing similar to this on it:

Dear visitors, here you can see the natural inhabitant in its environment ...

Someone had humor back then.

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Postby drifter on Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:21 am

Thanks for the comments :)
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