Earlier this week there was an especially beautiful day on tap so I took off work early and we went to the zoo. This was our first time to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse. Nate seemed to notice the animals when they would move around and would get fairly excited. The rest of the time he would watch people walking by and point to things that caught his eye.
I, of course, took the opportunity to photograph the various animals and birds. This was a lot of fun, and quite challenging as most of the indoor environments were quite dark. The 70-200mm got quite a workout and I ventured into ISO settings that I normally don’t dare to use. In the end, quite a few shots were pretty compelling, but are not the highest quality due to noise or lack of sharpness from the lighting.
As we were about to leave, we noticed that on of the she-lions was right up against the Plexiglas. This was a nice opportunity to get closer to a lion than I remember being before.
Take a look at the gallery, here are some highlights.
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May 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
I work at the Zoo. I love the “Trunk” and “Shout Out.” Glad to hear you enjoyed your visit!
May 21st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Glad you enjoyed _your_ visit here!
We did enjoy our trip to the zoo and are looking forward to an opportunity to use our new membership cards.
I think those are my favorites images too, but the highlight of the visit was definitely getting so close to the lioness.
Certainly let me know if any of my images could be of use to the zoo.