San Diego Zoo...

[Steve Parr]

Despite the prediction of rain yesterday, I decided to head down to the San Diego Zoo. I hadn't been there since I go the 20D, so I figured it would be a good chance to run it through its' paces with something other than concert photography:


This is a "Lesser Flamingo". Not sure why it's not a "Morer Flamingo", but I don't get to name them:

http://www.onstagephotography.com/images/hugeflamingo.jpg


Thanks to my extensive training in the field of Zoology, I'm able to tell you that this is a "Giraffe":

http://www.onstagephotography.com/images/hugegiraffe.jpg


I don't know what this is, but I loved the expression. He was lookin' at me about as long as I was lookin' at him:

http://www.onstagephotography.com/images/hugehorns.jpg


Thankfully, the Polar Bears were pretty active:

http://www.onstagephotography.com/images/hugepolarbear.jpg


I almost opted to put these next two shots, of a Sun Bear, in the "Glamour" section. She was really hamming it up:

http://www.onstagephotography.com/images/hugesunbear01.jpg

http://www.onstagephotography.com/images/hugesunbear02.jpg


These were all shot with the 20D, with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L and Tamron 1.4TX.

Comments and criticisms are most welcome...

[parnola]

Great shots Steve. I love the (lack of) depth of field on that lens! The flamingo and deer(?) shots really show it off well.

[Steve Parr]

Great shots Steve. I love the (lack of) depth of field on that lens! The flamingo and deer(?) shots really show it off well.

Thanks!

Yeah, there's not a whole lot that I don't like about this lens...

[TammieO]

The bear definitely belongs in the Glamour section! She has the posing down to an art.

[ElectricHarmony]

lol I caught the same lazy bear this weekend:lol: Oh wouldn't life be grand with a better lens...:(


http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/9260/missbear0vm.jpg



http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/2866/missbear21mm.jpg

[staciecd]

Love the flamingos!!!!!! The giraffe looks slightly oversharpened, but not sure if it's because of my monitor.

Stacie

[RobinL]

I like the shots but they look a little oversharpened to me (may be because of resizing/compression for web, of course).

[calicokat]

Great shots, I like the second bear shot, its like he is smiling for his picture :)

[ebondanes]

Great shots, Steve. The Flamingo really does it for me. Nice and crisp with such great feather detail. Love the Glam shot of the Sun Bear, too.

[ebondanes]

Great shots, Steve. The Flamingo really does it for me. Nice and crisp with such great feather detail. Love the Glam shot of the Sun Bear, too.