First zoo trip advice...

I'm headed to the Denver zoo this upcoming weekend. I have a T3i and besides the kit lens I have a 55-250 STM. I'm in the DSLR learning process and would love some advice on taking photogs at the zoo. Thanks in advance. I do shoot in RAW (another learning curve, PP)

Again, thanks in advance for any help/advice.

C

Enjoy yourself, the things to "nail" are a good exposure, waiting for a good "moment", and nailing a good focus, all of which are pretty simple if you are outside in good light.

Inside stuff can be challenging, maybe a bunch of "FAILS", maybe some practice, thought, and return trips!

Biggest tip I can give you is watch your backgrounds. Even out of focus a chain link fence looks like chain link, and brick and mortar definitely looks man made.

Let the big cats out and document the experience. But in all seriousness, just enjoy your time out.

A tip for shooting through fences. Shoot in apeture priority, and choose your largest apeture (that would be the smallest f value for the lens). Hopefully your subject is away from the fence, get as close to the fence as possible and then shoot. The depth of field from shooting wide open will help to blur the fence out, and might even make it appear to disappear. Good luck. I always enjoyed going to the Denver Zoo as a kid. They still have some nice exhibits.