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Melbourne Zoo - Part 1 (Not 56k Friendly)

 
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Apr 18, 2006 05:16 |  #1

After seeing Tess320's effort with her tiger picture I decided to day to take a visit to the Zoo. Not a lot of the animals I wanted to photograph were out to see but I did get some nice photos.

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Apr 18, 2006 07:07 |  #2

I love the mandrill (I think that's the critter) in the first shot. I don't know what you did to get the unsual effect, but I like it. The elephant and lion shots are good but over-cropped to my taste. I like the colour contrast between the butterfly & leaf.

And I do like the Melbourne zoo. A small zoo (compared to Taronga Park or Western Plains) but I've always thought they do things very well there, for the animals both on display and doing the viewing.

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Apr 18, 2006 07:40 |  #3

Great shots. I must say, Tess's (Nat) pictures inspired me, too.

I want to visit Melbourne Zoo some day - it has an excellent rep.


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Apr 18, 2006 20:37 |  #4

It is a very good zoo.. There's just not enough time in the day to go around to see all the animals before the light gets bad. I'd love to go back.. I could spend hours jsut sitting there watching the lions. They are making a new enclosure for the monkeys so that will be good when its done.


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Apr 18, 2006 22:12 |  #5

It's a zoo you really have to "learn". I've been MANY times in the last few months and you get different things each time. Trying to pull myself away from the Lions and Snow Leopards is not an easy task! You get to know what time to visit what animals.


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Apr 19, 2006 07:55 |  #6

great shots nidz :D

i'll have to come with ya next time


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Apr 19, 2006 08:28 |  #7

Those are all beautiful! Well done.


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