Zoo Animals Part 2 (7 photos)

el_shorty · Jul 19, 2006

More photos from the National Zoo in Washington DC.
You can see part 1 here

1. Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
This is Tai Shan, the star of the National Zoo, he was born on July 09, 2005

2. Mexican Grey Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)

3. Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonia)

4. Blue Poison Arrow Frog (Dendrobates azureus)

5 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

6.Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

7. American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Chiller · Jul 19, 2006

Wow...another stunning series. Any one of these could be in a magazine. Awesome.

Funkyflame · Jul 19, 2006

wow ... really great pics

el_shorty · Jul 19, 2006

Thanks, animals are my favorite subjects to shoot. with my camera of course.

Cheyenne · Jul 19, 2006

Wow your photos are stunnin I especially love the wolf you've captured the essence of him perfectly

Alison · Jul 19, 2006

What fantastic shots! I would not have guessed these came from a zoo, very different from the zoo shots I've seen!

LaFoto · Jul 19, 2006

Chiller said:
Wow...another stunning series. Any one of these could be in a magazine. Awesome.

Somehow this morning Chiller is taking the words right out of my mouth!

And to have got that cheetah in its favourite way of being, i.e. running, is ever so good. But I also like that drinking wolf!

Well, I like ALL of these.
Must go to the zoo ... though it will be hard to capture anything as well as you did here!

el_shorty · Jul 20, 2006

Thanks for the comments, everybody.

LaFoto said:
And to have got that cheetah in its favourite way of being, i.e. running, is ever so good. But I also like that drinking wolf!

Well, I like ALL of these.
Must go to the zoo ... though it will be hard to capture anything as well as you did here!

Capturing the Cheetah running was one of the hardest things to do, I think that I shot about 120 photos just to get this one, good thing it was early in the morning and the cheetahs were all energetic and running and playing all over.

The only animals that I haven't been able to get good photos of my favorites, the Sumatran Tigers, they are always sleeping.

KenCo · Jul 21, 2006

Super shots all nicely done.....excellent!

AIRIC · Jul 21, 2006

Sweet shots, I especially like the slow shutter on the Cheetah.

Eric

Bifurcator · Jun 26, 2008

I love the frog and the eagle!

These two pages (this and pat one I guess) are dog-slow! What server is that?

Anyway only those two load so I can't comment on the others. But I really dig that frog! Seriously! Heh! A blue frog... kewl!!!