Category Archives: Animals

Zooey, aka Wiggles

More fiddling with the NEX 7. It’s not what I’d call a “great” low light camera, but it does Ok. One thing I love about it is the OSS built into the 18-55mm kit lens. The steady shot feature allowed me to get this shot at 1/4 sec, hand-held. Zooey is a tough target. She’s...

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Long Beach Aquarium

I was surprised by the challenge with focus in this place. It was fairly dim so I cranked up the ISO and opened up the 50mm all the way. Plus, everything is moving all the time, so if something happens to be in focus, it’s not in focus for long. Had to throw away a...

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Sichuan Takin, The Ape, and The Blue-Eyed Lemur

Here are a few more shots that I liked from the Los Angeles Zoo. If you go to the zoo for pictures, be sure to get there early. I was a bit late this day and many animals were taking their siesta. Plus, the humans were overrunning the place and that’s never good. These guys...

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At the Zoo

I’m not a real big fan of zoos. I always figure the animals would much rather be out in the wild somewhere. We’ve got this zoo in L.A. here and I decided to take the 70-300mm out there and just take some pictures. So I got a few that I like… maybe 6 or 8...

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