We went to a fun photography class on Saturday. It was a refresher class on how to shoot photos at the zoo. The reminders were helpful, even if I didn’t manage to adhere to them as strictly as I might have hoped. Getting your lens up close to a wire fence or a plexiglass window will cause the enclosure to not show at all. Our leader, Jeff, also reminded us to watch out for unfortunate backgrounds for our photos. Try to select a spot with a good background and wait for the animal to to walk into that spot, suggested Jeff. I’m afraid my patience wore out long before that happened.
I decided that catching the elephant munching on grass would do for a shot.There were lots of kids at the zoo this morning, and they were very excited to see the flamingos.Jeff used a photo of a giraffe during the class. He challenged us to try to get both eyes in a photo. I did it, but barely.I’d been skipping the lorikeet enclosure the last few times I’d been to ZooTampa. Now I wonder why.When you have cut off a body part make it look like you did it on purpose. The kinkajou is missing a very long tail, but only in my pictures.The Komodo dragon enclosure is directly behind the orangutan playground. But when we arrived the orangutans weren’t out yet, though their greens and lots of colorful boxes were waiting for them. So I peeked through the glass and this guy was right there. I was happy the glass was there also.An Okapi, possibly assembled by a committee.Getting an angle on the Spoonies wasn’t easy.This needle-nosed alligator look alike is usually looking sleepy. Not today!The tiger was facing away from me. Then he lifted his face into the sun.Then he turned and looked at me. I didn’t worry about having the lens zoomed in a bit too close.Someone else was looking at me too. He was big, but the guy next door was way bigger!
As you might suspect, there are a lot of orangutan photos yet to be viewed. They’ll keep me busy tomorrow.
A Snowbird's Life Through the Lens 