Cobra's Whipsnade, nutters meet, stick'em in here folks

[Cobra]

Thanks to everyone that made the meet another successful fun day
It was good to see you all.
Ingrid, Di, Gary, John, Mike & his other half and Lester
The weather started pretty clear and bright, but some cloud moved in a little later.
It was bloody cold up there as always, this time of year.
The animals largely were co-operative,
Inc. the Lioness that tried to eat Ingrid (Damn that safety glass! )

I am sure there will be some good shots from the day, posted.
I'll open (in more ways than one ) with a quick one to start the thread off,
I'll post more later.

 

[StuartH]

Glad the weather stayed good for you all..gutted I couldnt make it.:shake:

 

[Cobra]

Glad the weather stayed good for you all..gutted I couldnt make it.:shake:

Was good fun Stu, sorry you couldn't make it,
but family comes first mate

 

[StuartH]

Was good fun Stu, sorry you couldn't make it,
but family comes first mate

Cheers mate its certainly been a strange day!..anyhow on topic looking forward to seeing some great shots in this thread.

 

[Cobra]

Oh! Yum!


IMG_9461 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Oh! Jeeze not that lot again!


IMG_9527 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Oh! hell! can't a pussy get any peace and quiet?


IMG_9542 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Oh FFS! I'm not even gonna look at 'em this time!


IMG_9488 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Oh Crap! please don't let that person with a Nikon take my picture


IMG_9550 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

 

[Di Stone]

love em all and the captions suit each one

Di

 

[Di Stone]

If only I could get passed this glass panel, I'm sure I'd like the taste of that leather glove

Not the best but a lot of folks stood in the way making it difficult to stop some of the glare.

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Lioness 0036 by Di (Diane) Stone, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[Cobra]

love em all and the captions suit each one

Di

Cheers Di
and yep that glass was a bugger

 

[Gremlin]

The animals largely were co-operative,
Inc. the Lioness that tried to eat Ingrid (Damn that safety glass! )

I was only trying to set up a gob shot for you and once again you missed it
Too damn slow as ever

Awww Di at least she was trying to lick me better ater attacking, did you see Gary's phone video

 

[Gremlin]

Love that quizzical looking panda chris and I take it the cheetah spotted Mike spottod next to you

 

[Di Stone]

Awww Di at least she was trying to lick me better ater attacking, did you see Gary's phone video

Has Gary posted the video then? haven't seen anything so where can I view it?

Di

PS, like the new quote under the signature

 

[Gremlin]

Has Gary posted the video then? haven't seen anything so where can I view it?

Di

PS, like the new quote under the signature

He showed it to me on his phone yesterday, hopefully he will put it somewhere

 

[Gremlin]

Any nikon users in there I'm not posing for that canon bloke outside

 

[braveboy2012]

Any nikon users in there I'm not posing for that canon bloke outside

Ha ha...not Canon bloke outside holding cameraphone which is way better than Nikon :razz:

As proved here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garypaisley/8440809226/in/photostream

 

[dinorock]

Heres some of mine, no gob shots this time
mr lion up close and personal.

The boss by Mike Rockey, on Flickr
marmoset playing a mouth organ

marmoset ( playing his mouth organ) by Mike Rockey, on Flickr
A very clean lynx

lynx by Mike Rockey, on Flickr

very enjoyable day despite the cold

 

[Cobra]

Too damn slow as ever

To damned close

Love that quizzical looking panda chris and I take it the cheetah spotted Mike spottod next to you

Thanks Ingrid
& LOL

Any nikon users in there I'm not posing for that canon bloke outside

PMSL

 

[Cobra]

Nice set Mike, thats nice Marmoset too
Were they out ?

 

[dinorock]

Nice set Mike, thats nice Marmoset too
Were they out ?

no this is through the glass but it was very clean,but this little chap was........
wallaby and baby

_MJR5134.jpg by Mike Rockey, on Flickr

 

[Sonriendo]

Oh that is so cute - a face only a mother could love

 

[Cobra]

no this is through the glass but it was very clean,

Makes a change

but this little chap was........
wallaby and baby

Excellent well spotted and captured

 

[braveboy2012]

Oh that is so cute - a face only a mother could love

Yeah, I agree, cute but not so pretty.

Nice shot Mike and well spotted.

 

[braveboy2012]

Nice set Mike, thats nice Marmoset too
Were they out ?

What he said

Mr Lion looks tired/bored of us?! (looks a little blue to me too?)

 

[braveboy2012]

Oh! Yum!

Oh! Jeeze not that lot again!

Oh! hell! can't a pussy get any peace and quiet?

Oh FFS! I'm not even gonna look at 'em this time!

Oh Crap! please don't let that person with a Nikon take my picture

Great set Chris. Lovely and sharp as we've come to expect from you!

Great shot of the wolverine. One of them was out later playing with a log as we pulled up and then he run in...the little bugger!

Panda - cute as usual. Didn't manage to see them. I was walking that way when I saw the elephant train come past so headed the other direction and in the end got to see neither :bang:

about you and pussy (great pose though!!! )

The cheetahs were great weren't they. Glad to see you saw them while they were out. That last one is a cute little fluffy ball and probably my favorite of the set.

I saw Mike heading in as we left the lions and I thought I saw you and the mob some way in front. When we were there (probably 10 mins earlier)they were all getting up and stretching. Not sure if I got any gob shots, I've only just got the chance to tranfer the files to my PC now! I'll hopefully look through them later

 

[carolthomasburns]

what a brilliant set of shots from everyone looking forward to our Zoo opening properly at Easter now ....
Love the captions especially the one with the Tiger asking for Nikon users ...... some Tigers just have no taste

 

[Cobra]

Great set Chris. Lovely and sharp as we've come to expect from you!

Great shot of the wolverine. One of them was out later playing with a log as we pulled up and then he run in...the little bugger!

Thanks for the kind words Gary they are much appreciated
And as for the Wolverines, yup, they have the habit of doing that

 

[Gremlin]

Nice set Mike, never even looked at the marmosets

I only got one proper gob shot all day


121 by Ingrid Nicholls, on Flickr

will sort some more out later

 

[carolthomasburns]

lovely shot Ingrid

 

[Cobra]

I only got one proper gob shot all day

And they always look so obscene too, those Ele ones

 

[Gremlin]

lovely shot Ingrid

Thanks Carol

And they always look so obscene too, those Ele ones

Get you mind out of the pit snake
How could something as cute as a baby elephant look obscene :bang:

 

[Cobra]

Thanks Carol
Get you mind out of the pit snake
How could something as cute as a baby elephant look obscene :bang:

And very easily too

 

[spike241]

Some great shots here! Well done

 

[fazer]

All brilliant shots and especially like Di's licking the hand and Mike's baby.

 

[fazer]

Some I'm happy with;

1 How much longer do I need to pose?

IMG_2184 by Fazer, on Flickr

2 I'm Bored

IMG_2232 by Fazer, on Flickr

3 Where's my friend gone?

IMG_2239 by Fazer, on Flickr

4 Mind the c**p

IMG_2289 by Fazer, on Flickr

5 Nit picking

IMG_2275 by Fazer, on Flickr

 

[carolthomasburns]

beautiful shots again

 

[braveboy2012]

5 Nit picking

Great sharp shots. #5 is probably my favorite for the pose and lighting

 

[LCPete]

excellent shots from everyone looks like a good day out
my favs are the Lynx shots wish we had those at chester zoo

 

[fazer]

Cheers Carol, Gary and LCPete

 

[Cobra]

Great set John, The Cheetah especially

 

[dinorock]

Liking those John very nice set, especially the detail in the elephant skin.

 

[braveboy2012]

OK, so just disappointed myself by looking through my own photo's! I've chosen 6 of the worst to share:

A little Muntjack:

Muntjack

Bown bear having a drink:

Brown Bear

Lynx on the move (probably running from me!):

Lynx Running

Horrid bg but like the action:

Lynx Playing

And of course, a gob shot:

Cheetah Gob

Or two

Cheetah Gob 2