Dudley zoo

[adele_90]

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[turbotoes]

Your owl really made me laugh out loud (in a good way!!) what a face!!
Nice sharp merecat, slight shame about the Bg, but you can't have it all can you?
Both the cat shots are a tiny bit spoilt by the distracting reflections (for me) but both the subjects are nice and sharp, maybe a portrait crop on the lynx would work too, but a good idea with the B/W treatment for him/her

Tara

 

[adele_90]

Thank you
The fences did get in the way quite alot when trying to focus! but i tried my best

 

[Dawn B]

Some nice images Adele. I visit Dudley regularly, its my "local" Zoo.

 

[CaptainPenguin]

Nice set of shots and you lucky blighter getting an Owl face on,every I time I have been to Dudley Zoo the little blighters look the other way

 

[turbotoes]

I don't know about face on for the owl, it looks arse backwards to me, great timing though!!

 

[TheNissanMan]

1. Nice catch, at my local CWP I can never catch the buggers, I love the facial expression on him

2. As said nice sharp image with good eyes but a shame about the background, again as said you can't have everything

3. Shame about the wire in the front and the back.

4. Again shame about the reflections as the image looks stunning and nice and sharp. Best of the set

5. Nice timing with the mouth open, good shot would be so much better if his two thing-a-ma-jigs weren't clipped off

6. Slightly dark but nice capture


How close can you get to the fences, if you try resting your lens hood on the fence if you can you should be able to shoot right through the fence and with glass if you rest your lens against the glass using a hand to cover the main area where your lens hood isn't touching the glass should kill all reflections

 

[sypix]

Nice set. I agree with all that Ryan has said.
For me, the meerkat is the best. Nice and sharp!! As said above, pity about the fence in the b/g.

 

[adele_90]

Thanks for the comments and feedback , will try improve my shots next time im there

 

[turbotoes]

Thanks for the comments and feedback , will try improve my shots next time im there

That's what we all strive for Adele, and you're off to a good start there

Tara

 

[realspeed]

Dudley zoo is so different to most other Zoos being built on a hill with a ruined castle in the centre. Dawn B and myself have been there more than once to photograph the animals (the cafe at the entrance do great burgers by the way). A couple of the enclosures are not in use because they are listed structures so can't be altered , a lot of space for nothing. Having a walk through with the lemurs does give a chance to get some great shots with no mesh/bars/glass to worry about.
As for your pictures I prefer nos 1 and 2, no1 the look on the owls face and who can resist taking a picture like no 2 with the typical sentry duty pose.

Realspeed