Variety pack from the San Diego Zoo

gatorbill

I rented a Canon 200mm f/2.0L IS lens a couple of weeks back and took it out for a test ride at the San Diego Zoo coupled with a 1D Mark IV. It's an awesome piece of glass, I found it to perform much better than my current Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens. The AF response and accuracy with the prime lens is simply much better than that of the zoom lens. I think I'll try out the new 70-200mm f/2.8L IS Mark II next to see if it's a worthy upgrade from the current Mark I lens.

1) Indian Peafowl


2) Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon


3) Victoria Crowned Pigeon


4) Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill


5) White-breasted Kingfisher


6) Chestnut-bellied Partridge


7) Nicobar Pigeon


8) Male Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant


9) Giraffe


10) Greater Indian One-horned Rhinocerous


All of the above samples images and a few others I took that day are at the following Zenfolio gallery:
http://gatorbill.zenfolio.com/p491401957

I've included 100% crop of some of the shots at the following Zenfolio gallery:
http://gatorbill.zenfolio.com/p811923969

Comments and suggestions are always welcome,
--gatorbill

Harryb

Excellent set, you did well to eliminate the zoo setting on most of the captures.

gatorbill

Thanks for the encouraging comments Harryb !!! I just shot a session with the new 70-200mm f2.8 Mark II lens to see if it could be a less costly alternative to the prime lens