Not my usual Venue

bfjr · October 12, 2005

Had to do some stuff near the L. A. Zoo so I figured I'd stop by and see what me and the Machine Gun could do. Well 1st off the whole place is under Construction, so most of the good animals are somewhere else The lighting is contrasting to say the least. Well instead of words this is how the place made me feel :rolleyes :uhoh

I really should have used my flash on some of these, but hind sight is 20/20

Also please forgive no ID, most of the plaques were missing and those that were, well I'm not good at taking notes :dunno

Hate the light but love the interaction

Mr. Tiger to you

iceman17 · October 12, 2005

Hi Ben,these are all great but I realy like the first and last shots the best.The way the eyes are in the first shot is amazing,did you align yourself up for it to look that way?.That tiger looks very serious.Thanks for sharing..ice

bfjr wrote:

Had to do some stuff near the L. A. Zoo so I figured I'd stop by and see what me and the Machine Gun could do. Well 1st off the whole place is under Construction, so most of the good animals are somewhere else The lighting is contrasting to say the least. Well instead of words this is how the place made me feel :uhoh

I really should have used my flash on some of these, but hind sight is 20/20
Also please forgive no ID, most of the plaques were missing and those that were, well I'm not good at taking notes

Hate the light but love the interaction

Mr. Tiger to you

jwear · October 12, 2005

both monkeys and the tiger

the red eye water bird is a rare capture

very nice day at the zoo

Rohirrim · October 13, 2005

Awesome Ben. You've taken what could be relatively plan zoo shots and made them into something spectacular. Great composition!

clap

bfjr · October 13, 2005

iceman17 wrote:

Hi Ben,these are all great but I realy like the first and last shots the best.The way the eyes are in the first shot is amazing,did you align yourself up for it to look that way?.That tiger looks very serious.Thanks for sharing..ice

Morning Ice
Many thanks for your comment/s
the chimps were in an open kinda pit thingy and this boy was sitting hi up to the side facing the sun so yes I moved to his right and hoped I could get some light on his eyes. I took several shots of him and this one seem to bring the feeling home I was looking for.

Osprey Whisperer · October 13, 2005

Nice set of shots there Ben. I think I know which one's the self portrait.

(still wondering what goes through Ben's mind..regarding the Dgrin photo association. )

Cold drink/frosty/frozen coffee.........to singer.

You are busted ..... machinegun man. :uhoh

bfjr · October 13, 2005

jwear wrote:

both monkeys and the tiger the red eye water bird is a rare capture very nice day at the zoo

Thanks Jeff
Still have some of those dry cookies for ya

bfjr · October 13, 2005

Rohirrim wrote:

Awesome Ben. You've taken what could be relatively plan zoo shots and made them into something spectacular. Great composition! clap

Well thank you Steve
Really wasn't that happy with em at 1st, but with comments like these their growing on me :lol

spockling · October 13, 2005

Love....the elephant. Nice abstraction.

ginger_55 · October 13, 2005

Yes, Ben, these are good, IMO. I particularly like the elephant. And the first and sixth shots, I think, monkeys of some sort.

ginger (funny how you can start to like something after awhile, isn't it. And funny what we in the masses like, smile.)

Steve Cavigliano · October 13, 2005

Very, very nice Ben

My fav is the bird with the kewl "do"....lol I like the first one too, but he suffers from "ear shadow". I have the same problem when shooting my brother with back/side lighting

Congrats on making it to the zoo. I've been meaning to get to ours and after one year with the camera, I am still meaning to....

Steve

Harryb · October 13, 2005

Hey Ben,

Excellent series of shots.

Nothing like shooting in a zoo to make you appreciate shooting in the wild.

PossumCorner · October 13, 2005

Agreed -

bfjr wrote:

. Well instead of words this is how the place made me feel -

:uhoh

Thanks, for not leaving me being the only one who can be made feel this way by the zoo environment. You have caught the sadness and boredom/anguish and mental damage so well here. The misery of caged confinement comes right across. Aside from that angle though - some lovely shots!

bfjr · October 13, 2005

Bird Man Photographer wrote:

Nice set of shots there Ben. I think I know which one's the self portrait.

(still wondering what goes through Ben's mind..regarding the Dgrin photo association. )

Cold drink/frosty/frozen coffee.........to singer. You are busted ..... machinegun man. :uhoh

your wrong that 1st one is not Harry !!! :hide :lol4
coffee to coffee that's my story and I'm stinkin to it

bfjr · October 14, 2005

spockling wrote:

Love....the elephant. Nice abstraction.

thank you Steve
very glad you like

bfjr · October 14, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Yes, Ben, these are good, IMO. I particularly like the elephant. And the first and sixth shots, I think, monkeys of some sort.

ginger (funny how you can start to like something after awhile, isn't it. And funny what we in the masses like, smile.)

Hi Ginger
Oh I never try to figure out the masses, heck I'm not always sure what I like

bfjr · October 14, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Very, very nice Ben

My fav is the bird with the kewl "do"....lol I like the first one too, but he suffers from "ear shadow". I have the same problem when shooting my brother with back/side lighting

Congrats on making it to the zoo. I've been meaning to get to ours and after one year with the camera, I am still meaning to....

Steve

Hey Steve so glad to see a comment here by you !!
appreciate your time (and it does take time)
Well I guess somebody got to WORK :lol

If you think the ear shadow was bad you should of seen the ear wax !!!

Zoos are really not my cup of tea, but they are a challenge and any chance to use my gear is a good idea to me

bfjr · October 14, 2005

Harryb wrote:

Hey Ben,

Excellent series of shots. Nothing like shooting in a zoo to make you appreciate shooting in the wild.

You ain't just a whistling Dixie (where is that guy ?) there, Boss

bfjr · October 14, 2005

PossumCorner wrote:

Thanks, for not leaving me being the only one who can be made feel this way by the zoo environment. You have caught the sadness and boredom/anguish and mental damage so well here. The misery of caged confinement comes right across. Aside from that angle though - some lovely shots!

Yes it's sometimes sad, but on the other hand the animals I saw look rather old and some were injured and if not for the Zoo they would surely be dead.

However I could not resist that shot it truly was how I felt about the place and I could not but think so the Chimp felt as well :cry

thanks you so much for your comment and your insight on my shot

Not my usual Venue

Comments