A visit to Skansen [10 various animal pics]

elfving73

Hello friends!
Today, me and my family took a daytrip to Skansen, the oldest open-air museum in the world, also a zoological park specializing mainly in Scandinavian wildlife. We had a great day and my oldest son Liam (2,5 year) just loved it, in particular when we visited the Aquarium/Terrarium. DUBBLE-DANG how tricky it was to shoot in there, low light and veeery moisty air. Next time, I'll bring a tripod!

Here is a few samples of the animals we saw today:
























Mutual fashination:

gtc

reptiles
nice work

elfving73 wrote:

Hello friends!
Today, me and my family took a daytrip to Skansen, the oldest open-air museum in the world, also a zoological park specializing mainly in Scandinavian wildlife. We had a great day and my oldest son Liam (2,5 year) just loved it, in particular when we visited the Aquarium/Terrarium. DUBBLE-DANG how tricky it was to shoot in there, low light and veeery moisty air. Next time, I'll bring a tripod!

Here is a few samples of the animals we saw today:

nice shots

the green snake looks to be green tree python(thye live in the north of australia ) or maybe a boomslang from africa-very venomous)

number two looks to be bearded dragons-again from australia

three is a chameleon from madagascar

four is a bearded dragon from australia

5 is a bluetongue lizard-i used to catch these as a kid,study them and let them go

nicw























Mutual fashination:

Harryb

Excellent series Matty.

elfving73

Thanx gtc!

I take it you are a fan of reptiles? : We don't have many reptiles or venomous animals in Sweden. We have one snake that is so venomous that it has killed 1 person in about 200 years or so. *Hahaha* And a venomous spider that gives you similiar symptomes as a sting of a wasp. That's it! Feels good to know when the kids are out playin' in the woods.

Matty

gtc wrote:

nice work

elfving73

Thank you very much, Harry! You sweept through my mind today while strolling around at Skansen. I saw a Heron and I instantly got this Heron-Harry-association!

Matty

Steve Cavigliano

Loved each and every one of them Matty

I assume most of the reptile shots were through glass. Low light, moist air, lots of traffic and through glass. You have my sincerest admiration

If they let you bring in a tripod, do so by all means. You may be able to stop down a bit and get even more of those beautiful creatures into the "in focus" area.


Excellent work!!

Steve

Rohirrim

Nice set of shots.

MotoKat

Fantastic! I love the 7th one!

pathfinder

Very great series Matty.

I particularly liked the first four reptile shots and the colors of the reptiles and the contrasting colors of the background. Very nice complementary colors.