D300 goes to the zoo

Pat664422Pat664422 Registered Users Posts: 225 Major grins
edited January 5, 2008 in Wildlife
Took my christmas present to the zoo for some interesting subjects to practice on. All pics were taking with with D300 and 70-300VR. If anyone is thinking about getting a D300 and would like to see the unprocessed pics from the camera I will post those.


Meerkats - I got your back!
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Hairy chested fellow:
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D300 set to Vivid and aimed at a Lorikeet:
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Comments

  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2008
    Like the Meerkat shots, especially the second one!
    Glenn

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2008
    raptorcaptor wrote:
    Like the Meerkat shots, especially the second one!

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    Harry
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  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2008
    Those pesky meerkats are the cutest things. I used to watch them an Animal Planet. Great shots!!!
    Marina
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2008
    That second meerkat is very good. I love the grains of dirt on his whiskers and fur.
    Stephen
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2008
    the eyes on the 2nd meerkat!!:ivar
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • Pat664422Pat664422 Registered Users Posts: 225 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2008
    Thanks so much for the comments and kind words. Here are a couple more...



    A meerkat up on the watchtower:
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    Meerkat and the hole he crawled out of:
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    Baby Florida Panther shot through some black bars:
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    Closeup of baby panther:
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    Baby orangutan hanging around:
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  • Option1Option1 Registered Users Posts: 94 Big grins
    edited January 5, 2008
    Like all of these, except maybe the closeup of the panther doesn't quite work for me. But the meerkats and other pics are very nice indeed.

    Neil
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2008
    In the second round of pics I like the second meerkat photo where it is looking up. It has a nice expression. The baby orangutan is just too cute and look at the size of the paws on the baby panther. It has some growin' to do to fit into those feet. Wow!
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • Pat664422Pat664422 Registered Users Posts: 225 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2008
    Neil,

    Thanks for the feedback and comments.

    Maestro,

    Thank you for your comments as well, and now that you mention it, I do see that panther has huge paws. I hadn't even noticed that before... I was just always looking at its cute face.
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