Zoo Photos

[ZR_Yancy]

My girlfriend & I went to the local zoo yesterday & so I brought my D60 & Nikkor 18-200mm VR lens to catch some animal shots.

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[ZR_Yancy]

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[psylichon]

Holy crap... just when I think I can go another year without a digital SLR, you have to go and pull out some **** like this. Damnit! :D

Seriously, beautiful work. Looks like you had a stellar day!

[ZR_Yancy]

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If you would like to see more, please visit my Flickr photoset at http://www.flickr.com/photos/motogq/sets/72157613976163090/show/

Thanks for looking & enjoy!:smile:

[ZR_Yancy]

Holy crap... just when I think I can go another year without a digital SLR, you have to go and pull out some **** like this. Damnit! :D

Seriously, beautiful work. Looks like you had a stellar day!

Thanks! It's started out pretty rough because the sun was so high. As the day went on, I got in the zone with better lighting.

[Youngbinks]

Dude those shots are beautiful.

Which zoo was this?

[psylichon]

I showed this thread to my wife and got this much closer to getting a D90 [---><---]

[psylichon]

Can I ask if these were stock lenses? I have a feeling they weren't...

[Saverino]

DAMN!! Incredibly shots!!

I'm in the same boat as Dave...

[Youngbinks]

I've been looking at a D-SLR as well. I used 2 of my friends' D-SLRs and loved them. I believe one was a D80 and the other a D90? Does that make sense?

[ArEa_CoDe_415]

Nice shots.

I like the snake pic.

[ZR_Yancy]

Thanks everyone! The lens I used was a Nikon Nikkor 18-200mm VR. The kit lens that came with camera is fairly decent but I didn't want to carry 2 different lenses around so I opted for the 18-200mm which covers such a wide focal range.

[ZR_Yancy]

The photos were at the Jacksonville Zoo.

[cindra]

Your snake shot is my new PC wallpaper. Thanks! :)

[patrickj]

Great photos! I love zoos and luckily for me my daughter does too, so we have a good excuse to go often. Love big cats in particular ...

[aggieman]

great shots. i have a D60 also and the same lens you used. Great combo.

[Indy]

Wow!

Love the Leopard and Snake shots!

I love taking pictures at the zoo, I have to go by myself sometime because my wife gets frustrated when all I'm doing is taking pictures. :tounge:

[ZR_Yancy]

Yeah my GF gets irritated at times as well but I just start pointing the camera at her which always makes her turn around & walk away. lol

[Vinze]

Nice pictures. Did you use any filter on those shots?

[ZR_Yancy]

Thanks! Technically, yes, I did have a UV filter but I just use it to protect my lenses.