Pix Mission: Stone Zoo

[Roemello]

Possibly my last big photo shoot mission of the season, went to a little zoo a few towns away in Stone Zoo! A lot smaller than the last one I went to, but a nice little one with some interesting inhabitants.... a portion of which follow. Loads more at Galleria.

Bald Eagle and a Meerkat
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Jaguar










Black Bear




Gray Wolf







Common Grackle




Barn Owl




Cougar







Flamingos




White Cheeked Gibbon




River Otter




Inca Tern

[Diabolique]

That meerkat is too funny!

Such beautiful pictures!!

[soloist]

The Bald Eagle and Jaguar
caught my interest i-
mmediately. Gre-
at images, Ro-
emmello. W-
hen can I
borrow
you-
r:

(camera...?)

[Roemello]

If the world's about to come to an end, I'll think about it at that point It can be quite a bit more tiring a task with how I go. My camera gear weighs in at around 25lbs, so lugging that around in blazing temps can weigh on ya. Worth it to me though as I love the results I can get. Just gotta be fast on lens switching where necessary. Such I did quite often on this trip to the zoo.

[soloist]

If 2012 and the Mayan calendar year
prediction is of any indication,
I can't wait to get that ca-
mera in about two ye-
ars (laughs). Let's
just hope your
camera do-
es not g-
et this
hug-
e:





or...

[NOA Imawario]

I like the yawning pictures myself. Shows off the rows of teeth that some of those animals have.

It does make the jaguar look like it's throwing up though. haha

[Roemello]

Yeah, the yawning shots I kinda pride myself on as they're such random occurances, to be at the right spot at the right time and fast enough to pull off the shot decent is a nice lil set of challenge. Then to pull it off with 3 different animals no less That along with having to shoot through fences/cages and those dirty plastic view shields

And Soloist.... it's safe to say unless I come into millions miraculously I'll never reach that level That lens in the pix you posted goes for $28,999

[bookworm]

Great pictures Roem!

[coffeehound]

Very, very impressive pictures, Roem!!

Those big cats.... wow!

[Frong]

ROFL Jaguars have a hilariously long tongue compared to cougars (the cougar yawn looks more like a typical housecat's). I wonder why that is.