tdierikx

Was the bitch mated more than once during her season? That pup looks to be somewhat "uncooked"... T.

3/31 - one more of Fumo the cheeky Chimp... 01-03-2014-taronga 877 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

How long have you been taking photos? I've always been a bit of a photo-taker - best memory is when I found my Mum's old box brownie as a teen and took some pics of a friend's pet cow with it... lol! Only been more serious about photography since getting involved with Rescue back in 2006 and started taking photos of the rescues for advertising them for adoption. Are you professional, amateur, artist, something else? Completely amateur, but I have an arrangement with one of the zoos I visit where I supply them with my photos of their animals for use as they see fit (marketing, signage, etc), and I get to visit there for free. It's a very cool feeling to see your photos on signs around the zoo... *grin* Do you have a main subject (portrait, pets etc)? I used to primarily photograph rescue fosters and my own dogs... have moved "up" to visiting 3 zoos regularly and taking photos of more exotic creatures. Do you have a favourite technique or photography set-up? (Or a few) I'm lazy... I use the Sports preset on my camera and shoot in jpg. I also do extremely minimal post editing and rarely crop. What you see posted is pretty much what the camera gave me when I pressed the magic clicky button. What is your learning edge at the moment? Mainly framing the shots I take... if it looks interesting through the viewfinder, I press the magic clicky button. What equipment do you use? Currently my Canon 60D and Canon 100-400mm L lens are in permanent partnership. I have other lenses - Tamron 18-270mm, Canon 55-250mm (kit lens), and Tamron 90mm Macro - but they don't come out very often. Any current projects? I love going to zoos - current rotation is between Taronga, Featherdale, and Symbio. Participating in 52 Weeks here on DOL, and the monthly photo a day. Future hopes, visions and/or experiences? I'd love to learn how to shoot in manual mode one day, but am having pretty good results with my current "technique", so following that I'm very lazy it may be a while before I get around to trying to work out manual modes. I'd love to do a tour of all the different zoos in Australia one day - and go to Africa and get to photograph exotic animals in the wild... A statement about what you strive for with your work: Trying to capture the animals I visit each week doing different and interesting things - and making them NOT look like they are in a zoo enclosure.

Awesome photos! I'd love to go to Africa one day... T.

2/31 - more Fumo the cheeky Chimp... he was in fine form... *grin* 01-03-2014-taronga 912 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

Nice! Much better than I can do with my macro lens... For the life of me, I can't work out how the macro lens works... probably because I'm so used the the zoom lenses, and macro is a whole other ballgame, isn't it? T.

1/31 - Fumo the baby Chimpanzee at Taronga... 01-03-2014-taronga 844 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

More tongue... You have a special effect on the critters :) I love all the different ways animals stick out their tongues... *grin* T.

Some pups just don't like being handled a certain way... I've fostered enough pups to realise that this is normal. The fact that the pup you mention is giving a fair warning that it doesn't like whatever is happening - and not biting straight away - is a positive sign. I've had a few larger breed pups who have been going through a growth spurt act like that. They actually hurt while their tendons and muscles are stretched and have to catch up with their bone growth - touching those areas can cause discomfort, and the pup may give warning that they hurt when touched in those areas. A vet visit is always the first thing to do if you have a pup displaying discomfort at being handled. T.

She's lived up to it too... 8 years old now and still a crazy puppy... *sigh* T.

Little Fumo put on a show for those of us crazy enough to brave the wet weather today and visit Taronga. Here's a taste... 01-03-2014-taronga 912 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-03-2014-taronga 892 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-03-2014-taronga 877 by tdierikx, on Flickr 01-03-2014-taronga 861 by tdierikx, on Flickr More at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tdierikx/ ... lots more... T.

9/52 - fresh off the presses... Fumo the cheeky Chimp (DOB 16/10/2013) 01-03-2014-taronga 860 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

First stop is a vet... puppy needs thorough checkup to make sure nothing is hurting it. I've had plenty of pups growl and even bite when held up under the armpits... some dogs just don't like being handled that way... T.

Don't ask me for name suggestions... I called my Lab girl Trouble... lol! T.

Did I meet you and Brandi at Pet Expo at Rosehill? If so, I'll agree, Brandi is the lovliest girl... T.

I used to work next door to Georges... the staff there are great too... T.

28/2 - Snow Leopard at Taronga Zoo... 13-02-2014-taronga 215 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

27/28 - What mealworm? 14-02-2014-symbio 097 by tdierikx, on Flickr T.

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4 is my magic number... it just feels "right" for me... Recently I boarded the 2 bounciest of my dogs while I recouperated from surgery, and it felt bizarre only having 2 dogs in the house... all was right with the world when I brought the other two home... Pickles is my smallest at 14kg, and Harper the largest at 30kg - Trouble and Zeddy are 26 and 28kg respectively. I used to have 5 Rotties, and that number of Rotties works well for me - but the current lot are all mixed breeds with way different personality traits, so 4 is the limit of those... lol! I love all dogs, but the larger ones are my preference. Maybe as I get older I'll have to look at size and temperament much more carefully in order to be able to manage my companions easily, but that's a way off yet... *grin* T.

The first family dog we had was a Lab cross named Nuppy... she was the most awesome family dog ever! She reinforced my desire to ALWAYS have at least one dog in my life - no matter what... My first "only mine" dog I got as an adult was a crossbreed girl I named Rebel. Her mum was a pure Golden Retriever, but I think Rebel took after her dad in looks - she looked like a BC cross some sort of terrier. She was BC size and colour, but had wiry fur and a square face. She was named Rebel because she was a turd to toilet train... she'd pee inside, and I'd take her outside and wait for ages and she would have a tiny tinkle so she could be let back in again, where she would promptly stare at me while laying a huge turd on the carpet... *sigh*... she eventually got the idea and was exceptionally well toilet trained thereafter... lol! T.

Yep - looks the spit of the Lace Monitors I've taken loads of pictures of at Symbio... otherwise known as Goannas... lol! T.

She's a stunning girl grizabella... T.

I would expect my dogs to alert bark at an intrusion over my fence - but not to bite without fair warning. You sound like you are wanting to do the right thing by getting in a behaviourist for some professional help... good on you for that... T.

If it was one of my whippets I'd offer to help remove it but I'd pass with him. He looks like he's just eaten my Blondie chicken!! She wouldn't last long around him. If it were Woody (the other Tassie Devil) with something stuck, I'd help him... but Smithy WILL bite, so he was on his own and I just took a lot of photos and laughed at him instead... *grin* T.