Perth Zoo 2012

[CrazyCresties]

Took myself of to Perth Zoo on Friday while waiting for my car to be serviced. Had a relaxing few hours wandering around and took a few pics. C&C welcome :)

Highlights were the African Painted Dog puppies, the Meerkats and the Tree Kangaroos :D

Full set here :)

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjAZHp9C

[tlc]

Fantastic shots, love the little bird, he is looking at you so intently! :) Looks like you have a lovely afternoon.

What lens/lenses did you use if you don't mind me asking? I think you have the sigma 17 - 70? I am thinking of getting this lens, I have seen your pics on flickr and they are fabulous!

Edited July 29, 2012 by tlc

[Weasels]

Fantastic :) Looks like you've got a couple of camera-shy ones there ;)

Love the flat-out meerkat :laugh:

[Daisys Mum]

Lovely photos! meerkats are my favourite animal :) they are just such inquisitive creatures :D

[kja]

Looks like a great trip!

I think a couple of the black/whites in particular could maybe do with less blocky blacks as I think right now the blacks are so dominating that we lose some of the textures & details that would provide more connection & punch. YMMV

[CrazyCresties]

Thanks everyone :D

What lens/lenses did you use if you don't mind me asking? I think you have the sigma 17 - 70? I am thinking of getting this lens, I have seen your pics on flickr and they are fabulous!

Cheers tlc :) These were all taken with my new Sigma f2.8 70-200mm. The Lemur and Gibbon are heavy crops as they were on islands in the middle of a lake, so I was pretty pleased with the quality from this lens :) I do have the Sigma 17-70mm as well and find it a very versatile lens.

kja - thanks for the tip, I pretty much suck at B&W so use presets and tweek. I've said before I need to start a thread in the Hints section about B&W advice - I'll try and do that tonight as I'm not improving :laugh: