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I recently (on a side trip for a wedding) visited Dubbos Western Plains Zoo, as a interesting fact, if you have a Taronga Zoo friends pass, this gets you into the Dubbo Western Plains Zoo.

This place is big, I went there when I was a wee tacker and the only thing I remember is that it was fing hot and there was stinging nettle, don't remember seeing any animals..

I guess as far as zoo's go this place seems pretty good, definitely more space for the inmates but from a photography point of view its a pure lucky dip.

Keen to get some feedback on a few images I took there.

'you look tasty, if only that moat was not in my way' - man this animal looked sour





wrinkly ass?

Nice - I've got a #2 and an almost identical #3 (composition at least - I was using the 18-200 at the time) from western plains zoo.

I think with #4 a more pano crop would suit - removing most or all of that dark stripe at the bottom and some of the extra bamboo at the top. I kinda felt I lost the animal when I first looked - all that bright and busy at the top.

No Zebra shots?

Remorhaz wrote:
No Zebra shots?

zzZZZz.. zebras are soo yesterday

Nice, however, I feel the second one is too highly cropped and it almost looks like a floating torso and head. I would include more of its legs.

I spent a couple of days there too. Did you get any shots of the new meerkat pups?

Nice lion shot. The cut off paw concerns me, but you could go for a tighter crop.

Your wrinkly (african?) elephant shot works pretty well.

Daniel

Your making me yearn to visit the zoo again....Dubbo may not be a possibility due to time constraints so I guess I will have to settle for Taronga

Reschsmooth wrote:Nice, however, I feel the second one is too highly cropped and it almost looks like a floating torso and head. I would include more of its legs.

I do hear what you are saying, the image is not cropped it is as framed in camera. I have a few others where the whole animal is in shot, however I felt this one was stronger due to the better eye contact, in teh full length shots the head gets lost and the eyes are almost non existent.

DanielA wrote:I spent a couple of days there too. Did you get any shots of the new meerkat pups?

I did see them (or their home at least), but did not pay much attention to be honest

DanielA wrote:Nice lion shot. The cut off paw concerns me, but you could go for a tighter crop.

aim54x wrote:Your making me yearn to visit the zoo again....Dubbo may not be a possibility due to time constraints so I guess I will have to settle for Taronga

I have not been to Taronga in years, I am keen for another visit, but its gotta be a weekday, there is not enough dosh in the world to pay me to battle the crowds and kids on the weekend.

biggerry wrote:I did see them (or their home at least), but did not pay much attention to be honest

I took way too many shots of them.

This lioness shot is nice, since she is looking that direction.

biggerry wrote:I have not been to Taronga in years, I am keen for another visit, but its gotta be a weekday, there is not enough dosh in the world to pay me to battle the crowds and kids on the weekend.

The school groups were pretty obnoxious during the week...

Daniel

The expression on the first lion suggests a suppository has just been put in place

The first one for me and second
the one with the bar code.