John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Being a volunteer decent at the Detroit Zoo, I'm there often in all seasons. My favorite for photography is winter and many photographers agree. The zoo has many large, natural habitats and none have bars or fences between the people and the animals. Snow and the cloudy, dreary winter weather we often have, being close to the Great Lakes, result in scenes that appear more desolate and wild. All animals were captive born except as noted. Best in download. Thanks for viewing - John

Gray Wolf

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Polar Bear in B&W

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Arctic Fox in B&W (Rescued from a private owner)

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Bald Eagle (Rescued in Alaska after flying into a power line)

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Bison - Our National Mammal

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Grizzly Bears (Two of the three brothers rescued in Alaska when their mother was killed by a poacher.)

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Wolverine

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Japanese Macaque (Snow Monkey)

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Amur (Siberian) Tiger

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Red Panda

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hankm1 Loc: Mount Prospect IL

Beautiful animals! Great captures by you, John!!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Cool. You'd never know.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Nice, very Nice,

Marg Loc: Canadian transplanted to NW Alabama

Wonderful shots, John. Love the gray wolf!

gwr Loc: South Dartmouth, Ma.

Nice shots. Don't zoo bears hibernate? Gary

dr.juice

Outstanding snowy pix, sir. Sometimes (but not often enough to cause me to move to a snowy place) I wish I could get snowy pix like these. Keep up the excellent work!

drjuice here in sunny So Cal

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Wonderful series. Seems you have the run of the zoo.

Ourspolair

Great captures and renderings. Nice to see that the animals have a natural habitat. Please stay safe and keep on sharing.

Silverrails

What Zoo did you Visit? I have considered going to our Detroit Zoo in Winter, less crowded and somewhere I read or heard that some of the Animals are more active and likely to be seen more, is this understanding of mine a correct one, or a silly idea????
I would be going with my Photography equipment, if not to Cold, I do not like extreme Cold or Hot at my 70th year of life.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

John, what an outstanding set! These could all have been taken in the wild. Thanks for sharing and for your volunteer work helping these animals.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Nicely done. Not the usual zoo pics.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Hi, John, yes, I’m familiar with the Detroit Zoo. A very photographer-friendly bunch of exhibits. This is a nice series, with the wolf and Amur tiger getting my votes as the outstanding images.
Great work,
Dave

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

Wonderful variety⭐ Love the ecstatic polar bear and the buffalo💕

John from gpwmi Loc: Michigan

Thank you very much Hank.