At the Zoo: Went to the zoo and here are a couple of shots. Most of the animals are behind glass making photography difficult. By the way this was at the North Carolina state zoo.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Went to the zoo and here are a couple of shots. Most of the animals are behind glass making photography difficult. By the way this was at the North Carolina state zoo.

At about 500 feet from camera

Behind 2" of glass

JR1 Loc: Tavistock, Devon, UK

Ok shots

I fond zoos are a complete waste of time for animal shots

try something different

Trina Loc: Calgary, AB

I like them. I love going to the zoo for shots. It's a great way to practice changing settings quickly to get the shot. It's way harder for the animal to run away heehee. It is also a great place to practice composition.

Keep up the great work.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

Nice stripes and I sort of agree, it seems the animals are for looking at not photographing, however if you have to go with your grandkids then it's not bad photography allowing for average to low quality shots.

JR1 wrote:

Ok shots

I fond zoos are a complete waste of time for animal shots

try something different

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

The zoo in NC has most of the animals behind very thick glass making sharp pictures nearly an impossible task. The elephant was in open space but the owl was behind 2" of thick glass in low light conditions, I took the picture with a Nikon D7000 and 18-200mm lens and the camera had a difficult time focusing with the glass and low light, I had to give it a manual assist and my eyes are not that good either.

Trina wrote:

I like them. I love going to the zoo for shots. It's a great way to practice changing settings quickly to get the shot. It's way harder for the animal to run away heehee. It is also a great place to practice composition.

Keep up the great work.

Barbara D Loc: Norfolk, VA

I am a "go to the zoo" to practice taking pictures person, myself. At the VA Zoo, there are animals behind glass, behind chicken wire type sceeening (mostly birds), as well as in "open air" enclosures. these different venues give me the chance to practice choosing proper settings, as well as my manual focussing skills. I managed to get some great action shots of the 2 tiger brothers racing around their enclosure that made for some great panning practice, too!

tlbuljac Loc: Oklahoma

Like the elephant...good capture

Trina Loc: Calgary, AB

Barbara Dodge wrote:

I am a "go to the zoo" to practice taking pictures person, myself. At the VA Zoo, there are animals behind glass, behind chicken wire type sceeening (mostly birds), as well as in "open air" enclosures. these different venues give me the chance to practice choosing proper settings, as well as my manual focussing skills. I managed to get some great action shots of the 2 tiger brothers racing around their enclosure that made for some great panning practice, too!

I completely agree. Nothing worse the having a great shot, then missing it because I can't change settings fast enough.

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

JR1 wrote:

Ok shots

I fond zoos are a complete waste of time for animal shots

try something different

I disagree. Depending on the zoo you can get some very nice shots. Not all of us can afford to travel to exotic places to get a chance to photograph these animals. The Zoo in Seattle, Woodland Park Zoo, is one that comes to mind as being very photographer friendly in the way the enclosures are set up. Depending on the animal Binder Park in Battle Creek Michigan is another.