Sorry, I didn’t have a very verbal post yesterday. I was tired after editing my photos and just wanted to get them online. Thomas, however, posted a good description of our class on his blog.
Gorilla
First of all, the class was wonderful and I highly recommend it. Ron Mayhew taught it through Emory Continuing Education. The class was geared more toward photographers with digital SLRs, and I mostly used a Sigma 50-500mm on my Nikon D50.
Ostrich
There was a little bit of instruction, but most of the time was spent photographing the animals. What made it different from a regular trip to the zoo is that we got to go behind the scenes to get photos up close.
Orangutan
The day started out with a talk about minimizing the zoo-y (fences, unnatural lines, glass reflection) look in your photos. Next, we had a group tour of the overall zoo. After lunch and some more instruction, we had our close up sessions with the gorillas, orangutans, giraffes, ostriches, and birds.
Eagle Owl
At the beginning, the instructor asked us what single thing we wanted to focus on for the class. I said that I wanted to get a nice portrait of an animal, and I’m happy with a few shots that I captured. I think the big keys are patience and a telephoto lens.
Gorilla
If you want to see more, I’ve posted the whole set on Flickr:
- On Safari at Zoo Atlanta (34 photos)
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Love the eagle owl.
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I absolutely love the last photo of the gorilla in your post, the expression in his eyes, amazing! Sounds like a great class to take sometime.
I agree with Cynthia. The photo (portrait?) of the gorilla is my favorite of all the ones in this set that you’ve posted here and on flickr.
I love all of the open mouthed shots that you got!
the eagle owl picture is my favorite.
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Those are some amazing photos. How could I possible choose a favorite?
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I enjoyed looking at your set. I love them all, I’d say your trip was successful!
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[...] I was instantly drawn to Parc Paradisio in our Belgium guide book because it promised hundreds of exotic birds. When we arrived, we discovered the price was higher than a normal zoo at almost 20 euros per person, but we figured after our 1.5 hour drive, we couldn’t turn around just yet. I’ll admit that I was disappointed at first, when we found cages of birds lining the sidewalk. They were beautiful, exotic birds, but I have become spoiled in my zoo photography after our Behind the Scenes Atlanta Zoo Tour. [...]