Here are a bunch of photos from my visit to the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, LA on Sunday 12/11/06

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Yes, they actually had a white alligator on the merry-go-round
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White Alligator
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dang...post#12 first picture..is that a Rat? man, it would be funny if you find that inside a restaurant strolling :D j/k.

Nice, pictures...what lens & settings where you using...very clear

k757, Thanks for posting pictures. Very nice and I enjoyed them.:)

Great pics! They have some animals there I haven't seen in the local zoo.

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing these awesome pics! I would think the zoo would enjoy seeing some of them. Again, thanks for posting.

dang...post#12 first picture..is that a Rat? man, it would be funny if you find that inside a restaurant strolling :D j/k.

Nice, pictures...what lens & settings where you using...very clearI am glad that everyone is enjoying them! I highly recommend visiting this zoo, but do it in the spring/summer/fall as there were some exhibits that were closed due to the season, like the Kamoda (sp) dragon.

I wish I could remember what that is, I had to zoom in to "get him" as he was across a lake.

I have an Olypmus C-740 10x optical zoom, 3.2 Meg. It is a straight digital camera that is about 3 years old. It cost me about $240 (online) when I bought it. I picked this camera purposely for it's zoom capability. I find higher pixels worthless if you can't get out to the object.:)

dang...post#12 first picture..is that a Rat?

The capybara (also capibara) (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a semi-aquatic herbivorous animal, the largest of living rodents.

Excellent shots, Keith. Nice timing on the shot of the howler monkey. We have an agouti (named Judy) at our zoo, which is a smaller relative of the capibara. One of our elephant keepers came from the Audubon Zoo. I'm sure she will enjoy seeing the shots of the elephants.

Excellent shots, Keith. Nice timing on the shot of the howler monkey. We have an agouti (named Judy) at our zoo, which is a smaller relative of the capibara. One of our elephant keepers came from the Audubon Zoo. I'm sure she will enjoy seeing the shots of the elephants.Thanks. My camera has a mode on it for "rapid fire" shots. I hold the button and it snaps off a shot every half second or so until the buffer fills, then I have to wait for buffer management. But still, its a great feature for air shows, kids at the plate at little league baseball, etc.

I have more elephant shots if you'd like them. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you all of the elephant shots!

Excellent photos. F-V

Thanks. My camera has a mode on it for "rapid fire" shots. I hold the button and it snaps off a shot every half second or so until the buffer fills, then I have to wait for buffer management. But still, its a great feature for air shows, kids at the plate at little league baseball, etc.

I have more elephant shots if you'd like them. Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send you all of the elephant shots!


What is the model and make of your camera, those are great clear pics?

Thanks

What is the model and make of your camera, those are great clear pics?I have an Olypmus C-740 10x optical zoom, 3.2 Meg. It is a straight digital camera that is about 3 years old. It cost me about $240 (online) when I bought it. I picked this camera purposely for it's zoom capability. I find higher pixels worthless if you can't get out to the object.:)

Here's a link to the Olympus C-740 (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/oly_c740uz.asp). That 380mm is one heck of a zoom for a p&s!

Here's a link to the Olympus C-740 (http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Olympus/oly_c740uz.asp). That 380mm is one heck of a zoom for a p&s!What a beautiful camera! :D I love mine!!! I loved it so much I bullied my Dad to buy one for himself when he was looking to upgrade his camera. We both agree that now that we have this zoom capability, we wished we had more! hahaah The shot with the zebra was across a lake and I was pissed that I couldn't bring him in more.

.... almost time for an SLR! :eek: :cool: HAHAHA

What a beautiful camera! :D I love mine!!! I loved it so much I bullied my Dad to buy one for himself when he was looking to upgrade his camera. We both agree that now that we have this zoom capability, we wished we had more! hahaah The shot with the zebra was across a lake and I was pissed that I couldn't bring him in more.

.... almost time for an SLR! :eek: :cool: HAHAHA

I agree, nice shots. Any problems with vibrations from the shutter or from taking such close ups?

I agree, nice shots. Any problems with vibrations from the shutter or from taking such close ups?None. The thing that it sometimes does is that it will refocus when I don't want it to. Sure I could lock the focus when I get it right, but I usually don't bother.

It is surprising how fast you can rip through 700 photos! Especially when you want a certain look, like the ones with teeth exposed or when the object's high speed is a factor. You need to use the "rapid fire". One out of ~10-14 shots will be perfect, but you don't know that while out there, so DEFINITELY have enough memory cards. I have enough XD cards for about 1000 photos on the photo size I like.

It is surprising how fast you can rip through 700 photos! Especially when you want a certain look, like the ones with teeth exposed or when the object's high speed is a factor. You need to use the "rapid fire". One out of ~10-14 shots will be perfect, but you don't know that while out there, so DEFINITELY have enough memory cards. I have enough XD cards for about 1000 photos on the photo size I like.


I agree about having enough memory. On my vacation, I gave my daughter a 2GB SD card and 1GB SD card and told her to shot anything and everything. She took 4000 shots! :eek:

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Nice PIC'S K757

I agree, nice shots. Any problems with vibrations from the shutter or from taking such close ups?You won't see shutter vibration with a fast shutter speed, or even a real slow shutter speed. I forgot the exact range, but I think around 1s is where you can see shutter vibrations. That's because faster speeds freeze the action and slower speeds doesn't have enough light hitting the sensor before the shutter stops to make an exposure.

.... almost time for an SLR! HAHAHAThat's what I was going to suggest for you needing more reach. Nice Canon DSLR with a 400 or 500 mm zoom lens and there you go. I have a 70 to 300 zoom with image stabilization on mine. Here are a few I took with that particular lens at the Knoxville Zoo.

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Keith, I sent your great elephant shots to our keeper, who is visiting her mother in Virginia. She sent back a big Thank You for the photos so I am passing it on to you. Zoo keepers form very strong attachments to the animals they care for, and carry that bond with them even when they move on. She had a very hard time during Katrina feeling helpless and worrying about the animals and people at the Audubon Zoo.

These are GREAT pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Keith, I sent your great elephant shots to our keeper, who is visiting her mother in Virginia. She sent back a big Thank You for the photos so I am passing it on to you. Zoo keepers form very strong attachments to the animals they care for, and carry that bond with them even when they move on. She had a very hard time during Katrina feeling helpless and worrying about the animals and people at the Audubon Zoo.Tell her she is most definitely welcome! I am glad that I could bring some joy and smiles to her life.

Great shots. Thanks for sharing them.