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PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:08 pm 
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So I went back like 10 pages and didn't see any pages already made to post Animal photos besides just the dogs and cats ones... So heres a post to show all types of animals from birds to moose and inbetween .. .. I went to the zoo today so Ill kick it off .. Lets see your stuff !

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...keeping with the Toronto Zoo theme:

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samanthangel/3381201182/" title="You Watch my back I'll watch yours by Samanthangel, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3381201182_df03af99e4.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="You Watch my back I'll watch yours"></a>

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here's a couple from my trip to the zoo on Friday...

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Recently picked up the 70-300VR and this was the first foray to the Zoo. Didn't get a lot of opportunities to shoot as I was chasing after a 5 year old :lol:.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dimitris/4461812666/" title="its an eliphant duh by Dimitris and Nancy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4461812666_db8c4e8f9a.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="its an eliphant duh ;-)"></a>


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Here are a few of mine from a previous visit to the zoo (back in 2005 with my trust D70). I think its time for a new visit!


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I get depressed sometimes when I go to the Toronto zoo (don't even get me started about Marineland!!). Some of the beautiful creatures live, no exist, in rather bleak meagre conditions. that is what i tried to capture here:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_marion/2948679006/" title="bored monkeys by Phil Marion, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2948679006_8decc4cd6a_o.jpg" width="1100" height="713" alt="bored monkeys"></a>

Imagine swinging freely from tree to tree in a warm tropical rainforest abundant with fresh fruit, friends and oportunities to amuse oneself....and then living in a boring cold concrete HELL.


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^^^^sorry guys - I am not trying to be a downer but I just wanted to contextualise the photo^^^^


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philmar wrote:
I get depressed sometimes when I go to the Toronto zoo (don't even get me started about Marineland!!). Some of the beautiful creatures live, no exist, in rather bleak meagre conditions. that is what i tried to capture here:


I hear your pain......

Anyway they are going to be killed in wild....thats for sure
atleats i think they are better in captivity live longer ....

But it should be the other way round...
Its sad its this way

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philmar wrote:
Imagine swinging freely from tree to tree in a warm tropical rainforest abundant with fresh fruit, friends and oportunities to amuse oneself....and then living in a boring cold concrete HELL.


sounds like most of us in the city....



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philmar,

exactly.

this is why i don't go to the zoo. it gets no support from me.


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I get depressed sometimes when I go to the Toronto zoo (don't even get me started about Marineland!!). Some of the beautiful creatures live, no exist, in rather bleak meagre conditions. that is what i tried to capture here:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil_marion/2948679006/" title="bored monkeys by Phil Marion, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2948679006_8decc4cd6a_o.jpg" width="1100" height="713" alt="bored monkeys"></a>

Imagine swinging freely from tree to tree in a warm tropical rainforest abundant with fresh fruit, friends and oportunities to amuse oneself....and then living in a boring cold concrete HELL.


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Adding some from the Sunday family trip to the Zoo. Surprisingly, many outdoor enclosures were still empty.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bright_side/4498085529/" title="In waiting by bright_side, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4498085529_fac0419bea.jpg" width="500" height="341" alt="In waiting"></a>

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Some recent zoo/animal pics:
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These were taken last week while I was in Argentina. Any help identifying them would be great ;)
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stealth looks like Crested Caracara


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This little guy whatever it is wasn't scared off by people walking by but would take off when he heard the is on my lens .


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A dairy farm in the Peterborough area I visited in November.


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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54064658@N00/3734329318/" title="Toronto Zoo by fadi3, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3453/3734329318_eb9f0bcef0_o.jpg" width="1024" height="921" alt="Toronto Zoo"></a>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54064658@N00/3733203097/" title="Toronto Zoo by fadi3, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2572/3733203097_6b1081bbb7_o.jpg" width="671" height="1028" alt="Toronto Zoo"></a>


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All these great zoo pics and the Nick Brandt tread makes me want to do an African safari trip! I even looked up tour groups just to get an idea of rates etc. Time to start saving! It ain't cheap! :shock:


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Zoo in Colombia
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Near Collingwood
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is the african lion safari any better for pictures??


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Mr.Walczak wrote:
is the african lion safari any better for pictures??


LOL, sounds like a summer TPMG event in the making.


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philmar wrote:
I get depressed sometimes when I go to the Toronto zoo (don't even get me started about Marineland!!). Some of the beautiful creatures live, no exist, in rather bleak meagre conditions. that is what i tried to capture here:

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Imagine swinging freely from tree to tree in a warm tropical rainforest abundant with fresh fruit, friends and oportunities to amuse oneself....and then living in a boring cold concrete HELL.


I couldn't agree more. I can't (don't want to) imagine what happens to all those warm whether animals during the winter.


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