Photo Assignment August '07: Animals

[scottny]

These pics were taken 2 weeks ago in West Virginia.

My Uncle's neighbors let their horses walk free. Ok not free you can see a leash but they go on the road.

a wasp

a humming bird.

i do not know how to get the info on the settings.

Sorry.

 

[Stargazer]

Here's a few shots from a weekend trip to Grant's Farm in St. Louis:

 

[rtphokie]

a couple from last weekend's trip to the North Carolina Zoo

I could watch the otters for hours

The lighting here was brutal, a bunch of bright halogen lights overhead made getting any details nearly impossible.

 

[jann1033]

rope drop

# Focal length: 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 374mm)
# CCD width: 19.27mm
# Exposure time: 0.0010 s (1/1000)
# Aperture: f/7.1
# ISO equiv.: 100
# Whitebalance: Manual
# Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

"the wife and kids are in line already....Really!"

# Focal length: 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 374mm)
# CCD width: 19.27mm
# Exposure time: 0.0012 s (1/800)
# Aperture: f/7.1
# ISO equiv.: 100
# Whitebalance: Manual
# Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

 

[DVC Jen]

rope drop

# Focal length: 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 374mm)
# CCD width: 19.27mm
# Exposure time: 0.0010 s (1/1000)
# Aperture: f/7.1
# ISO equiv.: 100
# Whitebalance: Manual
# Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

"the wife and kids are in line already....Really!"

# Focal length: 200.0mm (35mm equivalent: 374mm)
# CCD width: 19.27mm
# Exposure time: 0.0012 s (1/800)
# Aperture: f/7.1
# ISO equiv.: 100
# Whitebalance: Manual
# Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)

Cute captions.

 

[cpbjgc]

I have a few shots from the Winnipeg Zoo to share from this weekend, but first, my hummingbird shots. We were at a BBQ, and just as the sun was setting there was activity in the person's garden. "Look, hummingbirds!" So I fire off a few shots with the flash. When I look at them the next day on the computer, here is what I captured (be gentle, these are heavily cropped to focus on the subject:

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 332mm)
Exposure time: 0.017 s (1/60)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 309mm)
Exposure time: 0.017 s (1/60)
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO equiv.: 100

That has way too many legs for a hummingbird . I think it is a moth, but if anyone thinks they can identify it, I am open to suggestions.

On to animals I can identify...
Grizzly eating playing bobbing for apples (they were floating over to him in the water)
Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm)
Exposure time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO equiv.: 100

This is a series of the polar bear (apparently the oldest in captivity) getting in for a swim. Much more of a dainty exercise than I imagined.

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0025 s (1/400), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0031 s (1/320), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0025 s (1/400), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

Focal length: 70.0mm (35mm equivalent: 550mm),Exposure time: 0.0025 s (1/400), Aperture: f/8.0, ISO equiv.: 100

More zoo animals in the next post...

 

[cpbjgc]

Pronghorn Antelope

Focal length: 250.0mm, Exposure time: 0.0100 s (1/100), Aperture: f/5.6, ISO equiv.: 100

Prairie Dog

Focal length: 250.0mm, Exposure time: 0.0063 s (1/160), Aperture: f/5.6, ISO equiv.: 100

Peacock, minding its own business

Focal length: 300.0mm, Exposure time: 0.0040 s (1/250), Aperture: f/5.6, ISO equiv.: 100

A VERY LOUD Pygmy Goat that was letting all the visitors have it!

Focal length: 70.0mm, Exposure time: 0.077 s (1/13), Aperture: f/4.5, ISO equiv.: 800

A herd of Reindeer that were "migrating" in formation all around their enclosure.

Focal length: 36.0mm, Exposure time: 0.0025 s (1/400), Aperture: f/4.0, ISO equiv.: 100

 

[dcg0317]

That has way too many legs for a hummingbird . I think it is a moth, but if anyone thinks they can identify it, I am open to suggestions.

It's called a "Hummingbird Moth" here's a link to a site that has some good pics.
http://72.41.49.149/page5b.html

 

[SharonLowe]

It's called a "Hummingbird Moth" here's a link to a site that has some good pics.
http://72.41.49.149/page5b.html

Yep, definitely. They are soooo cool! I saw a bunch out in Mono Lake, CA last summer.

 

[cpbjgc]

It's called a "Hummingbird Moth" here's a link to a site that has some good pics.
http://72.41.49.149/page5b.html

Thanks for the ID! As you can guess, I was a little surprised when I zoomed in and saw that critter .

 

[SharonLowe]

Thanks for the ID! As you can guess, I was a little surprised when I zoomed in and saw that critter .

When I first saw them, I said to myself "Gee those are the smallest hummingbirds I have ever seen!" So, I was just as surprised as you to learn they were moths!

And, here is a real hummingbird we saw 2 weeks ago outside the Rocky Mountain National Park in CO. I believe it is a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird.

 

[handicap18]

Excellent job guys.

I have some shots from my jaunt to the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston yesturday, but the USB connector on my External Hard Drive has bit the dust. I haven't decided if I want to go through and reconvert all the images from the SD card. I probably will, but haven't yet. I did get a few that I liked. Lighting was tough in some parts and a few of the animals weren't in the best of spots or were too lazy to even open an eye.

I should have some tomorrow.

 

[scottishduffy]

Ok, this is my first time posting on the photography boards so here goes nothing. A few of my favorite animal pictures.

This little guy is at our science center.

Giraffe feeding!

The Bird feeding area.

Zebras at Play.

He he he. Thank god for zoom lenses.

 

[handicap18]

Ok I downloaded some. Here are a few of the better ones, or at least ones I liked.

All taken with Nikon D50 & Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED-IF AF-S VR lens.







I'll add EXIFdata later on.

 

[AZ JazzyJ]

Curious Otter

Lioness Gaze

Acrobatic Monkey

I forgot to take my polarizing filter with me and I shot these in JPG so I need to go back to the zoo and try again. I think I'll wait until temperatures drop below 110 degrees though. The heat isn't so bad but it is monsoon season so the humidity is somewhere in the 50%-60% range.

Jeff

 

[LMarge]

When I first saw them, I said to myself "Gee those are the smallest hummingbirds I have ever seen!" So, I was just as surprised as you to learn they were moths!

And, here is a real hummingbird we saw 2 weeks ago outside the Rocky Mountain National Park in CO. I believe it is a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird.

That is awesome!!! What great color!!

 

[scottny]

When I first saw them, I said to myself "Gee those are the smallest hummingbirds I have ever seen!" So, I was just as surprised as you to learn they were moths!

And, here is a real hummingbird we saw 2 weeks ago outside the Rocky Mountain National Park in CO. I believe it is a female Broad-tailed Hummingbird.

Much nicer than my pic of a Humming bird

 

[Lizziejane]

My friends dog, Nova

Looking all pretty

Then she jumped in the river

And after the swim, longing to go back in

 

[Krispy]

These are nothing like what you all have up but here are some that I have from some trips to Busch Gardens.. All Shot with my S3 in P I think - but I don't remember...

One of My personal Faves

Not a great picture but the way he was sleeping cracked me up..

And the last one (for now..)

 

[SharonLowe]

Thanks for the nice comments on my hummingbird. Here's another animal from our trip to the Rocky Mountains, the North American Elk, or wapiti. A beautiful bull elk with the velvet still on his antlers. Rutting season is in September so in late August they start to lose the velvet coating. Once the velvet is gone, they have beautiful, shiny antlers which they will lose in the winter.