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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 05, 2018
 
Rick Schuessler and I visited the Pilgrim Creek area for a morning shoot.

The zoo has some new arrivals. I went to view the new cheetah cubs. They went on display yesterday for the first time.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: January 18, 2018
 
We had a bit of a break in our cold weather today so I thought I would go visit my "relatives" at the Primate House at the Zoo.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: October 02, 2017
 
I have not been to our Zoo since April 26, 2016 due to my hip problems so it was nice to be able to visit once again.

There were a number of new exhibits I had not seen before. The Grizzly exhibit was nice but it is a challenge to take photos through the glass viewing areas but glass seems to be the new norm for exhibits now.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: April 26, 2016
 
I continued testing the new lens today at the St. Louis Zoo.

Two things I wanted to test today:

1. Lens used with my Gimbal head, and
2. Lens used with remote shutter release while on the tripod.

Results were inconclusive. The photos still don't jump out at me as being GOOD photos. I don't know if this is the lens or the photographer. I know when I have not shot for awhile my photos are not as good as when I have been shooting quite a bit.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: February 28, 2016
 
I went to the St. Louis Zoo today with the Jim Scharff family. I had given daughter Emma an old dSLR as she is taking a photography class in school and she seems to love it. It was a nice day so we all decided to take in a day at the Zoo.

Pictured (L-R): Emma with her camera, Ben, Tiffany, Lily and Jim
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 05, 2015
 
Went on a Zoo outing today. My good friend, Lee Phillion, wanted to get together to discuss photography. She has an old Canon 30D and wants to get a bit more into photography.

We talked photography in the Living World building and then went out into the Zoo for a quick photo tour.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: November 29, 2013
 
The weather was nice today so I decided to visit the St. Louis Zoo. I shot photos inside the Primate House as well as the outdoor exhibits.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: April 30, 2013
 
Decided to spend some time taking photos at the St. Louis Zoo today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: March 04, 2013
 
This is a photo from that day of a Puma (taken outside through a wire fence).

I am enjoying taking photos inside this winter in the Primate House. The primates are housed behind glass windows but for the most part the photos come out pretty well.

A few suggestions when shooting through glass:

1. you will have reflections so try to position yourself to minimize their inclusion in your composition.

2. I read an article that suggests using a polarizer to cope with this problem. I have not tried this as yet mainly as that would reduce the light for what already is a fairly low light situation.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: February 12, 2013
 
I decided to make a Zoo outing today since the weather was a bit nicer than it has been for awhile.

My main objective was to try out the video feature of my Canon 1D-x but I also wound up taking some photos as well. I shot just enough video to learn that to get better at it I would have to devote a great deal of time to that task. Not sure I want to devote time to that but it is nice to know that in a pinch I am able to get something.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: January 03, 2013
 
I went to the Zoo this afternoon after lunch to take some photos.

I was mainly wanting to take a number of photos so that I could test out my new Lightroom Workflow and work out some kinks. I got some decent photos using my Canon 1D-X with the 70-200 mm + 1.4 TC
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: December 03, 2012
 
I was itching to get out with my camera as the weather is really nice for this time of the year... 70's today. I decided to go to the Forest Park Zoo after meeting a friend for lunch in The Loop.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: September 28, 2012
 
I visited the Forest Park Zoo today with my Canon 1-Dx camera and my 500 mm f/4 lens to see how that combination would work together. I absolutely love what that lens can do. It captures colors perfectly and it has great bokeh. LOVE that bokeh.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: September 23, 2012
 
I visited the Forest Park Zoo today with my Canon 1-Dx camera and my 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens with the 1.4x TC. This is a great lens combination as a walk-around. I use it for most of my people photos.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: September 18, 2012
 
Visited the St. Louis Zoo today. Nice weather.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 13, 2012
 
I went for a Zoo outing today. I was set up with my Canon 500mm to take photos of the chimps when an Amish family arrived at my location. This young lady was an interesting subject so I had to get a quick snap of her (paparazzi-style). Believe me. It is hard to be sneaky with a 500 mm lens!
 
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St. Louis Zoo
October 02, 2011
 
I went to the St. Louis Zoo to for a photo outing.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 03, 2011
 
I visited the St. Louis Zoo today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: April 20, 2011
 
The St. Louis Zoo is my "go to" place for photography spots when I am in St. Louis. We are very fortunate to have this free attraction available to us.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: December 20, 2009
 
Went to the St. Louis Zoo today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: December 01, 2009
 
It was a nice day to go to the Zoo.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: October 20, 2009
 
Zoo outing today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: January 31, 2009
 
Went to the Zoo today and got this great shot of the Puma.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: November 26, 2008
 
The Malayan Sun Bear's diet includes termites. Its long tongue is perfect for this diet.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: November 11, 2008
 
There is a fairly new Amur Leopard at the St. Louis Zoo. This is a photo of him/her.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: November 05, 2008
 
The tigers have had a litter of five newborns. Here is a photo of two of them playing.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: October 31, 2008
 
I covered a lot of area at the St. Louis Zoo today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 06, 2008
 
Did a zoo outing today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 01, 2008
 
Did a zoo outing today.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: February 06, 2008
 
Nice day out so I decided to go to the zoo.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: December 06, 2007
 
I went to the St. Louis Zoo today to take some photos.

Pictured here is one of my current favorites is the Malayan Sun Bear.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: November 03, 2007
 
I went to the St. Louis Zoo today to take photos in the Bird House.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: November 28, 2006
 
Went to the St. Louis Zoo today. Not much going on but I did manage to capture this photo.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: May 19, 2006
 
I had not been to the St./ Louis Zoo in awhile so I ventured out for a nice spring day of enjoying the zoo.
 
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St. Louis Zoo
Posted: January 25, 2005
 
I took a day to do photography at the St. Louis Zoo.
 
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