Condor
115% crop
Sigma 18-200 200mm (300mmequv.)
1/500 f6.3 200 iso
Condor
feet - 90% crop
Nikon 85mm 1.8 1/4000 f1.8 200 iso
Coati
Sigma
70-300mm 270mm (405mm equiv.) 1/640 f16 1000 iso 33% crop
Coati
Sigma
70-300mm 195mm (292mm equiv.) 1/1000 f16 1000 iso 66% crop
A
trip to Chester Zoo using the Nikon D200 with several lenses. Some images have
been enhanced in Photoshop (PS) in that wire fencing has been cloned out, backgrounds
blurred and in some cases as a result of requests by the animals I have placed
them in rather different environments!. Click on the image for a larger pic. All
images are hand held and all are cropped in some way.
Condor
Sigma
18-200 200mm (300mm equiv.)
1/350 f11 200 iso
Jaguar
Sigma
18-200 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/640 f6.3 640 iso
Jaguar
with lunch
Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/500 f6.3 640 iso
Jaguar
Sigma
18-200 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/400 f6.3 500 iso
Jaguar
-cropped
Sigma 70-300mm 300mm (450mm equiv.) 1/250 f8 500 iso
Chicken
for lunch
Sigma 18-200mm 175mm (262mm equiv.) 1/500 f5.6 500 iso
Jaguar
Sigma
70-300mm 220mm (330mm equiv.) 1/350 f11 500 iso
Sigma
18-200mm 40mm (60mm equiv.)
1/8 f32 100 iso- vertical crop
Sigma
70-300mm 135mm (207mm equiv.) 1/25 f32 100 iso
Sigma
70-300mm 220mm (330mm equiv.)1/800 f16 500 iso
The original fence was removed
and the silhouette was placed against one of my dawn pics in PS
Poisonous
frog
Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/30 f6.3 800 iso
Mexican
Tiger Rat Snake
Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/15 f6.3 500 iso
Mexican
Tiger Rat Snake
Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/30 f6.3 640 iso
Crocodile
Monitor
Sigma 18-200mm 55mm (82mm equiv.) 1/30 f5,6 640 iso
Great
Indian Hornbill
Sigma 18-200 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/125 f 6.3 800 iso
Background
blurred in PS
Crocodile
Monitor
Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/100 f6.3 800 iso
Crocodile
Monitor
Sigma 18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/60 f6.3 800 iso
Crocodile
Monitor
Sigma 18-200mm 135mm (207mm equiv.) 1/50 f5.6 800 iso
Buffy-headed
Capuchin
Sigma 70-300mm 300mm (450mm equiv.) 1/2000 f5.6 1000 iso
Time
for a nap - cropped
Sigma 70-300mm 135mm (207mm equiv.) 1/500 f8 400 iso
Three
senior chimps look after junior.
Sigma
70-300mm 150mm (225mm equiv.) 1/200 f8 400 iso
Sigma
70-300mm 240mm (360mm equiv.) 1/500 f5.6 400 iso
Sigma
70-300mm 135mm (207mm equiv.) 1/500 f8 400 iso 40% crop
Sigma
70-300mm 300mm (450mm equiv..) 1/1250 f5.6 400 iso
Nikon
105mm 2.8 macro 1/750 f16 400 iso
Sigma
18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv.) 1/60 f8 1000 iso
Sigma
18-200mm 26mm (39mm equiv.) 1/25 f4 1000iso
Sigma
18-200mm 18mm (27mm equiv.) 1/60 f5.6 1000iso 50% crop
Now
for the next few pictures the original images have been popped into different
environments! First there was the Hyacinthine Macaw who told me he'd always wanted
to visit the area where the Jaguars live. Well - as the Jaguars were enjoying
their Chicken Curry lunch I thought I would oblige! As for the Capuchin monkeys
well they were sitting on outside shelves of their 'zoo house' so I thought I
would move them to Coronation Street!
Sigma
18-200mm
18mm (27mm equiv.) 1/8 f22 500 iso and 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/250
f6.3 500 iso
Monkey- Sigma 70-300mm 240mm (360mm equiv..) 1/350 f5.3
1000 iso
window - Sigma 18-200mm 22mm (33mm equiv.) 1/320 f3.8 1000 iso
window
-Sigma 18-200mm 175mm (287mm equiv.) 1/640 f11 640 iso
monkey - Sigma 70-300mm
240mm ( 360mm equiv.) 1/500 f5.3 1000 iso
The
pic of the background is a scanned slide from the Bolivian jungle I shot several
years ago
The blue throated Macaw - Sigma 70-300mm 120mm (180mm equiv.) 1/500
f11 1000 iso
Sigma
70-300mm 300mm (450mm equiv.) 1/320 f8 1000 iso
Macaw
116% crop
orig. Sigma 70-300mm 300mm (450mm equiv.) 1/125 f11 500 iso
In
all previous visits to Chester Zoo I had never seen the Lemurs before. They live
on an island well away from the visitors. Today I was lucky to see them enjoying
themselves leaping about the trees.
Lemur
100% crop from
Sigma 70-300mm zoom 220mm (330mm equiv.) 1/2500 f5 800 iso
Lemur
40% crop from
Sigma 70-300mm 240mm (360mm equiv.) 1/1000 f5.3 1000 iso
Lemur
85% crop from
Sigma 70-300mm 240mm (360mm equiv.) 1/2000 f5.3 1000 iso
Sigma
18-200mm zoom 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/1000 f11 800 iso
Sigma
18-200mm zoom 135mm (202mm equiv.) 1/640 f11 800 iso
Seal
impersonation
Sigma 70-300mm 270mm (405mm equiv.) 1/1500 f5.6 400 iso
While
all his mates were enjoying a lovely afternoon swim in the warm water this little
chap kept on going to the edge and just would not jump in. It took him almost
ten minutes before he was persuaded by one of his friends who showed him what
to do!
Coati
Sigma
70-300mm 240mm (360mm equiv.) 1/800 f16 1000 iso 33% crop
Sigma
18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/1000 f8 800 iso
Sigma
18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/1000 f6.3 800 iso
Sigma
18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/1000 f6.3 800 iso
Sigma
18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/1000 f8 800 iso 50% crop
For
some unknown reason the above two images ended up underexposed by 3-4 stops even
though their exif info was similar to images shot at the same time They had to
be rescued in PS and noise filtered out in Neat Image
Sigma
18-200mm 200mm (300mm equiv.) 1/1000 f6.3 800 iso 50% crop
Sigma
18-200mm 155mm (233mm equiv.) 1/1000 f6 800 iso 70% crop
