Discover what hours your favorite animals are active. Most are usually energetic during the exact same hours every day. Some are only awake a couple hours a day!

Mimi says:
March 14, 2009
at 3:35 pm

I’m sure you were thinking of me whenever you took some of the pics. I love the tiger…what a wonderful pic of that wonderful animal.

The San Diego Zoo has an annual loved ones pass that runs about $100. It consists of access to both the zoo and the Wild Animal Park about 30 miles to the north of San Diego.

Tips for the best Zoo Photography http://bit.ly/9q4Mmv Photography.alltop

I have another tip: If you’re living near a zoo, try to avoid the well-liked times (weekends, holidays, etc.) – the animals are much calmer when you will find few individuals around.

Great advice. I visit my local zoo, not simply because I like to see animals in captivity, and often in enclosures that rob them of their dignity, but simply because it’s a good place to hone skills.

Cami says:
May 16, 2009
at 2:47 pm

I had been thinking of performing this. Thanks for all the ideas. I’m certain they will come in handy. I’ve got to obtain towards the zoo now.

I love to capture the look on my children’s faces when we're at the Zoo. We're fortunate to have two large zoos in our area and we visit them often.

Having a long lens is great for shooting through cages. I utilized a 135 f2 wide open sometimes to totally remove annoying cages and undesirable backgrounds.

Cages are the absolute pits, in a lot more senses than one, but there are animals of interest that will not generally be behind bars. Zebra and tortoise generally only require a low fence so you are able to snap creatures like that very easily.

Discover out in advance the sleep and feed times. If it is a very hot day go really early in the morning or late evening. Most animals will tuck themselves away if it is as well hot. Watch out for spray from elephant washing sessions as well!!!

’ve always found that talking to keepers is a great thing. Not just you’ll discover lots of interesting things, but you’ll also be able to ask them for a favour. For example being allowed In the cage. I got a photo from a tiger baby that way, whilst it was within the keepers’ room for weighing.

Some pictures I took in Kuala Lumpur’s Bird park.. I had trouble shooting the birds via the cages :( But luckily I still have some great shots.)

http://www.vkeong.com/2008/04/21/a-day-at-kuala-lumpur-bird-park/

I’m truly shocked that no a single has mentioned a circular polarizer, with reflections off the glass "cages" and water in aquatic exhibits, not to mention brightening outcomes about the sky for outdoor shots, having a cir polarizer in your bag when you’re at the zoo is really a large advantage.

I am fortunate to live within the exact same town as the state zoo. It is also a organic habitat zoo and rated in the best five zoos of the US. I love going to the NC Zoo and taking photos of the animals. I often discover that the plant existence is also really photogenic.

 
  Mon Khi Lee

Thank you for your comments, zoo photography is exciting and hopefully photographers will continue to respect the animals and the zoos alike. Then we will always have a place to enjoy photography for a long time to come.

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