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Oscar_
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# Posted: 20 May 07 00:36
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Today I visited the Duisburg Zoo in Duisburg Germany. I made 416 pictures this day and I only got 5 best shots that I like to share with you.
Animals and specially in a zoo are hard to shoot. Lights, composition, shadows, sunlight, and disturbing backgrounds are all part of how your results are. Also those animals don't like being good for a nice compo.
[/i] I was wondering what is your best animal or Zoo shot ?
[i] And what is your experience with shooting animals ?
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Martin de Rijk
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# Posted: 20 May 07 12:07
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I've always double feelings walking in a zoo. It's a nice way to take pictures and see animals you otherwise woud'nt but on the other hand I hate to see animals in cages. In Amsterdam at the Artis they are trying to improve the enviroment of the animals. They now work with the idea of less animals in better spaces. It's an improvement.
Here are some pictures from Artis.
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joopvandijk
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# Posted: 20 May 07 12:44
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Great pictures Martin and Oscar.
I've the same mixed feelings about zoo's but I think they are important to show us how beautiful the world can be, and we should try to save it.
Most zoo's have improved a lot like Emmen and Burgers zoo in Arnhem.
I think the animals there have a good life
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Becks
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# Posted: 20 May 07 13:35
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Hi @ all,
great topic, Oscar_
here are some of my shots from the Hannover Zoo.
here a funny one
you need patience and sometimes luck for such a shot ;-))
want to see some more?
www.bilder-bu.ch
have a nice day
Becks
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drora
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# Posted: 20 May 07 13:45
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 20 May 07 13:46
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@Martin and Becks, thanks for your contribution. You both have placed some awesome pictures.
@Martin and Joop, I share your opinion about the animals in cages.
I don't like zoo's that have their animals in to small cages of living area's. Most zoo's are getting more modern and restyle their living area's and that's a good thought.
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drora
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# Posted: 20 May 07 13:51
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very strong picture by matz (and that what I feel about most of the zoo)
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giz
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# Posted: 20 May 07 14:06
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One of my first pictures on woophy, yes I know, quality is bad, but I liked the interaction of the child and tiger.
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de stilte
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# Posted: 20 May 07 15:10
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Many pictures ago I had a little discussion with Dingo about animals in captivity. It was about this picture:
what I said then is still my opinion.....
a confused catta
yawning catta's
and again
animals ought to be free in nature and not behind bars, but lets trie to learn from them and perhaps one day they ( we ) all will be free.
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 20 May 07 15:58
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@de Stilte and drora, it is not good to put animals in cages that's for sure. As you can read on the net how fast they cut our rainforest then we can see these animals in the future only in zoo's. http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm
Thank you for your contribution, they are nice pics !
@Giz, nice catch with the boy !
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joopvandijk
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# Posted: 21 May 07 15:36
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It seems.....in Blijdorp you can make very good Gorilla close up pictures......
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 21 May 07 19:41
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@Joop, LOL :-)
For the non dutch people who didn't see this news in their country:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Escaped_Gorilla.html
http://cgi.wn.com/?t=worldnews/onephoto.txt&action=display&article=563 15396
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fichaumi
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# Posted: 22 May 07 20:24
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Very expressive face !!! .... seems to say "take me out of there".....
I took this pic in a small zoo in Belgium.
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nuxbal
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# Posted: 23 May 07 13:40
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One of by best pictures of animals is that one.
Taken in Burkina Faso in 2006.
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devish
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# Posted: 23 May 07 14:01
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@ joop and oscar: I had heard of the story, like the sarcasm very much haha !
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soyoban
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# Posted: 23 May 07 22:34
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Hi Oscar, for my part in prefer animals in natural element.So two pictures of squirrel :
 
first picture one year ago, 100 metre of my house.
second picture in my yard this year, maybe he's less and less wild, when he saw i was pacifist with him...
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Oscar_
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# Posted: 23 May 07 23:01
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@fichaumi, really nice pic ! Like it in b/w very much.
@nuxbal, very impressive pic you post. Never seen it before.
@devish, you certanly have right but Bokito is world famous by this escape :-)
@soyoban, really great that you catched these squirrels only 100 metres from your house. That's for sure I will not found in my city but lucky me I have the Veluwe in Gelderland Holland http://www.hogeveluwe.nl/page.asp?id=45
But in nature they are hard to find and shoot.
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soyoban
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# Posted: 24 May 07 20:30
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Thanks Oscar for the link.
If i return to Holland, i would go here.
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lydia
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# Posted: 28 May 07 08:47
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bobkati
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# Posted: 29 May 07 19:38
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these are my zoo pics.... :-)
 and this one from laura lizancos mora's collection.
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