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Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:27 pm**

Western Plains Zoo Dubbo NSW Visit it if you ever get the chance!

We took the early morning tour to get close to the animals well worth the cost and effort.

The only downside was the biomass of flies outweighed that of all the other animals in the zoo! :shock:

Remember the Aeroguard!

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:13 pm**

Nice images Dug.
12-24 maybe :?:

Cheers
John

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:19 pm**

10 20 Sigma

PL filter.

and a stick of carrot

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:22 pm**

Beautiful Dug, reminds me of a series Andy Rouse (UK wildlife photog) did a while back.

http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/library_details.asp?LibraryID=6575

Liam =]

Posted: **Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:32 pm**

WOW what a great photo ! I was trying to get something like that but I had one piece of carrot and a crowd of people.

They have fabulous prehensile tongues soft but leathery.

Next time I will go there dressed as a carrot. :shock:

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:43 am**

amazing it looks so surreal!
till i read you used the 10-20 no wonder

but still great subject matter and tone
it's probably the most artistic shot i have seen from a zoo.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:55 am**

I love shooting animals in the zoo

but usually I get arrested

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:32 am**

Great series of shots... Giraffes are very cool !

I like the first image the best but found the tree's in the top right of the image a little distracting, maybe a bit of PP ?

The second shot is a cracker too, I'm amazed the giraffe could swipe that small bit of carrot from you with such a large tounge. There is a small shadow to the left of the hand that could use a tad of PP.

Congratulations on some great images :up:

/M.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:35 am**

Its only because you stir up the great apes Doug :lol:

As i said in email, someones gonna get sued for painting that horse with spots and taking it to the rack instead of spending some money and getting a decent chiropracter...

Tim

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:42 am**

yes Tim, they found the 30.06 on me so I had to take the DS70 in instead.

Hell, me take wild life shots? I don't think so!

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:00 am**

Really nice series Dug.

Those blue tongues are just the coolest thing.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:04 am**

Zeeke wrote:Its only because you stir up the great apes Doug

Tim

Wait till you see the ape photos tim

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:27 am**

Terrific shots - really accentuates the length of the Giraffes neck.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:52 am**

Great shots Doug. Looks like he had Aniseed before the carrot.

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:35 pm**

Great shots Dug. I used to live in Dubbo, had a yearly ticket to the zoo and took the kids every couple of weeks. Must have some shots on film somewhere, will look for and post them one day.

Good work
Craig

Posted: **Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:04 pm**

Me in the morning I am not a morning person.

Meerkats my favorite animal

Howler monkeys

Some more animals

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