ZOO - 2/13/2011

It's been a while since I've been to the zoo and there's been a lot of expansion constructions going on, but most of the animals are still where they have been. I brought along my 70-200mm but it is no match for Erick's 200mm giant. It was a nice sunny day for Celia, Erick and I to go to the zoo but it sure was hot and sticky which seem to make my camera bag 2x heavier!
I always like to photograph them, but you gotta have patience since they usually like to show you their backsides..
The Gibon was really active swinging around the 'island'. I thought for sure he'd fall in the water..how does he keep his fur so fluffy?
It's so hard to shoot thru the reflection of the glass esp. when the sun is shining. I somehow managed to put my lens really close to the glass..and some photoshop element magic go get color back..and voila.. Here's Rusty and Violet (Celia's really good at remembering names names..).
I don't like lizards..but it was such a great look that I had to take a shot..I'm thinking of using it as my facebook profile pic.. hmm...
I was surprised they came out pretty sharp, even thru the thick glass..the one in the back was eating some kind of meal worm.
We came back for a second try...he must've been intrigued by my large lens..
This guy was hanging by his tail! (and I managed to shoot thru the fence)
The tiger cubs (hmm...can I still even call them cubs??) were held in the smaller holding area while workers were cleaning their main cage. I took many shots, mostly fence..and only one came out.
This pic is not so great, but this is the only one i got that shows the pink fleshy patch on his back that Erick pointed out to us. Probably got hurt from too much rough play with his siblings.