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ZOOmin’ around… part 8… for the birds…

Birds are not always easy to photograph… even in a zoo setting… and especially the little birds… because those guys move around almost as much as the crack squirrels that live inside my head… Inside the San Diego zoo, there … Continue reading →

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ZOOmin’ around… part 5…

So, there I was, at the San Diego zoo, with my zoom lens, just babysitting my little buddy, Olivia… and we saw this mother hippo playing with her baby… I will not break these photos up with words… because it … Continue reading →

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ZOOmin’ around… part 4…

A zoom lens at the zoo… what else is there to say, really?… except for: I am thinking of investing heavily in bamboo… and I really like monkeys…

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ZOOmin’ around… part 3…

That, in case you were wondering, is a gharial… They look like someone took a rubber alligator and stretched its snout out. The San Diego zoo has a big tank where they put some gharials in with a bunch of … Continue reading →

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ZOOmin’ around… part 2…

Oh yeah… world famous San Diego zoo… a zoom lens… and my little buddy… What more needs to be said? I know, we saw these same birds on our first trip there… But this time, one of them flipped his head … Continue reading →

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ZOOmin’ around… part 1…

Went to the zoo again with my little buddy, Olivia… So get ready for a bunch more pictures… because I love that zoom lens… It lets you reach out and touch those animals… okay… that sounded wrong… But I did … Continue reading →

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Some flowers, a butterfly… and a pretty dead fish…

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ZOOm lens… the final chapter…

Well, it is time to say goodbye to our little furry friend at the San Diego zoo… I was going to say that I wish I could pick up grass with my feet… but then I remembered… my size 15 … Continue reading →

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ZOOm lens… part 7… I told you there would be a baby gorilla!!!!!

Awwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!! We are nearing the end of our adventure… the one where I took little miss Olivia, for whom I am the official babysitter… to the San Diego zoo… along with my zoom lens… hence the clever name of this … Continue reading →

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ZOOm lens… part 6…

Well, we are nearing the end of this series of posts about my trip to the zoo with little miss Olivia… and my zoom lens… As I said before, I am building to the big finish… Because this time, when … Continue reading →

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