Who was at the Zoo this morning?

*eadaoin

If anyone posts photos on their blogs of the trip this morning will you let me know, I'd love to see what everyone else captured

A slightly blurry (and vintagised!) tiger. I'll pop up a blog post later in the weekend with extra (and hopefully more decent!) shots.

milos

Wish I was there but I love his/her face.


tiger face by eadaoin by milos5, on Flickr

whyulittle

That's one funny looking cupcake.

DaireQuinlan

whyulittle wrote: »

That's one funny looking cupcake.

In Dublin Zoo, cupcake eats YOU !

Nforce

Took this on a damp day in July..




I hate that glass barrier....though it has it's uses when one of these things starts coming for you!:D

*eadaoin

whyulittle wrote: »

That's one funny looking cupcake.

lol!
cupcakes are way easier to photograph than hungry tigers

*eadaoin

Nforce wrote: »

I hate that glass barrier....though it has it's uses when one of these things starts coming for you!:D

Nice, I like the intense look on his face. The glass barrier is a bit of nuisance alright, especially when it's covered in tiger breath!

Ricky91t

I got this in March :pac:



This is turning into a "Dublin zoo tiger" thread

Edit: I also hate the glass, Though I'd rather have no glass and take a risk than having glass!

trooney

Went to the Dead Zoo

*eadaoin

Ricky91t wrote: »

This is turning into a "Dublin zoo tiger" thread

Edit: I also hate the glass, Though I'd rather have no glass and take a risk than having glass!

Great focus, and the expression again is fantastic, it seems tigers are naturally photogenic!

Nforce

*eadaoin wrote: »

Nice, I like the intense look on his face. The glass barrier is a bit of nuisance alright, especially when it's covered in tiger breath!

....and sticky handprints,mist,raindrops etc......:(

pullandbang

My contribution to the "Tiger in the Zoo" thread

whyulittle

Having fun in the pool.....

Whippersnapper

How do you get the photos? Are they through the glass or is there another clear part through the fence?

Nforce

Whippersnapper wrote: »

How do you get the photos? Are they through the glass or is there another clear part through the fence?

Through the (dirty) glass

*eadaoin

magnumlady

I was at the zoo yesterday morning.....my tiger shots fail. Some fantastic shots here.

Freddie59

whyulittle wrote: »

Having fun in the pool.....

That is some shot!:eek:

Buceph

Freddie59 wrote: »

That is some shot!:eek:

I agree. Brilliant shot.

the_monkey

fantastic shots, what beautifull animals...

DK32

My contribution to the Tiger thread, all from Dublin Zoo...

Just out of curiousity, what was so special about yesterday morning? Did they get a new batch of tigers or something like that?


Must visit the zoo sometime, but I've no idea where it is. Someone on Google Earth seems to have put it in the middle of a road somewhere

IamBlip

Deleted User wrote: »

Just out of curiousity, what was so special about yesterday morning? Did they get a new batch of tigers or something like that?


Must visit the zoo sometime, but I've no idea where it is. Someone on Google Earth seems to have put it in the middle of a road somewhere

Its in the Phoenix Park, here you go.

http://www.dublinzoo.ie/inside.asp?pageId=11&sectionId=4&level=1

Jesus that map makes it look quite big. Is it large? I haven't been there in about 15 years! I think I was 7 when I was last there


Looks like a decent way to pass a day. Would you spend much time in it? Do they care about ye taking photos at all (I'd assume they don't)?


Cheers Blip!

scudzilla

These were taken at Dublin Zoo early in the Summer

Old Perry

Deleted User wrote: »

Jesus that map makes it look quite big. Is it large? I haven't been there in about 15 years! I think I was 7 when I was last there


Looks like a decent way to pass a day. Would you spend much time in it? Do they care about ye taking photos at all (I'd assume they don't)?


Cheers Blip!

Its not biggest but its quite big to be fair, since you were last there theyve added a walk around safari park, dunno about anyone else but i could happily spend a few hours with the camera in the zoo and a few hours round the park, defintly a decent way to spend a day in good weather when we get it.

IamBlip

Yeah KKV, as Old Perry says above it has increased in size since you where a kid / much better environment for the larger animals. They call the extension the African Plans and its a good way to spend the day. Cameras are allowed so no problems there at all, enjoy.....heres one from the back in April.

tonyj_mc

continuing with the tiger theme, was on honeymoon last year in thailand and went to Tiger Kingdom (http://www.tigerkingdom.com/Home.htm)

pretty amazing for a few euro you got to get in with the tigers, bloody great anyway heres some of mine from the day






Just in case you don't belive it here is my ugly mush beside one of them.....

Cheers guys! Shall head up sometime. Thanks!

Deliverance XXV

I went first thing in the morning last time and I'd seriously recommend considering the timing of your visit.

Kazujo

Took these at the start of September

Spocker

First time to post in the Photography forum

I brought my six month old to the zoo for the first time on Saturday, but he fell asleep, so I got busy with my 350D instead. I have a couple of shots of the tigers, but thought I'd thought up something different (man that Silverback threw me a dirty look :eek:)

smash

This is my favourite zoo photo I've taken

magnumlady

Here's one of mine from Saturday's zoo trip.

vandriver

Tiger Dublin Zoo by carl cotter, on Flickr

Diabhal_Glas

Snow Kitty with a 50m @ f/1.8

homer simpson

these were taken Pre DSLR days, late last summer with a crappy P&S, and as someone else said first thing in the morn is a great time to go, feeding time for the big kitty kats, anyways heres my 2 favs, pity about the dirty glass!

*eadaoin

one or two more from saturday morning

irish147

Diabhal_Glas wrote: »

Snow Kitty with a 50m @ f/1.8

super image

the_syco

Dumb question: does the zoo mind you bringing a tripod in?

Haven't been to the zoo in... well, ages. Decades.

paulusdu

No not at all, as long as you bother the animals you can bring in what you like. you will see plenty of tripods there, but if you want to get there at a good time, the earlier the better and weekdays when the kids are in school are good too.

They usually feed the tigers, wolves and snow leopards in the morning, you can get some really great shots then