After hours at the Valley Zoo

Went on an after hours trip to the Edmonton Valley Zoo on July 8, 2008. For $15, they take you a bit more behind the scenes, down the staff access areas and even open up some of the cages for even closer looks at the animals (as was the instance for the Red Pandas).

I’d love to go again, maybe next time I’ll rent a 70-200mm f/2.8L zoom lens, had some good shots but a lot of noise due to shooting at 1600 ISO.

Be sure to check out the set as I add more over the next couple days!

Tags: after hours, alberta, Animals, edmonton, leopard, mammal, panda, red panda, snow leopard, valley zoo, zoo

The Art Of A Dragonfly - flickr Fave of the Day

Well my Fave of the Day is one of the first I found on flickr that I really liked… I love the tightness of the shot and the closeness to it… the reflection is definitely what makes the photo!

The Art Of A Dragonfly, originally uploaded by BluAlien.

Tags: Animals, blualien, dragonfly

Loco for Lomo?

Once you put the process into Photoshop as a predefined action, it becomes pretty easy to go a bit loco! Some pictures turn out better with the style applied to it, some it doesn’t work at all… anyways I’ve done about 65 that work in one fashion or another - going back to 2002! Here’s some small samples of some of what I think are the better ones… take a glance and click the image of the house below to see the rest! I think the one I am most impressed with is the white tiger… visit the photo, then click in the description to see the original file.

Click the image of the house below to see the rest of the images!