
On Sunday, November 2nd, I had the opportunity to participate in the Los Angeles Zoo's 19th Annual Photo Day. Although I was operating a camera system, which was completely foreign to me, and dealing with a substantial learning curve, I did manage to get some relatively decent shots. What you'll see here are a few of my best shots from that day.
All of the pictures were taken with a Nikon D90 and a Nikkor 70mm-300mm zoom lens. The gorilla picture, however, was taken with a Nikkor 500mm zoom lens at one of the telephoto stations, which was set up in advance for the photographers.

This was the first photo day for me, and I was absolutely amazed at the extent of organization that was required to pull off this event. It required the involvement of Mark Comon and his staff from Paul's Photo, the staff and docents from the Los Angeles Zoo, the vendors from companies such as Nikon, Sony and Olympus (Canon was a no show...::mutter::) and the participants themselves, not to mention others who are unbeknownst to me.


All in all, it was a pretty remarkable day. I had no idea exactly how active I had been until the next day. I was so caught up in taking pictures that I was somewhat oblivious about the weight of carrying my daypack and transporting the tripod on my shoulders, of hiking up and down the zoo paths, of stepping up and squatting down for certain camera angles.

When I woke up the next morning, stiff doesn't even describe the state of various body parts. I was certain that had turned to stone or that someone had injected concrete into my neck and shoulders.
Yet, I can tell you this. I plan on doing it all over again next year.
5 comments:
How very cool. I do believe it! I do believe it's true!
I should have seen that one coming!
Did I set myself up or what?
You got me laughing as always, Connie.
You've also planted that song in my head, which will probably take root and stay there for the rest of the day!
Hi- found you when I added Sajama to my "Favorite Music" - Sajama - DO you know Ruben??
HOW could I forget S & G??? We picked up a CD "Live 1969" at a Starbux one day & I introduced them to my daughter...
"And the animals will love it if you do..." THIS song was one of her favorites - I think I might be "the Zookeeper"...
- I bought the CD because - The Boxer - is on it.
Tissa: I might have met Ruben Ortiz and not known it at the time. My husband and I first saw Sajama and heard their music live at Universal CityWalk (Los Angeles).
If you like Sajama, it's quite likely that you would also enjoy Cusco.
"The Boxer" is yet another example of well-written lyrics. Even without music, the writing has a rhythm and life of its own.
Cusco - yes - and lots of others that are played Saturday & Sunday AM on KSBR - KSBR.net
Just don't have Cusco listed...
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