Sugarloaf, Maine

Given our currently pathetic winter showing (I haven’t bothered putting snow tires on yet) here’s some inspiration from a different part of the country.  From a trip to Sugarloaf, ME. Pictures taken with Canon Rebel 300D, EF-S 18-55mm lens @ 18mm, f/11 & f/13, 1/320 & 1/400 sec shutter, ISO… Continue reading

Clown Fish & Anemone

Leaving the zoo in favor of the aquarium, a clown fish nestled in an anemone… If you look close, this is a really poor picture as, in my experience, most from an aquarium are.  There’s piles of chromatic aberration around all the anemone ends at the bottom, but I think… Continue reading

Western Lowland Gorilla

One of the female western lowland gorillas.  Not as good a shot as the others because of the obvious nature of the man made habitat, but oh well, I felt the gorillas needed fair representation here. Picture taken with Canon 350D, EF-s 18-135mm lens @ SEL 18-200mm lens @ 85mm,… Continue reading

Grevy’s zebras

Two of the three or four Grevy’s zebras that reside at the zoo with their little Mohawk manes.  Pretty standard really, except that we call just call them Zebra’s and don’t care what variety they are. Picture taken with Sony a6000, SEL 18-200mm lens @ 200mm, f/11, 1/15 sec, ISO… Continue reading

Sichuan Takin

The second most infamous zoo animal (according to me) the Sichuan Takin.  Noted mainly for being a giant goat with very oily fur.  Other than that, I’m not sure what’s really special about it – it doesn’t exactly look like it would make a good pet. Picture taken with Pentax… Continue reading