Sunday, July 15, 2012

Trip to the Zoo

Yesterday we visited the Great Plains Zoo here in Sioux Falls which, in spite of being oppressively hot, was still a wonderful amount of fun. And of course, I took upwards of 400 photos, and of course, only about half of them were even remotely worth sharing.

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An Amur Tiger, if I recall correctly. Taking some time to cool his balls.

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Napping in the stream.

Crane brain

It looks like brains! Crane's brains!

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I forget if this is a black rhino or white rhino.


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Giraffe!

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Peacock!

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Feathers!

There's still a lot of construction going on at the zoo, and a number of animals weren't in their exhibits/pen, but it was still a wonderful way to spend the afternoon.
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2 comments:

  1. That first photo is pretty amazing!

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    1. Thank you! I'm pretty pleased with it, considering I was shooting through a heavy chain-link fence, and my auto-focus kept wanting to focus on the fence and not the tiger. I'd love to go back on a cooler day, or to a different zoo.

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