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The Hollyberry Lady
07-31-2011, 01:29 PM
My mom and I went to the Toronto Metro Zoo yesterday and I was able to take advantage of using my brand new dslr camera and also my new digital camera with a 15x zoom. The pics I'll be showing are a mix of shots I took with both cameras


There are too many shots for me to load all at once so I will release a few at a time. This shot was taken with my dslr camera using a 70-300 mm lens. I'd have to say it's one of the best shots I got, picturing an Orangutan...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0088.jpg


Here's a Canadian Grizzly Bear...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0155.jpg


This is a beautiful Giraffe chewing on grass...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0151.jpg


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The last shot shows...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0073.jpg


More zoo peeks and details soon...


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Bob
07-31-2011, 01:30 PM
Great shots HbL! :woohoonaner:

jreidsma
07-31-2011, 01:52 PM
Looks like it was fun :) :birthdaynana:

I just made a album of mine on photobucket to save room. But then again I have 130 pictures of the zoo :ha:

The Hollyberry Lady
07-31-2011, 02:20 PM
Thanks so much Bob. I'm very happy. :D


Here's an elephant...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0121.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0115.jpg


There are more elephant shots but I don't have time to load them just now. More soon...


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laserlight
07-31-2011, 09:52 PM
Zoos are way kewl and way fun. Thanks for sharing the pictures. =D
Did you see any tigers?

The Hollyberry Lady
08-01-2011, 12:07 AM
You're welcome, Kevin! I'm so pleased with how they turned out.

Yup, I got a couple tiger shots but they weren't as good as I thought. I figured you'd like the tigers Kevin, because it's also your Chinese sign. I'm a tiger too. I enjoy all the cats at the zoo. I got some pretty good lioness shots and a couple ok ones of the lazy lion who wouldn't move to a better position for me to shoot him.

Male Cougar...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0176.jpg

The zoo keeper told us they don't go into the cougar area because of the potential for danger, so they feed them through a door but they never go inside with them. What a truly gorgeous animal...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0177.jpg

Here are the...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0160.jpg

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http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0158.jpg

Tiger...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0107.jpg

Shot through glass...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0102.jpg

Zebra...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0136.jpg

We were told that zebras like to stand close together to trick their predators from a distance into believing the mass is one big giant zebra, thus intimidating them from attacking...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0137.jpg

Rhino...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0131.jpg

Hippo...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0129.jpg

Here are two from the back under water...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0127.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0124.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0128.jpg

Orangutan...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0090.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0089.jpg

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http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0013.jpg

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0030-1.jpg

Another animal the zoo keepers do not come into physical contact with, due to the extreme danger, is the Canadian Grizzly Bear...

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0149.jpg


More soon...


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jreidsma
08-01-2011, 09:51 AM
the lazy lion who wouldn't move to a better position for me to shoot him.
:eek: Isn't that poaching? :ha: sorry I couldn't help it.

Nice pictures :)

Looks like it was fun, I wish the zoo I went to would have tigers and more big cats. They only had a snow leopard, a few lions, and a Cougar I think. I couldn't get a picture of them though as they where hiding.

The Hollyberry Lady
08-03-2011, 12:26 AM
So who do you think these big feet belong to?


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0101.jpg


This Polar Bear of course...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0108.jpg


He was pretty hot and tired...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0095.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0106.jpg


While he was lounging in the shade, she of course was getting her daily exercise, doing her laps in the pool, trying to keep her girlish figure for him! :ha: Here she is...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0093.jpg


She knew just how to stay cool in the heat...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0092.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0088-1.jpg


She kept flipping over and floating on her back...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0097.jpg


She seemed to be enjoying herself so much...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0086-1.jpg


Of course he still couldn't be bothered to move and was just content to watch her from his place of rest...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0109.jpg


Aren't they too cool?! :goteam:


Lots more soon...


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The Hollyberry Lady
08-03-2011, 11:55 AM
More Grizzly Bear shots...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0157.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0145-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0150-1.jpg


He was trying his best to break the branch off this tree trunk and he kept jumping on it trying to snap it...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0148-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0154.jpg


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The Hollyberry Lady
08-03-2011, 11:17 PM
Too funny...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0081.jpg


It's a Giraffe eating grass! :ha:


More in a few minutes...


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The Hollyberry Lady
08-04-2011, 12:03 AM
Even funnier...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0080.jpg


Here's where he sticks his tongue out at me! :ha:


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0079.jpg


Such a cute animal...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0077.jpg


This little guy was pretty cool...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0111.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0112.jpg



Here's Mr. Grizzly Bear still trying to break that branch...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0151-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0146.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0153-1.jpg


I wasn't gonna show these shots of the male Polar Bear because they were taken through fingerprint smudged glass...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0104.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0103.jpg


Zoo bunny rabbit...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0124-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0113.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0042.jpg


Just a teaser for now, but here's a Lioness...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0057.jpg


Omg isn't she just stunningly gorgeous?! :goteam:


Lots more soon...


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The Hollyberry Lady
08-04-2011, 02:57 PM
Reticulated Python...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0032-1.jpg


Penguins...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0076.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0075.jpg


Pelican...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0072.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0073-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0074.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0015.jpg


Sleepy and hot Lioness...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0066.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0025-1.jpg


More soon...


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The Hollyberry Lady
08-07-2011, 12:43 AM
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0093-1.jpg


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Back of Giraffe...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0155-2.jpg


Guess I surprised him! :ha:


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0150-2.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0027.jpg


Shot taken through glass, of an Orangutan...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0080-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0112-1.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0116.jpg


More soon...


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The Hollyberry Lady
08-07-2011, 01:37 AM
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The Hollyberry Lady
08-07-2011, 10:07 AM
At first the Hippos were crowding around this gate to go back with the others, as only a few animals are displayed each day. Then it was like this guy said "Screw this, I'm going back to the pool"!!! He sauntered right back to the water and got in.


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0124-2.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0125.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0126.jpg


We're going back to the zoo a 2nd time and I plan on taking even better shots...more close-ups. Any requests?


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cherokee_greg
08-07-2011, 10:13 AM
I think you covered the whole zoo. I like the eagles,zebras, is there any black panthers or white tigers ? That would be cool.



At first the Hippos were crowding around this gate to go back with the others, as only a few animals are displayed each day. Then it was like this guy said "Screw this, I'm going back to the pool"!!! He sauntered right back to the water and got in.


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0124-2.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0125.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0126.jpg


We're going back to the zoo a 2nd time and I plan on taking even better shots...more close-ups. Any requests?


: )

The Hollyberry Lady
08-07-2011, 10:36 AM
http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0053.jpg


We covered most of it but not all of it. I missed the Gorillas and the snow owl. Saw the Cheetah but the shots I got are lame. I think there is a black panther but not sure about the white tigers...there is a snow leopard that we missed the 1st time though. I also wanna get better shots of the tiger.


I could go to African Lion Safari as well, but they have a lot of the same animals the zoo has. We'll see...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/3rd%20album/IMG_0068.jpg


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laserlight
08-20-2011, 02:00 AM
Thank you for sharing all the kewl animal pictures! =D I cant take my camera to the zoo cause moms afraid i might lose it. do they have any kangaroos? i wanna see the snow owl too cause owls are way kewl. leopards are really kewl too!