looking up

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[contrast] stepped

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[contrast] more light play

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[contrast] black bear

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[contrast] light play

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[contrast] cool & quiet

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This amphitheatre is at mosi. It seems like a forgotten area and is mostly empty. the boys like to run up and down the stairs but the light is too dark to get anything of them but blur. Schools use this area for lunch during feild trips.

[mosaic monday] penguin beach

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a pair of penguins

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penguin beach

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[secret hideouts] hiding out in the open

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I was looking at the goats in the pen. They were all on the ground, lying about or walking around. One was lying on a log. I almost missed this one lying on the ramp.

african penguin

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[secret hideouts] kids ages 5-12

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OK, so it's not really a secret hideout. In fact, I think the kids exhibit at the zoo is the best yet. I am wondering how I can get my own into the exhibit.



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OK, So it's not really an exhibit at all. It should be! Though all those kids locked up together might be too noisy.

[secret hideouts] parrots pond

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This isn't exactly a secret but more like missed by most people who go to the zoo. I only remember it when I have to go to the member booth and it is tuck between the member booth and the gift shop.

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[monday mosaic] zoo architecture

I have been going back to the zoo, by myself! It's so nice to go without kids and just be able to wander about and shoot whatever I like. I really like to look at the architecture of the zoo. Sometimes the architecture is more interesting that the animal since zoo animals seem to sleep a lot. They try mimic the native architecture of the animals. And they build interesting places for the animals to play.

All of these photographs were processed using Topaz Adjust/Spicify.

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[secret hideouts] quick! let's hide!

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When you first see the lemurs, you are around the back and can't tell where they are running to. I suspected it was a zoo keeper or food. As I walked around I watched them go back and forth at least a dozen times.

[secret hideouts] up here!

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[places... at the zoo] entrance

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This arbor is covered in jasmine. The site and smell in the spring is heaven!

[places... at the zoo] gimme shelter!

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I couldn't get a good shot of these red tailed geunons, they were just too far away. So I focused on their shelter. I know it supposed to look rough, like in the jungle. But I also know that some architect carefully designed the structure. I think my boys would have loved something like this in the back yard.

[places... at the zoo] ring tailed lemurs

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These lemurs were so fun to watch. They were part cat and part 3 year old kid. They loved to play, and they liked to move fast! It was hard to get a good shot of them since they are so far away and they didn't stay still for very long.

[places... at the zoo] bad hair day

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This goofy looking bird had the nerve to look indignant when I was taking photos. I am pretty sure she felt defensive since she had no mirror to check her 'do.