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Quick trip to the Melbourne Zoo, Australia

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:22 pm
by stevecim
Hi All

Stop over visit at the Melbourne on the way to visit family that live close by, had the kids in tow, so not many photos, here are a few

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Taken just before he dropped his head for a nap. late afternoon most animals where down for a sleep. :)

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Radjah Shelduck

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Pied Heron

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kanga

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Emu

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merkat


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This shot cleaned up OK, there was a thick sheet of glass b/w camera and grasshooper, all the shot are from camera jpg's pp with paint.NET
Paint.NET is not bad for quick touch ups.

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Big spider, golden orb weaver, I think :)

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my daughter, Erica, with a butterfly, don't know what type

Re: Quick trip to the Melbourne Zoo, Australia

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:01 am
by Javelin
Looks like a day well spent. ... the emu needs a wig though

Re: Quick trip to the Melbourne Zoo, Australia

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:34 am
by Greg Beetham
A nice visit to the zoo, great idea, must do it again myself soon. I really like that pic of the Pied Heron, they had a couple of those locally and one was a little "strange"...I happened to be there at feeding time and this particular one would grab a fish out of a plate and take it over to the water and dump it in...and then proceed to "catch" it and eat it...hmmm :lol:
Nicely taken pics, very enjoyable.
Greg

Re: Quick trip to the Melbourne Zoo, Australia

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:01 am
by Dr. Harout
First thing I do in Spring is to take my camera to the zoo. I don't know exactly, is it from the love of animals or getting rotten in winter that I do that.
But one thing is sure that it's lot of fun and relaxing at the zoo.