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Cat walk at the zoo

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July 16th, 2009

Went to the zoo today and tried to visit all of the animals in the Metro Toronto Zoo that belongs to the cat family (Felidae). Here’s a list of all the big cats visited:

Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Cougar (Puma concolor)
Lion (Panthera leo)
Caracal (Caracal caracal)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
Cloud Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

I think that’s all the big cats in the Toronto Zoo, let me know if I missed any. Took nearly all day to visit all the cats. Unfortunately wasn’t really able to get a good photo for most of them. So here’s what I’ve got for the day.

Siberian Tiger

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A tale of steaks and tigers

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May 11th, 2007

Today right around lunch time at the zoo, the Sumatran Tigers found a few juicy steaks in their enclosure. They were overjoyed with the sight of fresh flesh and I was able to capture some photos that normally I wouldn’t be able to in the zoo, namely tigers actually feeding. Well I let the photos speak for themselves.

The images after this one is graphical, but at least it was just a big steak nothing more.

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Bird photography with Canon 1D Mk II

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May 11th, 2006

I borrow my friend’s Canon 1D Mk II for a while and trying out shooting bird with this camera. Gave Scarborough Bluffs a try to see if I can test the camera out. The auto focus is really good but being 1D has a 1.3 crop factor while my 10D has a 1.6 crop factor, I found I lose significant focal length, so much so that I started to use the 1.4x extender on my Sigma 100-300 all the time. But the problem with the 1.4x extender is that is slows down auto focus by a lot and it degrades picture quality. So in the end I think Canon 1D is not really for me. I would rather have a really good APS-C factored DSLR than a 1.3x crop factored camera.

Now here’s the result. First up a few common birds.

To the left Common Grackle and to the right American Robin.

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Fall colors in muskoka region

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October 7th, 2005

Shot a few quick photo of the nice fall color in Algonquin Provincial Park. The following few photo are taken at Canisbay Lake. There’s a paved road that goes all the way to the lake. We stop midway and took a few photo of the forest on the way.

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Morning at Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Park

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October 7th, 2005

Had a short outing in the Muskoka region in the fall. Had some very brief time to photograph to a few fall landscape shots.

I was with another friend, we set out at around 4:30am and drive into Algonquin provincial park. We arrived at the Lake Of Two Rivers campground trying to shoot the run rise.

The color that day was wonderful. A thick fog developed on the lake and the rising sun produced a smooth gradient of warming color in the air. The subtle reflection of the island in the water, and a few shadow of the distant mountain, all made that morning very memorable. Here’s a shot to show you the color of the morning.

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A World Through Lenses

Cat walk at the zoo

A tale of steaks and tigers

Bird photography with Canon 1D Mk II

Fall colors in muskoka region

Morning at Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Park

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