Here is a photo I took of a common raven at the San Diego Zoo Yesterday

Common Raven

A few of the pics I took at the San Diego Zoo Sunday.

Over the weekend a new lens I ordered arrive and I had a chance to try it out on the weekly Zoo trip.

I seem to have about the usual ratio of photos taken to photos work showing, that is to say 1 photograph in ten was somewhat decent.

In the new children’s section, (there was one before, but this was a massive redesign) we found an enclosure with a pair of Western Burrowing Owls.

Here’s one the Zoo’s gorillas, looking very much like the old man of the mountains.

Here’s a small monkey that appears very contemplative.

And though the quality if the last photo is lacking I’m happy to have the pic of a Fishing Cat. We’ve been going to the Zoo for years and this animal is very shy, rarely visible in his enclosure. Often the best you get is a bit of the tail or a leg exposed from its’ hiding spot. Sunday however we caught the cutie walking around. Sadly he settled on a ledge that had terrible lighting and I had to push the ISO to 1600 and artificially open up the exposure to get anything decent at all.

First off let me say I should be back to fairly regular postings here. I have reached the ‘burn out’ stage of overtime and while there is another week or three to be offered by my employer, I am happy enough to just work regular hours.

December 26th, Boxing Day to most of the commonwealth nations but just ‘the day after Christmas’ here in the United States my sweetie-wife and I enjoyed a pleasant morning at the Zoo. (Mostly pleasant, I did develop a head and we cut it a little short.) Of course, I took photos and three of the 25 seemed worth sharing.

This is an Ibis of some species but as it was there holding down the enclosure where an eagle normally resides there was no plaque to tell us precisely which variety of ibis it is.

I really like this photo of the ibis because it has a real ‘Raptors in the grass’ feel about it.

An elephant made the cut this week. I just like the framing of the photo but for no particular reason.

So, my sweetie-wife gifted me a really nice tripod and last night I played around with long exposure night photography using it.

Here’s an attempt form that first night shoot.

Yesterday I took the day off from the day-job and spent a little time down at the harbor. Normally one the weekends I’m taking photos at the San Diego Zoo but with the pandemic we haven’t been making our trips there every Sunday. So to get in a little more photography I decided to see what I could shoot from shore.

 This is a replica of the San Salvador the first European Ship to sail into our harbor.

I particularly like this photo of a USCG helo in flight.

Someone left the collection of flowers and I thought they looked fantastic.

The Nautical Museum has added an American Submarine to their collection.

Children played in the Fountain Park.