I saw some bears fighting eachother today but it was so packed that I wasn't able to get any shots out at all! The zoo was so packed and busy today, all four parking lot areas were just filled up. I had a lot of trouble trying to get around people to get good shots. I eventually came back to the bears an hour later and it wasn't as packed but the bears stopped fighting.



Then a Snow Monkey.



Tons and tons of Canikon today, saw zero Sony, zero Pentax, and zero Olympus at the Zoo. Everybody was packing a Canikon with either 18-55 kit lens or some 55-300 equivalent kit telephoto zooms, except I only saw one Canon dude carrying what looked like a 24-70 L. About 10 people with DSLR total that I saw.

[jct us101]

The first one is really good, I thought that was a dog at first though until I read your description!

I love the angle on the chimp too.

If you think that's bad, try going to the Golden Gate Bridge and looking at all the cameras.

[PentX Girl]

You shouldn't feel bad that you missed the bears fighting...your bear shot is unique I like the different perspective on the monkey too.

[Tuner571]

Wow, I really like the first shot. It really looks like you were staring the bear in the face!

[timstone]

Nice shots....I went to that zoo when I visited the mall for a small vacation and I was not impressed...

[LeDave]

Thanks for the comments all, the contrast on the bear shot was really washed out because I was shooting through thick glass along-side with my cheap Kenko MC UV filter attached so I had to really add some through PP'ing.

[l5335l]

love love love the bear...kiss kiss

[flippedgazelle]

Love the bear shot - the perspective is way cool!

Funny on the snow monkey - I think I'd prefer either less DOF to accentuate the eyes, or more DOF to see more of the body. It's a good shot, though.