19. February 2012 by David.

I’m sure living at the zoo isn’t the greatest life.

When I took this photograph this kangaroo didn’t seem to mind. I walked around quite a bit and I don’t think this kangaroo moved a single inch or muscle.

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Dave

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18. February 2012 by David.

What does a seal do in the dead of winter.

Sun themselves on the unseasonably warm February day. This fellow is going to have a new much larger home this summer. Maybe he was dreaming about that.

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Dave

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16. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

I took my usual walk with my dog around Rahilly Park in Merced when I saw this hawk sitting in a tree. Luckily, this day I took my heavy 100-400mm lens with me so I was able to photograph this wonderful bird which was observing us closely. The hawk gave me all the time I needed to adjust the camera setting and posed for this shot.

Enjoy and have your gear ready at all times!

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11. February 2012 by David.

Many of the animals at the zoo where somewhat shy, not this one.

Just like people some animals like all the attention and some don’t. I think most of the ones in the zoo just tolerated people because they had to.

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Dave

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5. February 2012 by David.

If you like lines in your photos like I do the answer is to buy a Zebra.

Or at least visit them at the zoo.

The problem with animals is they move. The other problem is they don’t. I had to be very patient with this zebra as it walked around finally getting the right angle and a bonus of the lined shadows as a background.

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Dave

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1. February 2012 by Friedhelm.

After a rainstorm I went out and photographed UC Merced. The yellow buildings on the left are student housing and the buildings on the right are the library and classrooms.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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20. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

Currently there are thousands of Snow Geese at the Merced Game Reserve.  Many are resting in the shallow water and many more are flying above you. It is just awesome. In this shot I focused on the two geese in the front. Using a f8 stop on my 100-400 lens I got enough background blur to show the many geese in the background without putting too much attention on them.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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11. December 2011 by David.

Like many cities Chowchilla is trying to enhance it’s downtown.

Around the New Civic Center and a few other areas they added these retro style street lights.

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Dave

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4. December 2011 by David.

After taking the photo posted yesterday I turned around and this is what greeted me.

It reminded me of the old line from the Jackie Gleason show in the 60’s, whenever his wife would give him a bad time.

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Dave

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2. December 2011 by David.

There’s nothing quite like being near a flock of geese when they take off.

I was lucky, these Ross Geese gave me enough time to get out of my car and I had my very clear telephoto lens (thank you Tamron) already on the camera. When they take off they squawk a lot. I can understand why they make great watch “dogs”.Later while on the other side of the Merced Wildlife Refuge I heard them again and wished I was closer.

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Dave

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