Here is a photo that shows a lion with elephants in the background, and the two exhibits are separated by moats and between them is a third exhibit: African Savanna:
This photo has NOT been stitched together - it is one frame just as I took it. If you look at the EXIF data below the image you will see I had to stop the aperture way down to f/29 in order to get a reasonable amount of focus on the animals in the background. (Of course they are still a little soft due to using a telephoto lens, but it is a pleasing effect I think).
I was there for about ten minutes and got only the lioness with elephant, so I moved on then backtracked about twenty minutes later and the savanna hoofstock were slowly grazing towards the middle. I was there probably twenty or thirty minutes to get shots like this. Later in the day there were no photo ops like this - morning is definitely the best time.
This photo has NOT been stitched together - it is one frame just as I took it. If you look at the EXIF data below the image you will see I had to stop the aperture way down to f/29 in order to get a reasonable amount of focus on the animals in the background. (Of course they are still a little soft due to using a telephoto lens, but it is a pleasing effect I think).
I was there for about ten minutes and got only the lioness with elephant, so I moved on then backtracked about twenty minutes later and the savanna hoofstock were slowly grazing towards the middle. I was there probably twenty or thirty minutes to get shots like this. Later in the day thee were no photo ops like this - morning is definitely the best time.[ Arizona, sorry and hope i not afend you, just the photo, wen i first view did not look nataural,was the lion that looked out of place, but as u have xplained, i understand. Once again sorry for any bad feelings.
No hard feelings at all. Upon closer inspection, I notice something does look off - the zebras appear to be blurrier than the elephant, when it should be the other way around because they are closer to the camera. The reason for this is due to distortion on the glass viewing window at the point where the zebras are. All of the windows at this zoo have a fair amount of distortion and it is a challenge to find a clear spot to photograph through.
Arizona, sorry and hope i not afend you, just the photo, wen i first view did not look nataural,was the lion that looked out of place, but as u have xplained, i understand. Once again sorry for any bad feelings.
Could you do the rest of us a favor and pay attention to your typing and spelling? This falls just short of gibberish. Kindly give a thought to the people you are wanting to communicate with. (And now you can also correct my grammar!)
These exhibits look amazing. Dividing them by moats seems like a really clever idea. Looks like it gives zoo-goers a very nice simulation of the savannah.
I am curious, though: what about the moats' design prohibits the animals from falling into them and getting injured? Of course I would expect the animals to know better than to tumble deliberately in to deep pits, but I mean in case of accidents.
The middle (largest) savannah is not a steep moat. It is a gentle slope that ends at a natural looking rock wall, above which is the lion exhibit. As for what keeps the lions from falling off accidentally, I am not sure. Perhaps there is a catch basin or perhaps they just hope lions are stealthy enough to never do that.
