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Photography: The Sacramento Zoo


Yesterday, taking advantage of the surprisingly cool weather for this time of year, Superman and I went to the Sacramento Zoo. We saw axolotls, a possum who’d gotten into the red panda enclosure, giraffes, baby flamingos, playful meerkats, a snake undergoing a procedure, and a giant rhinoceros.

It was exactly what I needed. Seeing the world through the eyes of a 6-year-old and my camera lens did wonders for me. Please enjoy these photos and let me know if you have a favorite.

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  • These photos were taken with an Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW.

42 thoughts on “Photography: The Sacramento Zoo”

  2. Your photos are fascinatingly nice! #10 is my favorite because (even if a giraffe and human are new to each other and not of the same species) they connect and connect closely with each other. I think a lot of people could learn from these two (and even from the plant that connects both of them).

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    • I LOVE red pandas! They look like stuffed animals. That possum in the tree had climbed into the red panda exhibit and you can bet I tracked down a zoo keeper to get it out. While possums can be cute too, I worried they could hurt those sweet pandas, and I wasn’t having that.

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  12. First, what a really great zoo! The sign itself! If you ever get to NC, the state zoo here (Asheboro) has been set up with mostly natural environments. It makes for a lot of walking, but it’s really cool to see the animals in natural and large areas. Savannah-type animals are all in one enclosure (if they aren’t prey for another!).

    Second, favorites: 9, 13 for Best Meerkat Photo, 15 because I don’t recognize that cat right off, 16, 17, 21, 26, 27, and 28. #27 reminded me of my first exchange with Neil. I replied to one of his comments on your blog, and he visited my blog to see….a photo of duck feet. He found that so weird that he figured I might be “okay” enough.

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    • Thank you! Your zoo sounds fantastic. If I ever make it NC, I’ll be sure to check it out. Fun fact, I almost moved to Raleigh in the early 2000s for work. It’s a beautiful part of the country.

      So glad you liked my meerkat photo. Man, I could watch those cuties all day long. I’m pretty sure #15 is a Jaguar, or at least related to them.

      Aww! Thank you for sharing the Neil memory with me. I miss him so much. He was fond of people who noticed small details, who “paid attention” and loved big. Still working on a book of our poetry, trying hard to honor him in the best way. Right now I’m staring at a little cat figurine he mailed me. For sure there will be cats in our book.

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