#APicADay 2020: Day 319

 My wife had made plans with some of her coworkers to go to the zoo this morning. So, we loaded the kids up, and off to the zoo we went. Even though it seems to be raining fairly heavily. Thankfully, it had lightened up quite a bit before we got there.

Today's image:

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/800 s, and ISO 3200   

This could have had either the ISO or the aperture stopped down, but it was toward the end of the day. The tigers usually aren't very active, or in positions that make for good photos. Luckily, today this girl was in the mood to move.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/6.4, 1/28 s, and ISO 250

The mountain goats are right at the entrance. And today was the first time I've seen more than two of them in the same place. Only this one was interested in posing for me, though.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/6.4, 1/2 s, and ISO 800 (cropped)

I really should have bumped the ISO on this shot up a bit more. It was a very dark day. But this black bear was willing to sit still long enough for the shot. I cropped it to square to get rid of some distracting elements on the left side of the frame.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/20 s, and ISO 160

With almost all the buildings being closed, the elephants were put out in their yards. And they were being a bit playful.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/25 s, and ISO 160

This is one of the males. I don't know the animals well enough to know which one, though.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 128mm, f/5.0, 1/17 s, and ISO 160

A wider shot from about the same time.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 181mm, f/4.7, 1/13 s, and ISO 3200

This chameleon was pretty funny. It fell over on its side while trying to climb the enclosure barrier. The lights in this room were a bit warmer than my white balance setting, and the enclosure added a green cast. I had to do some color correction to get it to this point.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/9 s, and ISO 1000

The painted dogs were not being interesting, but at least they were on exhibit today. Unlike last time I was there.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/140 s, and ISO 3200

This cheetah was up and moving. They usually camp out by a window.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/680 s, and ISO 3200

The lionesses, at least these two, were sitting out in the rain. This is shot through the plexiglass.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/220 s, and ISO 3200

The giraffe were not in positions that were interesting to shoot. This was the best I could come up with, and it's not great. I'll need to go back for more giraffe shots.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/750 s, and ISO 3200

This is the beginning of the rest of the series of shots of the tiger up and moving around.

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/250 s, and ISO 3200

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/800 s, and ISO 3200

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/800 s, and ISO 3200

Fuji X-T3 with XF 55-200 @ 200mm, f/4.8, 1/280 s, and ISO 3200

I was pleased with the length of the show this girl put on for us. They usually lay down in a corner of the enclosure, right below where the viewing positions for the enclosure are. That makes it really hard to see them, let alone photograph them.

All in all, I'm quite pleased with how the new lens lets me get far tighter compositions on the animals. The XF 18-55 left me feeling too constrained by the focal lengths available to me.