Captive Animals A few recent favourites from our most local zoo, Thrigby Hall.

[Uncle Kevriano]

As the title says. Thrigby is only 10 minutes from home, so we are members, as it's nice for a couple of hours in an afternoon. They do have a great reptile house and some very lovely big cats.


Snow Leopard

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 2000

Red Panda

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 800

Suluwesi Crested Macaque

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 467.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 368.0 mm
• ƒ/10
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 5000

Meerkat (aka Sergei)

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 303.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2000

Sumatran Tiger Male (Kubu)

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 3200

Saltwater Croc

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 293.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 5000

Otter with his chick...

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 419.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 3200

Red Panda

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2500

Asian Leopard Cat

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 397.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1600

Clouded Leopard

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 200.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 6400

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2500

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 470.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 2000

Raccoon Dog

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 4000

• ILCE-7RM4
• FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
• 284.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/640 sec
• ISO 10000

 

[spudhead]

Nice Kev it is a of a shame that zoo shots are pretty much frowned upon now on most sites, it stopped me from going to wildlife parks a few years ago.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cheers Gary. Yeah, no idea why. It's not like you can see these in the wild without spending a fortune and being lucky, and Zoos are important for conservation. It shouldn't be about the zoos anyway, just the animals and photography

 

[spudhead]

Cheers Gary. Yeah, no idea why. It's not like you can see these in the wild without spending a fortune and being lucky, and Zoos are important for conservation. It shouldn't be about the zoos anyway, just the animals and photography

Yep on a lot of sites it is difficult to find a section to post zoo shots, and often they have not seen posts for months. As you say people misunderstand the purpose of zoos and wildlife parks in todays world

 

[Richard A]

Those Racoon Dogs certainly are strange looking critters...

 

[Thad E Ginathom]

Lovely shots. I love the meerkat: it's so amazingly long!

 

[DaveC Oz]

Great shots, I particularly like the Red Panda shots.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Great shots, I particularly like the Red Panda shots.

Same here!

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Cheers all. I was really happy with the Red Pandas too

 

[Unframed Dave]

Cheers all. I was really happy with the Red Pandas too

They thought you were well behaved too Kev. I saw it on Facebook.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

They thought you were well behaved too Kev. I saw it on Facebook.

Good to know