Mother's Day at Lowry Park Zoo

Finally made it to the zoo in Tampa. One more place crossed off my "photography places to visit" list. I hope I will make more visits to the Lowry Park Zoo. It is a good place to photograph animals since they are all in natural environments and there are not too many barriers to shoot through. Even places where there is a mesh, it is possible to focus past it and it doesn't show up in the image. The Safari Ride was not operational which would have provided some behind the scenes views of the zoo. Maybe next time it will be working. I used a 70-200 mm lens with a 1.4 teleconverter. In most cases there was a railing or post to lean the lens against for stability.

Bok Tower Botanical Gardens

Seven Swans a Swimming

Swans are hatching all over the place at Lake Eola. Its hard to walk around the lake without stopping in awe of the tiny fuzz balls. I went down there to take some photos and also get some exercise. I ended up only walking a mile but came home with lots of photos.