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A trip to Melbourne Zoo (15 September 2017)

One of the best things about being a Zoos Victoria member is the fact that you can go in anytime without needing to buy a ticket for yourself. On this occasion we invited our good friend Chloe and her partner Alex to join us as both of them hadn’t been to any of the zoos in years. Unfortunately Alex had to be at work, but Chloe was able to make it. As an added bonus, we lent Chloe our Nikon D3200 to play with so she could experience the joy of photography with a real camera instead of using her phone.

Our first stop was to visit the lemurs as Chloe hadn’t seen the new Lemur Island. The lemurs, however, were still stirring from their slumber.

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Nikon School at Melbourne Zoo (19 and 24 August 2017)

Nikon in partnership with Melbourne Zoo and as part of the Photo Ark exhibition, provided the opportunity to get some expert advice on wildlife photography from award winning photographer Jay Town and the chance to play with some of their cool gear. Naturally, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try out some different gear and to get some expert advice on how to make more from our current gear. We loved the idea so much that we signed up to do the course twice and both times got great advice and really learnt something, so this post covers both sessions.

The course started with a brief presentation from Jay.

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Jay gave us some great tips on wildlife photography and shared his passion for wildlife photography, particularly at Melbourne Zoo.

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A trip to Werribee Zoo (20 August 2017)

Having completed the Nikon School at Melbourne Zoo the previous day, we were itching to try out some of the advice at a different location. We took the drive to Werribee and arrived by mid-morning (even after initially missing the freeway turn-off). Werribee’s massive layout provides plenty of places for the animals to wander, which can also then provide a challenge in just finding some of the animals. Some animals, however, make themselves very obvious, like this bird that calmly walked across the pathway in front of us:

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We also got really lucky with one of the gorillas happily sitting and posing in almost perfect light, in an almost perfect position for photography:

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A trip to Melbourne Zoo (19 August 2017)

Once again we took a trip into Melbourne Zoo to visit our favourite animals and give the cameras a good workout. Winter was still keeping Melbourne temperatures low, but after a hot coffee, the shutter fingers were ready to go. As per usual, we started with those three cheeky male lions. We arrived to see the keepers setting up a tyre and other activities for them to play with. Once the keepers were safely out of the enclosure, the three boys came running out and immediately started playing with the toys that had been left out for them, even if they were yawning still:

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A quick game of chase and tag:

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