Pictures from Dublin Zoo

[CutMeMick]

White Collared Mangabey:

[johnmaff36]

Here are a few more from a recent trip.
It was bitterly cold that day and a lot of the animals were inside in dimly lit housing, behind glass and at a distance. This is the reason that some of the pictures seem a bit low in quality!

White Collared Mangabey:


White Collared Mangabey:


Silverback Lowland Gorilla:


Silverback Lowland Gorilla:


Penguins:


Swans:


Chilled out Gray Wolf:


Gray Wolf:


Orangutan:


Orangutan mother and infant:


Orangutan:


Spider Monkey freezing in sub-zero temperatures:


Enjoy!

Wow. Those are some fine pictures there. I was in dublin zoo a few months back and i seen more skangers than animals. Thats really impressive. The 2nd pic looks like joan rivers and the 3rd luks like my ma-in-law in a huff. I take it you do this for a living? If not, its something you should consider

[killersheep]

Holy sh!t those are absolutely amazing. Well done brother. Are you selling prints?

[USA LOVES THE KLITSCHKOS]

Great pics and the Dublin zoo has a nice selection too.And is that a face behind the silverback?

[Spicoli]

Absolutly awesome stuff.Pat yourself on the back.Didn't you have the night sky,stars,comet not long ago? Stunning ones here.

[Oggie]

Wow. Those are some fine pictures there. I was in dublin zoo a few months back and i seen more skangers than animals. Thats really impressive. The 2nd pic looks like joan rivers and the 3rd luks like my ma-in-law in a huff. I take it you do this for a living? If not, its something you should consider

Thank you.
Luckily on the day I went, it was too cold for the skangers to be out and about, had the zoo pretty much to myself actually!
I don't do this for a living, just a hobby. I've only been doing photography for a little over 6 months really, got my camera in the middle of June last year.

Holy sh!t those are absolutely amazing. Well done brother. Are you selling prints?

Cheers man, glad you like them... and never thought about selling them as prints actually! Didn't think I would be near that level yet.

Great pics and the Dublin zoo has a nice selection too.And is that a face behind the silverback?

Thanks man!
No face behind the Silverback, but you would make a good paranormal investigator, haha.

Absolutly awesome stuff.Pat yourself on the back.Didn't you have the night sky,stars,comet not long ago? Stunning ones here.

Thanks a lot!
And yes, I posted some night sky ones here not too long ago. Surprised they are remembered!

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I never knew there were so many photography lovers on here, so I'll post some more from my collection to see what you think.

Emo cat:


Mind reader:


Red flower:


Irish countryside in Winter:


Plant with snow sitting on its top:


A frozen spider's web:


Achill Island, off the west coast of Ireland:


Spider's web photographed through sunlight:


Tall tree:


St. Anne's park, Dublin:


Autumn colours:

Ruins in St. Anne's park, Dublin:


Westport Town, Mayo, Ireland:


My girlfriend/gorilla in the mist:


Continued in next post...

[Oggie]

Some more...

Stars:


Butterfly:


Another night shot:


Achill Island by night:


Slievemore Mountain, Achill Island:


The movement of the stars over roughly 20 minutes:


Achill Island in the morning:


The Burren, Clare, Ireland:


Sun setting at Lahinch, Clare, Ireland:


Let me know what you all think.
Some of those pictures were taken when I was a total noob to photography, so go easy.

[Kel]

skel your photo skills are fucking ace mate, I'm not a fan of photography or anything but they are some fukking amazing pictures right there.

[CFH]

skel your photo skills are fucking ace mate, I'm not a fan of photography or anything but they are some fukking amazing pictures right there.

It's Oggie, not Skel. But yeah, those last pics are fucking phenomenal.

[Oggie]

skel your photo skills are fucking ace mate, I'm not a fan of photography or anything but they are some fukking amazing pictures right there.

Cheers man.

skel your photo skills are fucking ace mate, I'm not a fan of photography or anything but they are some fukking amazing pictures right there.

It's Oggie, not Skel. But yeah, those last pics are fucking phenomenal.

Thank you.
Haha, maybe 'Skel' is some sort of new age hipster term for 'awesomely attractive individual'?
Lets see that quote again now;

Awesomely attractive individual, your photo skills are fucking ace mate, I'm not a fan of photography or anything but they are some fukking amazing pictures right there.

I like it.

[Andre]

You can see the beauty in nature so your lens is poked right on the money in each shot.

I see some pHotographers works published of our coast here and really Homer Simpson could of shot them,they even choose the wrong days to venture out to shoot the subject and everything.

You on the other hand have a love what you see and it shows.

That last shot has exceptional reflective qualities the sky and sea are so in sync.

[Oggie]

Some more of my photographs:

Flamingo -


A Buddhist temple in Fujian, China -


Shizu Mountain Temple, Fujian, China -


Keel Strand, Achill Island, Mayo, Ireland -


Keel Strand in the morning -


The weird landscape of The Burren, Clare, Ireland -


The Burren again -


Howth Head, Dublin, Ireland -


A bizzare looking sky at Howth Head, Dublin, Ireland -


Lazy cat -


A macro shot of a Honey Bee -


Beneath the cliffs at Howth Head, Dublin, Ireland -


As always, feedback much appreciated!

[Andre]

I love all your shots mate

Wow those sunsets in the clouds are something else you know the right time thats an art in self, being there set up on time.

If we get skies like that inland we are driving away from it fast cause its usually a bushfire we get our best and rarest sunsets when theres fires around.

You have a different light there on your side of the world the colors are amazing and you capture it so well even the air looks clean in between the shots.

Our landscapes are usually dry and yellowish inland when we have colored skies so to get a good contrast we have shoot stuff down the beach or out near reflective rocks or reservoirs its rare to get green on the ground with great sun sets here. Up north though you get white trees with green canopies on dark blue skies with deep red earth which is a treat.

[Oggie]

I love all your shots mate

Wow those sunsets in the clouds are something else you know the right time thats an art in self, being there set up on time.

If we get skies like that inland we are driving away from it fast cause its usually a bushfire we get our best and rarest sunsets when theres fires around.

You have a different light there on your side of the world the colors are amazing and you capture it so well even the air looks clean in between the shots.

Our landscapes are usually dry and yellowish inland when we have colored skies so to get a good contrast we have shoot stuff down the beach or out near reflective rocks or reservoirs its rare to get green on the ground with great sun sets here. Up north though you get white trees with green canopies on dark blue skies with deep red earth which is a treat.

Thanks man.

For all its faults, I have to say that Ireland is very photogenic at least! There is a lot of variety here, and some truly weird and beautiful landscapes, mad rock & tree formations etc... and of course, so much green that you wonder if the country is envious of something!

I'm sure Australia has epic beauty, albeit probably harder to finder because of the sheer size of the place and the vast stretches of barren land (though I suppose they can be epic too, to someone like me who is from a country where there is none, haha.) Over here, you're never too far from anything, be it coastal or inland.

I love shooting sunsets, you never know what will happen as they unfold. Some can start off pretty dull and then suddenly explode into a symphony of colour. I've seen some crazy ones in my time, especially on the west coast. You would swear the sky was on fire at times, it was that intense... the sea just adds to the epicness of it! I wish I had all those times the camera that I have now, but alas...

Thanks again, glad you like the shots.

[Andre]

I used to shoot with a Nikonus 3 the underwater model got some nice sunsets too but they are all on paper. Ill see if I can dig some up sometime and scan them in for a gawk.

The subject matter will be interesting to you, but they arent a patch on the clarity and quality of yours though.