Got Something In My Lip

Kitsnaps: Got Something In My Lip

To balance out yesterday’s dramatic picture+story, today you get a picture of a dorky giraffe with something stuck in her lip. :)

Crow Brings Daylight

Kitsnaps: Crow Brings Daylight

A long time ago, it was always night. Only Crow, who flew far south and north again, knew of daylight, and he told many stories of the brightness and shadow to the Inuit people. In time, they began to ask for daylight themselves, but No, said Crow, I am too old to drag daylight so far north for your hunters to see by. Please, said the people, and finally Crow agreed to spread his old wings once more and fly beyond the horizon to find daylight for them. He flew…

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Ghost Wolf

Kitsnaps: Ghost Wolf

This is what happens when you take an over-exposed photograph of a grey wolf on a fairly bright day. Also, that intent expression? That’s because this shot was taken at exactly the moment the wolf noticed Young Indiana. That is a wolf who is thinking, “Lunch!” The next shot I have of him he’s got his head lowered and is prowling down the hill after Young Indiana. :)

the essential kit

busy day out

We had a busy day out at the zoo, where I concluded that the 18-100mm lens, while much easier to carry (nevermind focus, since it’s got auto-focus and my Big Lens doesn’t), is not really up to the task of Kitsnaps-quality images. The absurd megapixels on the new camera makes up for that to some degree, but I fear I wasn’t, overall, enormously satisfied with today’s photography. Which isn’t to say I didn’t get some nice pictures, of which this wee series is one of my favorites: It was really…

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