The Zoo

It's been a while since I visited the Zoo. Had arranged this weekend zoo outing with my brother, sister and wife to snap some shots. Packed my D40x with nikkor 105mm f2.8 for my wife and D300 with Nikkor 70-300 f4.5 - 5.6G for myself. These are the only 2 lenses we could use for this trip. The cry for a 500mm lens from my heart is louder now. Haha. . . .

Reached the Zoo at 9am and took breakfast at "Ah-Meng" cafe while we waited for my brother and sister. Saw a lot of visitors, both tourists and locals carrying DSLRs and big long lenses too. Makes me wonder where they get the $$$, especially those kids who are still schooling. A different generation from mine, guess I'm getting old.

Nature Walk 15-02-09

Got up today, wanting to catch the three White-belly sea eagles in action but only spotted one flying alone. Wondered where the other two went. Have taken a break from portraiture for a few weeks now which was what I intended to do long ago. Need to reorganize my thoughts and think of new approaches, new projects and not sticking to the old style. Besides, I need to utilize my other lenses which have been lying in my dry cabinet for quite sometime now.

There are a few projects in mind but I've to put them on hold as I've have not identified the suitable locations and models. This reminds me of my wish to get a smaller and campact camera to capture suitable portraiture backgrounds/locations if I run into one. A Ricoh GRD II or Canon G10 is what i prefer at the moment.

Will be helping a friend's sister for her wedding day shoot at the end of this month. Hope to join some organized portraiture shoots before that as a warm up.

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