denver photo safari

i recent hung out with gino siller and we totally geeked out at the denver zoo. we had a RADTASTIC time with a rented $7,500 nikon 400mm f/2.8 lens, thanks to camren. having rubbed shoulders with fellow national geographic photographers, it is nice to pretend for a day that i'm on assignment, even though it is an urban zoo self-assignment.

i dedicate this entry to my mom, who has instilled in me a super appreciation of wildlife via our backyard, foreign travels, national geographic, the discovery channel, and animal planet. the writings of ken rockwell served as supporting inspiration :)

here's gino, an animal pimpin' in style with his brand spankin' new nikon d3, which is a nikonian's dream camera. btw, nikon just kicked canon straight in the balls with this new $5,000 digital camera.
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after we talked shop trippin' on caffeine, we headed to photograph some of the world's coolest creatures. first up, i spotted dash's new girlfriend. nicole and i agree she's so pretty, she could be waaaaay out of his league:
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and here's the rest of the crazy creatures photographed in kern-photo style:
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raindeer love.
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bambi's competition.
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about as homely as they get.... on par with loveable shrek.
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the fastest animal on land, the cheetah.
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these things will eat you and ALL your loved ones (so i had a bad big bird experience as a little one):
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these guys got pissy when they didn't want to share.
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and my favorite shot of a siberian tiger.
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