Trip to the Phoenix Zoo

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GT2B7499.jpgI had the chance last week to visit the Phoenix Zoo. This is not one of those huge zoo's, but it is to be honest laid out well in the desert. It has all of the normal animals you see at every zoo, the only problem is that it was 115 degrees when I went there to photograph!

Needless to say it was not easy to get good shots of these wonderful animals. Most if not all of them were in the shade trying to stay cool. When I went it was around 10 a.m. but to bad it was already 110 degrees outside! 

Next time though I will visit when the park opens which is 7 a.m. and hopefully I can get some shots of the animals out and about in their area. 

Mens League Baseball

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GT2B7664.jpgWell there is an old training facility that the Anaheim Angels would use here in Arizona that we practice at now. But during Summer time and on the weekends there is a Mens Baseball League  that uses the baseball fields. There are 3 of them and all of them are pretty darn big, talking 365 to right and left field with center field being 440 feet. 

Anyways these old timers come here and play a 7 inning game pretty much in the 110 degree heat just to have fun! So yesterday I decided to sit there for a few minutes and take some pictures of these guys. Thought it would give me some good practice on how to shoot baseball so I could get pointers back on Photography-on-the.net forum.

One thing I did learn was to make sure I get the shadows under the ball caps to be light no matter if I have to blow out the highlights elsewhere in the image. During the shoot I used AV mode with it set at 0, next time I will move it up a notch or two to compensate for the shadows.

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