Last month I headed out to the L.A. Zoo. I carried with me my trusty Fuji X-Pro1 and the two zooms, while at the Zoo I have the 55-200mm a good workout. I stopped and spent some time looking and watching the chimps. They can produce some interesting expressions. A lot like humans although I am not sure we can apply that many human thoughts to them, it would be interesting to know what they are thinking. This chimp always seems to have a somewhat sad expression. It may be the just the way his lips meet. (click on the image to see a larger version)
Waiting
Here again is the same chimp although he has moved over to a small overhang. This looks to me like he has been given a “time-out” and told to sit and watch the others….
Time Out
And here is a shot of the family group, all seeming bored and facing yet another day of the summer doldrums. I guess that is life at the Zoo.
Summer Doldrums
Hope you enjoyed these images. Thanks for looking.
Back from my hiatus
Well I am back from my self imposed hiatus. I really did not intend it to be this long, but that is what happened. My original intent was to take a couple of months off from the blog and the web site and concentrate some more on google+ and just taking pictures. Well a couple of months stretched into almost 8 months. I started to really miss writing the blog and I really decided I needed to do a better job with it.
In this off time I have been doing photography, which I love. I have been spending time learning more about myself and the art of photography. I have tried doing a mentorship and being more involved with some google+ communities. My desire was to push myself a little and expand my creativity. Was it worth it? Well hard to say, there was no giant revelation, no sudden epiphany. I did learn somethings but in reality I learned about myself and I guess that was the best thing to come out of this time period. I did not do as much photography as I would have liked but I could probably always say that as long as I am working a regular job and fitting photography in on the side.
I have also spent a lot more time reading about photography and really getting out more and looking at what other people are doing and what the great photographers have done, it has been quite educational. I have also spent some time running through a lot of tutorials and learning more about how I want to process my images and techniques and tools to accomplish my vision.
Adobe’s hard stand on renting software has also really bothered me, the concept does not necessarily bother me. but the implementation and the cost have been very distasteful. So I am looking for alternatives and changes to make transitions away from Adobe as smooth and productive as possible.
I have some great ideas for articles and some reviews and some techniques to share, if I still have any followers left after all this time. I will also endeavor to get back to having more followers and really make some efforts to get more images online. Although I have been sharing a lot of images online at google+. I have some plans to revamp my Flickr pages as well. All of this will take some time, but it is something I am looking forward to more that I did last year or the year before.
I am always open to comments and suggestions so please feel free to drop me a line or leave a comment. You can also look for me on google+.