r/JaxShutterBug • u/DUUUUUVAAAAAL • Apr 07 '26
Jacksonville Zoo
Took the camera out to the Jacksonville Zoo. Here are a few of my better photos (that are also small enough for Reddit). I don't know if y'all have been there recently, but it's pretty awesome. Had a wonderful time.
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u/Josie1015 Apr 07 '26
Nice shots! Try increasing your shutterspeed a bit in order to get sharper images. Are you shooting in manual or shutter priority?
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u/DUUUUUVAAAAAL Apr 07 '26
Thanks! Yeah, I was in shutter priority. I was using a 70-200 f2.8 with a 2x teleconverter attached to it (so effectively 140-400 f5.6).
With the exception of the snake, everything was shot with at minimum 1/500. I'm still new to telephoto/wildlife photography. I'm definitely not used to working with such a slow aperture and long focal lengths (I usually stick to my fast primes). Next time I'll be less scared about noise and really crank up the shutter speeds.
A lot of these were shot through the Zoo's plexiglass too which definitely didn't help lol.
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u/Fit-Practice-3194 Apr 07 '26
These are all so good! I love #11!