Grouse

Believe it or not, these were taken with a 35mm lens.

it's ok to be weird

Hey-Oh! This is my 200th post, at the same time I've had exactly 2,000 profile views. Awesome? Yes, awesome.

Rich Cat

Though not as successful as T Dizzle

Donkeys

They're louder than you would expect.

Hamster Ball

Invisible Tigers at the Zoo!

No photos of the invisible tigers :(

But here's a completely visible warthog:
A duck:
Sheep:
Getting my Ansel on at the zoo:
Bubbles in the polar bear pool:
We call this pose the "Gangsta Ernie".  You won't get it unless you're my brother.

Zoo Animals

Humans in their natural habitat:

New Lens = Legend

WARNING: NERDY PHOTOGRAPHER GEARSPEAK AHEAD!

A new Sigma 50mm 1.4 graced me with its arrival earlier today. So you know what that means! You get a picture of me!

The lens is epic. Its nearly one stop faster than my old 50mm 1.8, two stops faster than the 35-70 it replaces, and a whopping 4 stops faster than my 18-135. It is also 'uge (thats so huge you drop the 'h'), which you can see in the above photo.

I love the depth of field: shallow even at 5 feet:
The focus is also really quiet. And fast. And quiet.
But my favorite part of it is the bokeh. Those who know me well know that choppy bokeh that recreates the background drives me crazy. This lens has the smoothest bokeh ever. Its awesome. Science has proved its awesomeness.

Looking back, I'm really suprised I managed to get three different animals into one post.

Look for more later!

Bird