hungry otters

Perth Zoo, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 70-200mm f/4L @200mm, 1/320 sec, f/4, ISO400

It can be worthwhile to re-visit old photos, as it allows you to find photos that you didn't previously post-process, as well as giving you an opportunity to have another go at post-processing. Over the years, I've improved my post-processing and learnt a lot of new techniques, so I will often approach the post-processing differently now than how I would have years ago.

These Asian Small-clawed Otters at the Perth Zoo were photographed just over 12 years ago, in 2007, using a Canon 350D DSLR and the Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L. The 8 megapixel 350D was released in 2005, and I bought it new in May 2006 and used it for a few years before upgrading to a Canon 50D.

I originally post-processed some of these photos in 2007, and the three photos in this post are the result of re-editing the photos.

Do you ever browse through your old photos, looking for photos that you haven't previously post-processed, or photos that you might want to re-edit?

in the gun sights

Bali Safari and Marine Park, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @40mm, 1/320 sec, f/4, ISO200

A hunter takes aim at an elephant.

The intention of this photo is to make you do a second-take, and wonder why someone is pointing a gun close-range at a seemingly harmless elephant.

While fly-fishing at Harvey Dam yesterday with some friends, we came across the 1.5m dugite snake shown in the photos below. Actually, it is probably more accurate to say it came across us.
While standing on the edge of the dam water with a rod in my hand, the snake's arrival was announced via some screaming by a female friend.

dugite snake

Harvey Dam, Western Australia

The snake was clearly terrified, and tried to blend into the background by not moving at all.
I immediately grabbed my camera, and started shooting the snake.

With some gentle encouragement with a fishing rod, the snake departed up the hillside, and disappeared in a hole in the ground.

dugite snake

Harvey Dam, Western Australia

A curious piglet keeps a careful eye on me as I take his photo.

curious piglet

Wittelte, Drenthe, The Netherlands

I still have a back-log of photos from the last year or so that I am slowly working through. Here's some photos of a lion at the Perth Zoo, taken in June last year.

Often the lions at the zoo are not too keen to pose for photographers, but are sleeping in the back of the enclosure. However, on this occasion, this male lion was lying on a rock, keeping an eye on the zoo visitors, and cleaning his paws and face.

While bike riding around the Rockingham area earlier this year, we came across a bobtail on the side of the cycle path. I couldn't pass up an opportunity to photograph it, and took a number of photos with a wide-angle lens, placing the camera on the ground very close to the bobtail.

I think the bobtail saw its own reflection in the lens, and decided to put on an aggressive show, resulting in the wide-open mouth pose shown below.

The bobtail is also known as a Western Shingleback, and its scientific name is Tiliqua rugosa.

bobtail

(Tiliqua rugosa)

Warnbro, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @13mm, 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO100

While walking around Dove Lake, near Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, we came across this wombat. He wasn't too concerned about all the people crowding around with their cameras, but just slowly continued on his way.

wombat

Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
Canon EOS 350D, 17-85mm IS @44mm, 1/125 sec, f/5, ISO200

We recently added a new pet to the family - a young female kitten named "Bella". As is typical with kittens, she has lots of energy!

On the weekend, I tried to get a photo of her in mid-air leaping from the ground onto the top of her scratching post. However, she didn't want to co-operate...but I still managed to get some interesting photos of her.
Here's a selection of 8 photos from the weekend session.

I can pose

I can dive

I saw this little guy while walking along Johnston Canyon, in Banff National Park (Alberta, Canada).

chipmunk begging for food

Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @70mm, 1/400 sec, f/3.2, ISO320

He wasn't very shy of the tourists, and one tourist, ignoring the signs, managed to entice this chipmunk close enough for it to take a small piece of biscuit out of her hand.

enjoying a morsel begged from a tourist

Johnston Canyon, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 50D, 24-70mm f/2.8L @70mm, 1/640 sec, f/3.2, ISO320