MILWAUKEE COUNTY ZOO

Milwaukee has a highly regarded zoo, and when my son and his family came for a visit earlier this month, we made the zoo one of our stops.

One of the first areas we visited was the primate house.  In the past I have had good luck photographing the mandrills.  This time I caught a few shots of the gorillas and orangutans.

This gorilla shot was not good, but they seemed uninterested in us humans, generally turning their backs.

I had better luck with the orangutans.  First was a juvenile hiding behind the crotch of a tree.

The best shot, though, was of an adult orangutan.  Really quite a nice shot.

I got a number of decent shots of large mammals, including a camel, a giraffe, an African elephant, and something called a red river hog.

My favorite of these was the  elephant leg, but the red river hog was pretty weird.

We also visited the reptile house.  The iguana would have made a nice shot except for the fact that the animal was in the process of molting.

I had better luck with the following green lizard.

Reptiles generally make good photo subjects because they tend to be motionless much of the time.

The Milwaukee zoo really is a fine facility.  It seems pricey, but if you have young children and live in the area, the annual memberships are a fairly good value.

John