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At the Zoo with the 200 f/2
See also Wildlife at the Beach for more examples.
The images on this page were all shot handheld in one afternoon with the Nikon 200mm f/2 VR on the Nikon D3x at the San Francisco Zoo*.
To make it an extra challenge, I brought along 4 children ages 6-10 with me. That, combined with one of the busiest visitation days of the season, made shooting through fences and avoiding elbows something close enough to real life to count as a serious test! Still, the shooting was/is better than after the feline viewing was mauled by jackass-proofing*.
* At a time before the viewing experience was mauled by a malicious idiot taunting the tiger, for whom justice (as in the law of the jungle aka reality) worked admirably.
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NIKON D3X + 200.0 mm f/2.0 @ 200mm
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