Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:37 pm

bradley414 wrote:You have Alien Bees? I'm thinking of purchasing a set in the near future. This set here: http://www.alienbees.com/busy.html What wattage you have? What do you think of them? Do you shoot with umbrella's or softboxes? Do you use them for locations with battery packs? (I think you can tell that I really want to buy some!)

Currently for locations, I use my Sigma DG 500 Super mounted on a light stand with an umbrella tethered to my 20D. I think I 'm going to pick up the 580EX so I can use a battery pack at weddings.

Oh my, my apologies. I was just making a generalized joke! I really want a pair of Alien Bees as well - the Digi-Bee package (budgets you know). I think I would prefer umbrellas. I use the 580EX at work with my 20D, if you want a test drive PM me.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:52 pm

I need to get down there an put my new camera to work.

Post by **Omaha Cowboy** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:06 pm

the1wags wrote: Thanks again Lou, I still have lots to learn, but getting a little better. Your right about the level of forumers photography though, I see the other guys shots, and it pushes me to do that much better.

Keep it up my friend..

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..Ciao..LiO....Peace

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:56 am

WOW! All greats pics - Chris, Jeff & Wags. We will have to stuff the voting ballots.

I just got back in town yesterday and completely forgot I wanted to take some shots for this challenge. Look like I just missed out on the great weather.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:31 pm

I don't have any animals pics right now, but here's a random flower from the zoo.

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:57 pm

nebport5 wrote:both are great pics brad, I'd love to see more of your zoo shots if you feel like sharing.

I threw together some pictures last night to make a quick gallery of my zoo pics.

http://www.pbase.com/fantasmic03/zoo

Finn · Post by **Finn** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:27 am

Awesome pics Bradley! I really like the elephant and the train with flowers.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:35 am

I think today is zoo day for us. Hopefully there's some shots left there!

...and now that I've perused Bradley's gallery I see they've all been taken! Great shots!

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:37 am

Nice shots Chris! Some need a little more touch up though:

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:25 pm

thanks for sharing bradley. great color! My favorites are the elephant as well and the polar bear shot.

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:32 am

So we did end up going to the zoo today, and what a great day for it! We nearly had the place to ourselves. I got halfway there and realized that I was sans tripod, Murphy and his law got a jump on us leaving me handheld for the day. Here's the better of today's efforts, not sure if I'll enter any of these though. Also starting to play with borders a little, dunno if I like them yet.

the1wags · Post by **the1wags** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:55 am

Great shots tuna, and with no tripod to boot.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:09 am

Nice ones Adam! You must not have had too much caffeine that day!

TechnicalDisaster · Post by **TechnicalDisaster** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:11 am

I like them Tuna. What software are you using to make borders? I recenly learned some fast ways to make stand-out borders in Photoshop CS. Maybe we can swap photoshop secrets

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:36 am

Thanks for the kudos, guys! The borders I just threw together quick and dirty in Photoshop Elements2. I resized pics down to 600x400 and enlarged the canvas by 40px to 640x440. Sometimes I see a thin stripe of gold or another accent color in others' borders, but couldn't get that one to work last night.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:57 pm

2/8/2006

I never made it to the zoo for the contest, but look what I took outside the zoo

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:23 pm

Great job, I like the colors. Can you believe I've never been inside that thing yet? It's been awhile since I've been to that zoo I'll tell you.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:32 pm

So you haven't seen:

1 The desert dome
2 The Kindgoms of the Night
3 Hubbord Gorilla Valley
4 THe Orangeton Forest

You need to go soon!

w8ing · Post by **w8ing** » Sat May 06, 2006 1:27 pm

All these are great! Brad, I really like the one from a distance of the zoo. It reminds me of a middle eastern sunset.

These are some of my favorites this year at the zoo.

The global fountain

Macro on the train

I don't like snakes but they make interesting subjects.

I like how this one is posing

Perfect timing

Post by **Brad** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:17 pm

I went to the Zoo Today!

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:27 pm

Too.......many.......jokes......

-Big E

eomaha · Post by **eomaha** » Sun May 14, 2006 6:08 pm

That's almost obscene!

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:29 pm

man i wish i had a tongue like that

w8ing · Post by **w8ing** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:52 am

I've met your sun bear before. Great pics. Love the waterfall.

adam186 · Post by **adam186** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:11 pm

He must be really proud of it.

Thanks for the the photos.

w8ing · Post by **w8ing** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:33 pm

Our second Omaha Flickr walk was at the zoo on 11/12/06. We had 10 participants and 621 photos uploaded thus far. (view all the pics here)

These are some of mine.

I admin a group on Flickr for the zoo and wildlife safari. We're almost up to 1000 pics. You can see the group here.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:18 pm

I haven't been to the zoo with my camera since I first got it. There are so many interesting ones to take.

MTO · Post by **MTO** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:10 pm

I'm going to smuggle one of those kitties out some day. THEY ARE SOOO ADORABLE.

Choleric · Post by **Choleric** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:07 pm

I know I know another hearsay rumor;

Friend in one of my classes has worked at the zoo for over five years and is pretty high in the chain. She mentioned today that the Zoo is planning a Sea World type function on the old grounds of the Blatt. So get ready for Shamu Omaha.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:29 am

that'd be cool...i don't see it happening, but that'd be cool. I see them utilizing part of it for an expanded exhibit or two, and definitely more parking. We went last weekend (got there at 10:45 on sunday, thought it was fairly busy) and when we left at 1-ish, the whole zoo lot was full, rosenblatt was full, and they were parking by the nebraska visitors bureau, with people walking down 10th.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:17 am

Choleric wrote:mentioned today that the Zoo is planning a Sea World type function on the old grounds of the Blatt. So get ready for Shamu Omaha.

I like the idea!

I'm sure the zoo folks would LOVE to acquire the Rosenblatt property.

I don't think they want to pay for it, though. ...

... or worse, assume any debt on it.

DTO Luv · Post by **DTO Luv** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:28 am

"The Zoo" is already buying the Rosenblatt land. It's part of the whole stadium deal.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:17 am

This is a question i'm asking to everyone: will it be a) an exhibit or 2, and a |expletive| load of parking or b) something new (like a sea world'ish type thing) and a little bit of parking?

Either way, i'm sure they're going to utilize a chunk of that for extra parking, especially with the amount of people that visit there each year.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:19 am

...and fwiw, i think it'd be cool to have a sea world type thing there; at least some form of non-competing aquarium or science environment that wouldn't hinder the aquarium that's in the zoo now.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:22 am

an attraction with dolphins, small whales, and etc(ala the Shedd) wouldn't compete and would be another one of those charge additional fees exhibits.

OmahaJaysCU · Post by **OmahaJaysCU** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:31 am

I am assuming that this would need to be indoors? There is no way a dolphin could survive a Nebraska winter.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:53 am

A Shedd-like aquarium would be an awesome addition there. It's got the space and would be great, IMO. South Omaha could really turn into a science and nature destination. I'd also like it if they had some type of science center...after buying and removing some of the more dilapidated homes in the area

Here's Shedd

http://www.sheddaquarium.org/

and here's Adler Planetarium (for the space and science folks)

http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/

I think, if done right, it wouldn't detract from the UNO planetarium. They could always do something more general science related, and maybe have mock-ups of the ash falls to our north. Something of a Nebraska archeology type thing with some industry sciences, too. I think that would also draw in more hotels, because there would be more of a consistent flow of people. That'd help the good people of South Omaha in terms of steady revenue that isn't going on right now. Plus, it'd help balance Omaha.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:03 pm

OmahaJaysCU wrote:I am assuming that this would need to be indoors? There is no way a dolphin could survive a Nebraska winter.

Right. Ever been to Shedd? It's all indoors. Seaworld Ohio closed in part because many of the exhibits couldn't operate year-round.

Although, and I'm sure it's not cost effective, it would be cool to have a portion open up to an outside tank for the warmer months.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:22 pm

I'd rather have some pandas. Must more unique, IMO.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:34 pm

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather have some pandas. Must more unique, IMO.

I'm sure the zoo would accept pandas if the opportunity ever arises.