Ok, so here's the deal... I decided to enter my local fair this year again & have been snapping pics lately.

yeah i know youre on pins n needles


First off....

some random shots






my roses finally bloomed out






this one is definitely gonna be entered


Well, last Friday... ha im only a week late

I went down to Gentry, Arkansas. There is a Drive-thru/Walk-thru Wildlife Safari which I hadn't been to in several years.

My main reason for going there was that I wanted to shoot(maybe enter) something besides flowers.

I did get some pretty good shots. ihmo It was alittle difficult because of the fencing/caging issue but I did my best.


sordid animal pics to follow
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Artic Fox


Monkeys



lord get me outta here


Most of the big cats were hiding on me but I did managed to snap a couple of 'em.

Lion cub


Lion


Tiger



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I had a pet sin once - it got run over by a garbage truck.

Lemur


Rhino


Wildebeast i think



They also have several types of deer....






Prairie dog





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I had a pet sin once - it got run over by a garbage truck.

They also have several different types of birds...

Duck


Emu from hell


it attacked & tried to eat my windshield wipers... stupid bird


Parrots




And everytime I walked past the cockatoo cage it'd say "hello".


Peacocks





and one even up a tree...



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They also have a petting zoo area...










this ones getting entered too


I hope I haven't bored y'all too terribly...


one final note:



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I had a pet sin once - it got run over by a garbage truck.

Some really nice pix. I agree about the wasp one.

Those things with the horns look a bit like water buffalo. I've seen wildebeest swimming and they don't seem happy about it.

It was definitely murder - but was it art?

"Some really nice pix. I agree about the wasp one."

thank you

"Those things with the horns look a bit like water buffalo."

You're probably right (they have those there too)... I was in the car for that pic.


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I had a pet sin once - it got run over by a garbage truck.

HI Mercury Blues,
thanks for uploading all those great pics, must have taken you ages! I really like the first one because of the contrast between the spider web, catching the light, against the dark, out of focus fence panels. Also like the shot of the deer resting in the shade and how their antlers are almost silhouetted against the sunny grass.

It must have felt pretty impressive being in the presence of some of those animals. I remember one time being at London Zoo and the Indian lion roared, it blew my socks off. Such a mighty, scary, deep roar. Almost like the engine of a massive sports car. I then realised that were it not for the fence he'd be the king of the jungle again.


Good luck with the competition.