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Disney Pic of the Week: Favorite Animal

Posted on by Scott Thomas
A Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) photographed during a Kilimanjaro Safari in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. It is not often you see a Cheetah standing. This one even stood out in the bright sunlight. Cheetah on the Kilimanjaro Safari in Disney’s Animal Kingdom.Nikon D700/80-400VR, 1/500s, f/5.6, ISO 560, EV +0.3, 400mm Focal Length. Predators have always been my … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Favorite Animal"
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Cheetah on the Kilimanjaro Safari

Posted on by Scott Thomas
If you enjoy photographing the animals in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, you owe it to yourself to plan on riding Kilimanjaro Safari more than once and at different times of the day during your Walt Disney World visit. One can never predict when the perfect photo opportunity will arise. It was late morning when I last … Continue reading "Cheetah on the Kilimanjaro Safari"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Posted on by Scott Thomas
I have often heard the story about Walt Disney wanting to use real animals for the Jungle Cruise until someone told him the animals would not be where he wanted them. He quickly switched to Audio-Animatronic animals and the rest, as they say, is history. Still, I think Walt would have approved of the Kilimanjaro … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Disney’s Animal Kingdom"
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Super Zoom on Safari

Posted on by Scott Thomas
In 1998, a wannabe wildlife photographer’s dream came true when Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened. I’ve always wanted to bring a super zoom telephoto lens to this park and I did just that during Mousefest 2008. There were three specific locations at Animal Kingdom I wanted to try my super zoom lens, Nikon’s 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED … Continue reading "Super Zoom on Safari"
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