On Saturday, to make use of the time I could spare not doing
schoolwork, I walked over to the St. Louis Zoo, which is located
in Forest Park. Although animals at zoos look more unique
than wild animals, I felt sort of uncomfortable with the thought
of photographing caged animals. On the way there I saw a
couple egrets which were tolerant enough to allow me to get
close enough to take a detailed picture.
In the top photo the sunlight's spotlighting of the egret and
the shadow-strewn background gives an interesting flash-like
effect. It happened to be fanning out its wings (which should
explain why it looks so frazzled). In the bottom photo, I stealthily
hid behind the tall grass and was able to get an uncommonly
close-up view of the egret, with the blurred purple flowers
in the foreground being a bonus.
St. Louis
Taken in July 2012
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