Okay, can you guess where I took these pix?

I'll give you two clues. I just returned from Canada and they were all taken at the same place.











All these were taken with a 28mm f1.4 lens

 

You guys are too sharp. Your exactly right. They were in the Vancouver Museum and they were dioramas. I shot the images using a wide open aperture to get blurring in the background. The animals are taxidermied and set in rocks or trees with painted backgrounds. If you look closely, you can see that the background is painted, but it was fun playing around to get the look of being outdoors in the wild.

The owl was actually a glass enclosed exhibit in very low light, so that probably should not have been included.

all shots were hand held and strange lighting, similar to stage lighting in a play. Interesting though.

glad you enjoyed them, they were just for fun.

 

Okay, this one is the real deal. This beauty was shot outside in very dark overcast skys during intermitent rain in late afternoon. horrible conditions. Hand held 85mm 1.4 lens shot at f2.0. I was using a D70.

Wanna guess where this one was shot. (Yes it was in Canada but where in Canada?)

 

Oh Dennis,
You were right, it was in the Victoria Museum. Sorry, my bad....!

 

Thanks Gordon,

I can always count on you for a smile and a compliment. You seem like a really nice guy.

Here is another clue...

Same lens, same f stop, same location.

 

Here is one more clue. These wolves were outdoor in the same horrible lighting, 85mm 1.4 lens at f2.0. If you have been to western Canada, I bet you know where these were shot.

 

We actually became quite chumy with the bears. Here you can see one of them actually took time out of his busy schedule of impressing tourists to give my wife a much needed massage....