A Trip to the Zoo

Photographer Ryan Barrett accompanied the Digital Photo class on a field trip to the zoo on April 20.

A Trip to the Zoo

Ryan Barrett, Photographer
May 2, 2016

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Jelly fish. The jelly fish floats through the water at the Kansas City Zoo’s aquarium in April as viewed by the Digital Photo class. The photographers adjusted the amount of light allowed into the lens while in the aquarium. “Shooting the jellyfish was my favorite part,” said junior Mikey Chalupa. “They were really cool.”
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Camel. A dromedary camel greets the students visiting the Kansas City zoo on a warm day in April. Most were surprised to learn that there were two kinds of camels but enjoyed the fact that this species seemed to like to have its picture taken. “His teeth grossed me out,” senior Mara Hennessy said. “But when it seemed like he was posing for me it just cracked me up.”
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Beautiful bird. The great egret seemed to pose for the students from the Digital Photo class on their zoo field trip. The bird area was quite noisy but many enjoyed the ability to take photos of the birds on land. “It is usually so hard to take pictures of birds because they get scared away,” freshman Jaden Dudrey said. “These guys just seemed to just go about their business.”
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Nice kitty. The Siberian tiger stopped pacing in his enclosure long enough for the photo students in teacher Terry Ensor’s Digital Photo class to get some shots during their field trip. The tigers seemed rather nervous but the students enjoyed seeing them. “I hate to see them in cages,” junior Shaye Herman. “But if they weren’t here I wouldn’t be able to every see one.”
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Playful primate. Seemingly playing hide and seek with a cloth sack, an orangutan entertained the students assembled for the field trip. This male primate was 18-months old and seemed to replicate human toddlers. “He was adorable,” senior Beth Houser said. “I would love to babysit him sometime.”
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Pretty bird. Just waking up to a crowd of high school students snapping photos are red macaw “one-eyed” the photographers. “We all wanted him to talk,” senior Jason Thomas said. “But we were being silly.”