{"id":336,"date":"2013-02-08T16:10:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/?p=336"},"modified":"2013-02-08T16:10:43","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T16:10:43","slug":"animal-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/08\/animal-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather finally got a little cooler and nice at the end of January, so we went over to Disney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Animal Kingdom. The park is very animal-centric and has a strong focus on environmental awareness and responsibility as well as conservation. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a very lush park with tons of plants and foliage, but all that plant life makes it very hot in the warmer months so we normally only go in the winter. I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gone since I got my DSLR for my birthday last May so I was excited to get a chance to take some pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a few shots I took. Most of these were done with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Canon-55-250mm-4-0-5-6-Telephoto-Digital\/dp\/B0011NVMO8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF-S 55-250mm f\/4.0-5.6 IS II Telephoto lens<\/a>. I got it super cheap last year on a combination of sale price and saved gift cards and it worked out nicely for capturing the animals from distance. Most of these were also taken from a moving vehicle on the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Safari\u00e2\u20ac\u009d so I was quite pleased with the shots I got.<\/p>\n<p>Click any image for larger!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-336 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-337\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-337'>\n\t\t\t\tSilver back gorilla.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-338\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-338'>\n\t\t\t\tBeautiful owl.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-339\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-339'>\n\t\t\t\tWhite rhino and baby\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1d-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-340\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-340'>\n\t\t\t\tLion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1e-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-341\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-341'>\n\t\t\t\tCheetah\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1f.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1f-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-342\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-342'>\n\t\t\t\tZebra\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1g.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak2013-1g-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-343\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-343'>\n\t\t\t\tFlying Fox (A fruit-eating bat, it has the largest wingspan of any bat in the world \u00e2\u20ac\u201c up to 6ft!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-345\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-345'>\n\t\t\t\tMeerkat\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-346\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-346'>\n\t\t\t\tGiraffe \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13f.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13f-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-352\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-352'>\n\t\t\t\tGiraffe reaching out to eat the palm tree\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13e.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13e-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-351\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-351'>\n\t\t\t\tElephant\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-347\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-347'>\n\t\t\t\tThe baby elephant was playing and flinging his trunk around!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13d.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-feb13d-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-348\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-348'>\n\t\t\t\tLion on the prowl\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-tiger-feb13a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-tiger-feb13a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-349'>\n\t\t\t\tTiger\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-tiger-feb13b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/ak-tiger-feb13b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-350'>\n\t\t\t\tTiger\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" 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The park is very animal-centric and has a strong focus on environmental awareness and responsibility as well as conservation. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a very lush park with tons of plants and foliage, but all that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,8,7],"tags":[25,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,168,182,24,26],"class_list":["post-336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-animal-kingdom","category-photos","category-walt-disney-world","tag-animal-kingdom-2","tag-animal-kingdom-safari","tag-bats","tag-canon-eos-rebel","tag-canon-eos-rebel-xs","tag-disneys-annimal-kingdom","tag-dslr","tag-flying-fox","tag-gorilla","tag-lion","tag-photos-of-animals","tag-photos-of-animals-on-safari","tag-pictures-of-animals","tag-rhino","tag-safari","tag-telephoto","tag-tiger","tag-walt-disney-world-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefloridaproject.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}