animals - Sergei Belski https://www.sergeibelski.com Airdrie Photographer Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:44:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.sergeibelski.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/belski_colour-150x150.png animals - Sergei Belski https://www.sergeibelski.com 32 32 254527454 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2026/07/01/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-17/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2026/07/01/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-17/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:44:09 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=6829 A few of my favourite animal photographs from my recent visit to the Calgary Zoo. Timon and Pumbaa? 🙂

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]]> A few of my favourite animal photographs from my recent visit to the Calgary Zoo.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F5, 1/1600

Timon and Pumbaa? 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/100
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F4.5, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5.6, 1/3200
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5.6, 1/1600
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F5, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO3200, F7.1, 1/250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO3200, F5.6, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO3200, F7.1, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO200, F6.3, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO3200, F7.1, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5.6, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F4.5, 1/800

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2026/07/01/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-17/feed/ 0 6829 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2026/02/11/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2026/02/11/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:24:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=503 Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my latest visit. I usually only visit polar bear exhibit when there is some nice fresh snow on the ground, but I decided to take a look. The bear looked pretty dirty, since we don’t really have much snow left […]

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]]> Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my latest visit.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO500, F5.6, 1/2500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/4000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/4000

I usually only visit polar bear exhibit when there is some nice fresh snow on the ground, but I decided to take a look. The bear looked pretty dirty, since we don’t really have much snow left at the moment 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO200, F7.1, 1/2000

Always fun to visit meerkats 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F5, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F5.6, 1/320

Komodo Dragon kinda scares me 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO6400, F7.1, 1/200
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO10000, F7.1, 1/400

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2026/02/11/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals/feed/ 0 503 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/11/19/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-2/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/11/19/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-2/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:26:10 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=2223 If this cold weather brings you down.. here are a few photographs I took this morning of somewhat happy penguins at the Calgary Zoo.

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]]> If this cold weather brings you down.. here are a few photographs I took this morning of somewhat happy penguins at the Calgary Zoo.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO100, F5.6, 1/3200
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F6.3, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5.6, 1/2500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5.6, 1/400

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/11/19/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-2/feed/ 0 2223 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/09/09/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-3/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/09/09/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-3/#respond Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:57:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=2733 Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my last visit.

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]]> Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my last visit.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5, 1/50
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2500, F5.6, 1/40
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F5, 1/125
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F5.6, 1/100
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5.6, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F6.3, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F6.3, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F6.3, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F6.3, 1/500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5, 1/1250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F6.3, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F7.1, 1/500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F7.1, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO8000, F7.1, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1250, F5.6, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F7.1, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5.6, 1/640

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/09/09/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-3/feed/ 0 2733 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY | AIRDRIE, AB https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/09/06/wildlife-photography-airdrie-ab/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/09/06/wildlife-photography-airdrie-ab/#respond Sat, 06 Sep 2025 19:14:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=2759 Local Airdrie birds. I jumped on my bicycle and rode to a near by body of water to take some photographs of birds 🙂

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]]> Local Airdrie birds. I jumped on my bicycle and rode to a near by body of water to take some photographs of birds 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F7.1, 1/1250

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/09/06/wildlife-photography-airdrie-ab/feed/ 0 2759 ROAD TRIP TO ELK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/04/26/road-trip-to-elk-island-national-park-2/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/04/26/road-trip-to-elk-island-national-park-2/#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=3071 Recently my son and I did a little photo road trip to Elk Island National Park where we were hoping to see some Buffalos 🙂 Our first stop … bird photography in Leduc, AB. After a little snack we were good to go again 🙂 It was nice to have Oliver with me taking photographs… […]

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]]> Recently my son and I did a little photo road trip to Elk Island National Park where we were hoping to see some Buffalos 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/2500

Our first stop … bird photography in Leduc, AB.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F7.1, 1/1250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5.6, 1/2500

After a little snack we were good to go again 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO400, F2.8, 1/500

It was nice to have Oliver with me taking photographs… he also took some nice photos of me 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF35mm, ISO800, F1.8, 1/5000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F4.5, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F8, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F8, 1/1250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/320
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F8, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF35mm, ISO800, F1.8, 1/5000
CANON EOS R1, RF35mm, ISO400, F1.8, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF35mm, ISO400, F1.8, 1/2000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F4.5, 1/200
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5, 1/160
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F7.1, 1/800

I have a pretty good setup for car camping. Electric cars are ideal for this with ability to run climate control all night, power for my electric water kettle and charging all my batteries, and I have a very nice mattress to sleep on 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/100
CANON EOS R1, RF35mm, ISO800, F2.8, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF16mm, ISO1600, F2.8, 1/100

Nice dinner while watching sunset 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/80
CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F4.5, 1/500
CANON EOS R1, RF16mm, ISO100, F2.8, 1/250

At the end of the day we decided to start heading home and stay the night at a hotel. It was pretty nice to wake up and have our car all charged and ready to go 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF24-105mm, ISO100, F3.5, 1/1.7

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/04/26/road-trip-to-elk-island-national-park-2/feed/ 0 3071 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/04/11/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-4/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/04/11/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-4/#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:11:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=3275 Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my latest visit.

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]]> Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo on my latest visit.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F6.3, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/1000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F7.1, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO4000, F7.1, 1/100
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F4.5, 1/160
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F6.3, 1/50
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F7.1, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F7.1, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F6.3, 1/50
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F6.3, 1/320

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/04/11/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-4/feed/ 0 3275 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/02/14/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-5/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/02/14/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-5/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:38:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=3432 Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo yesterday.

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]]> Here are a few of my favourite photographs of animals I took for the Calgary Zoo yesterday.

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F7.1, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F7.1, 1/800
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO125, F5, 1/160
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO50, F6.3, 1/60
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F4.5, 1/4000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F6.3, 1/1600
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/2500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F5.6, 1/1600

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2025/02/14/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-5/feed/ 0 3432 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2024/11/18/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-6/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2024/11/18/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-6/#respond Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:35:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=3680 We finally had a nice snow fall, so this morning I spent some time taking photographs at the  Calgary Zoo. Here are a few of my favourites 🙂

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]]> We finally had a nice snow fall, so this morning I spent some time taking photographs at the  Calgary Zoo. Here are a few of my favourites 🙂

CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5, 1/2000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5, 1/2000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5.6, 1/1600
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5.6, 1/1250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1000, F5.6, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1000, F5.6, 1/640
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5, 1/1600
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1000, F6.3, 1/400
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1250, F5.6, 1/2000
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F7.1, 1/500
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO1250, F7.1, 1/1250
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F6.3, 1/800
iPhone 15 Pro
CANON EOS R1, RF100-500mm, ISO100, F6.3, 1/80

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]]> https://www.sergeibelski.com/2024/11/18/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-6/feed/ 0 3680 WILDER INSTITUTE / CALGARY ZOO | ANIMALS https://www.sergeibelski.com/2024/11/04/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-7/ https://www.sergeibelski.com/2024/11/04/wilder-institute-calgary-zoo-animals-7/#respond Tue, 05 Nov 2024 01:53:00 +0000 https://www.sergeibelski.com/?p=3784 Took some photographs at the  Calgary Zoo.

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]]> Took some photographs at the  Calgary Zoo.

CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO1600, F5.6, 1/8000
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO3200, F6.3, 1/640
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F6.3, 1/400
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO800, F6.3, 1/400
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F5, 1/640
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5, 1/800
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5, 1/400
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO2000, F5.6, 1/400
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO400, F5.6, 1/1250
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO500, F7.1, 1/1000
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO500, F5.6, 1/160
CANON EOS R5, RF100-500mm, ISO3200, F6.3, 1/100

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