No PP, straight Jpeg from camera ...Standard mode with +1 Sat and +2 Sharp
Yes, there is thick glass inside the Night birds enclosure, the place is very dark and there are wardens who issues warnings and makes sure nobody does flash photography.
The softness could also have been due to my handheld shooting, its so dark, I couldn't even see if my hands were steady anot. A tripod would definately help here (If you're not worried about pple tripping over it !)
And that was one of the brighter enclosures, most of the others are darker and I had to raise ISO to 12800 ...but still got reasonable photos.
The amazing thing is that with the A55, I could compose and AF reasonably quickly and easily whereas almost everyone else around me were struggling, most gave up halfway thru. :bsmilie: