Simpo's been to the zoo

[simpo two]

Yes, the usual collection of fluffy animals sitting on branches eating bits of apple and looking cute. So I tried to find something a bit different:

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and a closer crop:

[pic]http://autograph.uk.com/Pix/chimp3.jpg[/pic]

and another 'paws for thought':

[pic]http://autograph.uk.com/Pix/paws2.jpg[/pic]

[simpo two]

Thanks guys, I thought it might bring out the mothering instinct

I took several similar ones but most were slightly spoiled by a little camera shake. At 250-300mm, f5.6 was not really fast enough. Perhaps I should have opted to lug the 70-200 f2.8 around, but decided the 300mm would be more useful than the f2.8!

Moral: No matter how many lenses you have, you always need more!

[simpo two]

Here's another, in colour this time. Most of the close-ups are too shaky for publication!




Mother and baby again. I like the symmetry of this one:


Fennec fox at feeding time:


And a Red Panda chilling out

[simpo two]

V6GTO said:

Did they let him out yet?

I disguised myself as a human...