Those of you who frequent the Denver Zoo know.
That if you are going to visit the Great Apes.
You have to pass thru the monkey house, coming or going.
Not one of my favorite exhibits as the Zoo.
In order to keep the monkeys where they belong but still let you see them .... they put glass between you and them. And, it's kind of dark in their.
Which is generally not a recipe that a photographer likes.
Unless you have a very cool camera (Nikon D800) like mine.
Then you have a lot of ISO.
So, with just a little posing help from guys like this Golden Lion Tamarin .... pixtures are possible there now too.
One of those happy accidents that can happen with a good camera.
We were out for a walk .... taking pixtures of spring blossoms.
After I had this shot .... Linda pointed out the bee on the branch.
By zooming way, way in .... thank you D800.
Look what I had.
I have been a regular offender at the Zoo this year .... and loving it.
Enough visits, in fact .... that I have even been finding time to visit the Tropical Experience.
Interesting stuff in there.
I've gotten used to the hot and humid .... and I kind of like the constant swirl of kids.
But the pixture making is not easy.
I am not willing (or probably skilled enough) to use a flash in there.
So thank goodness for my new camera .... which gives me the option of ISO 6400.
Even at that lofty ISO, this pixture of a Hump-Headed Lizard .... was only 1/25 sec at f6.3.
Kind of a good thing that these guys like to sit for long period of time without moving.
Because if they were in motion .... that shutter speed is just not going to work.
And then of course everything in there is a pixture shot thru glass.
Which is a good thing, otherwise all the critters would be running loose .... and we would be screaming and jumping.
It always strikes me as ironic.
The Cheetah is one of the fastest animals on the planet.
And clearly .... on of the laziest at the Zoo.
Most of the times that I have stopped at their enclosure .... they are no where to be seen.
But occasionally, when the sun is just right .... if you are willing to wait for him to raise his head.
This pixture .... is an option.
