Mike's Other Pixtures #91

Is it just me .... or do these guys always look ticked off about something.

It's that disapproving chin tuck .... and the certainty that they would look down their nose at me.

Very British, I think.

Mike's Other Pixtures #90

When you are a "fill the frame, long lense" kind of shooter .... like I am.

It's harder to get a pixture of an elephant than you might imagine.

Like all zoos the Denver Zoo .... does a good job of keeping the people a safe distance from the animals.

But the newer habitats do let the animals get close to the people .... should they choose.

I don't like my zoo animal pixtures to have "man made stuff" like fences in the shot.

So when the animal is big and close .... I often end up with good pixtures of parts of that animal.

I like this one because I got the whole elephant.

And, he was doing things that showed the very cool curves .... he can create w/ all that trunk flexibility.

Mike's Other Pixtures #89

These two characters are inhabitants of .... Baboon Island at the Denver Zoo.

They obviously enjoy each others company .... but have little use for all of us who watch their antics.

It is rare for them to sit in any way that allows for a good pixture.

In fact, more than once .... they have moved away or turned a back as soon as they figure out that I have a good angle.

But that's part of the fun .... and I have the ability to go back another day.