Skylight

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 16 March 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Golden Lion Tamarin. Extremely quick animals; hard to photograph in low light. Luckily, this one rested for a few seconds near the skylight at the top of its enclosure.

[Toronto Zoo, Toronto]

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Comments (14)

GJC from Kyoto, Japan

Great clarity and I really admire the composition.

16 Mar 2009 7:33am

lydia from Paris, France

Wow !! Amazing shot, bravo !

16 Mar 2009 7:38am

Sarito from Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Great shot.. love the expression on his face.. looks as if he is trying to break out of his enclosure :).

16 Mar 2009 9:36am

shroom from DFW, United States

Nice catch. Cool photo and sleek beastie.

16 Mar 2009 10:06am

Navin Harish from Mumbai, India

Nice shot and amazing colours. A couple of questions. 1: It seems to be at the top of it's enclosure, it clearly is not big enough to hold it so what keeps him inside, is there something outside as well like a fence. 2. Where were you standing when you took this shot?

16 Mar 2009 10:32am

@Navin Harish: Thanks, Navin! I think it's a little hard to explain, but anyway, there's a glass or plastic screen over the top - just above his head in the photo. Good thing too, because it's very cold outside. That's snow you see covering the skylight. I'm standing outside the enclosure, shooting through glass.

Daryl from Amagasaki, Japan

That's a beautiful shot...!

16 Mar 2009 2:14pm

Hema Iyer from Bangalore, India

Beautiful shot

16 Mar 2009 4:02pm

peter from new york, United States

excellent capture!

16 Mar 2009 6:33pm

Olivier Jules from Lanciano, Italy

beautiful shot

16 Mar 2009 8:06pm

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

Yes, I remember having trouble with the speed these move at . . seldom still. You did real well here.

16 Mar 2009 9:06pm

shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway

that poor thing, you can sense his suffering. great work.

16 Mar 2009 10:02pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

I read of a donkey which collected stones for a long periond of time before he began throughing it on the visitors. Was is he planning? // Strong expression and the colors are beautiful.

19 Mar 2009 8:45am

@Lucca: Thanks, Beate! Donkey or monkey? If I were put in a zoo, I'm sure I'd do the same.

Daniel from Córdoba, Spain

Incredible image! I had never seen or heard about this kind of monkey before. By the way, it is impressive the expression of its face.

19 Mar 2009 9:23pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

oops sorry, monkey! Poor guy he is.

21 Mar 2009 8:46am

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ISO 140
190 mm