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.
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.
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.