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10th May 2012
From the Congo by jml0306

From the Congo

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The Congo section of the Bronx Zoo is so full of photo ops. Yesterdays and todays shots were taken there. This guy a mandrill is one of my favorites to photograph there.

It's a difficult situation to shoot in. They have of course thick glass between you and the great apes. It causes 2 problems. Reflections off the glass solved by a polarizer filter and scratches on the glass solved by careful focus with a shallow depth of field.
Comments
I can see it's dinkle XD
posted May 10th, 2012  
Mandrills are super cool! Great shot!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Awesome!
posted May 10th, 2012  
What a colorful fella!
posted May 10th, 2012  
most excellent capture under tough shooting conditions!.. really cool! good job
posted May 10th, 2012  
Wow! Great shot!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great colors, focus and just plain very cool! Fav!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great shot by the way!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great shot Joseph, looks great knowing the conditions you shot under.
@miley89 Lmao....laughing my behind off over here =)
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great shot Joseph. You knowledge of what to do to get the shot really paid off. It's terrific.
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great capture. So colorful.
posted May 10th, 2012  
Amazing shot! Fantastic clarity through thick glass. Thank you for sharing how you achieved it :)
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great shot under those conditions Joe! Love the color and detail!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Awesome shot! Love the colours and all of the hairy details.
posted May 10th, 2012  
That's a good tip! ;-)
What a face...!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Great shot...my goodness..imagine bumping into him at night :)
posted May 10th, 2012  
Wonderful shot -- what a face!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Wow! Great focus and colors
posted May 10th, 2012  
So colourful!!
posted May 10th, 2012  
This is amazing! Well done. Beautiful colors.
posted May 10th, 2012  
@miley89 ha ha! you said dinkle!
posted May 10th, 2012  
They are marvelous looking, aren't they?
posted May 10th, 2012  
Mr Colourful he sure is
posted May 10th, 2012  
SO colorful! You really had to "work it" to get this perfect shot. Very nice.
posted May 10th, 2012  
The Original many-colored monkey!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Fab!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Beautiful portrait and you captured his color so well!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Nice shot--and thanks for the advice!
posted May 10th, 2012  
Cool shot
posted May 11th, 2012  
mag
great capture...and thanks for the tips on shooting through the glass....
posted May 11th, 2012  
Cool shot, he is very colourful.
posted May 11th, 2012  
Wow!!! Very beautiful, the coloring on these are so stunning :-) Great capture :-)
posted May 11th, 2012  
Wow, this is a great shot!
posted May 11th, 2012  
I do so love their colour
posted May 11th, 2012  
Great shot.
posted May 11th, 2012  
awesome!
posted May 12th, 2012  
What nose!! Nice shot!!
posted May 12th, 2012  
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