Love the way you have used a tight focus with a shallow depth of field to bring out all the detail in the face, and catch light in the eyes to, great capture Ron:)
@pcoulson Thank you kindly Peter. Once again, I was pretty much forced into the shallow depth of field. I was actually just wandering by the meerkat area with no photo intentions when this guy popped up and pretty much demanded to be photographed. All I had handy was the 70 - 200 zoom with a 2X converter. Being only a meter or so away my focal length was pretty much at its limit, and a shallow DoF was the result. As I stated above I'm very grateful for the autofocus function!
@cjphoto Thanks Chris - see above for my explanation of "accidental" depth of field. Wasn't intended, but kind of worked out. Sometimes it works that way!
@lyndemc Thanks so much Denise. Funny, I didn't really know much about these guys before last year. One of my meerkat shots made Top Twenty last year (my first one, in fact), and I found them to offer great opportunities for fun photos. I know what they are now!
