Here’s another one from Madagascar. Those little green eyes belong to a baby Coquerel’s sifaka lemur, hiding in the lap of its mother. They were pretty high up in a tree in the dry forest of the western part of the country. At the time I was using a manual focus 600mm lens on a cropped sensor camera, getting me out to about 900mm — more than enough distance to focus in on the baby. As the baby gets older, its eyes will turn more yellow in color. The Coquerel’s sifaka, like pretty much all lemurs, is on the endangered species list due to continued habitat loss. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 600mm manual focus lens, ISO 200, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second
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Here’s another one from Madagascar. Those little green eyes belong to a baby Coquerel’s sifaka lemur, hiding in the lap of its mother. They were pretty high up in a tree in the dry forest of the western part of the country. At the time I was using a manual focus 600mm lens on a cropped sensor camera, getting me out to about 900mm — more than enough distance to focus in on the baby. As the baby gets older, its eyes will turn more yellow in color. The Coquerel’s sifaka, like pretty much all lemurs, is on the endangered species list due to continued habitat loss.
great pic. looks like they stay nice warm,in that ball of fur.
Far from the forest floor —- Enveloped in a mothers fleece with —- eyes of a summer sky .
ANKARAFANTSIKA in winter probably june or early july…so wonerfull lemurs…
Correct, I was there at Ankarafantsika in early July.
Awww. What a itty bitty baby!!
Endangered. Very tough to contemplate. Great shot of these fascinating animals.
Love the lemur posts!
Incredible shot & beautifully composed
Gorgeous; what a little sweetheart! Love it Sean