Last week I posted a black and white ruffed lemur from Lemur Island in Madagascar. This is a common brown lemur on the right and a red-fronted brown lemur on the left. They are very similar species and, in fact, the red-fronted brown lemur used to be considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur. Both species live together on Lemur Island, a rehabilitation center for rescued and orphaned lemurs. Nikon D200 with Nikkor 17-35mm lens (at 17mm) ISO 200, f/5.6 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-600 flash units
My pleasure Peter. Thank you for the continued support of the blog. I know quite a few people check in each morning for your words as well as my pictures.
Nice image, Sean! I’m struck by the tack-sharp focus on both lemurs faces, given that you were shooting at f/5.6. Obviously, they were both “in the zone”!
Hi Sue, yeah, thus is the nature of a wide focal length (17mm), coupled with my distance to the subjects. The focus is on the front lemur and trails off to be a bit out of focus on the back lemur. I love it when the animals let me get this close with my wide angle zoom.
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Last week I posted a black and white ruffed lemur from Lemur Island in Madagascar. This is a common brown lemur on the right and a red-fronted brown lemur on the left. They are very similar species and, in fact, the red-fronted brown lemur used to be considered a subspecies of the common brown lemur. Both species live together on Lemur Island, a rehabilitation center for rescued and orphaned lemurs.
can these lunar be trained like monkes to be pets. ?
Hi Michael, no lemurs should not be pets. They don’t fare well when domesticated and also they are an endangered species that should remain wild.
—– Actors on sweep of branch
—– Comfort found in furry rumps
—– Eyes glow orange with joy .
—– Thank you Sean for another week .
My pleasure Peter. Thank you for the continued support of the blog. I know quite a few people check in each morning for your words as well as my pictures.
Nice image, Sean! I’m struck by the tack-sharp focus on both lemurs faces, given that you were shooting at f/5.6. Obviously, they were both “in the zone”!
Hi Sue, yeah, thus is the nature of a wide focal length (17mm), coupled with my distance to the subjects. The focus is on the front lemur and trails off to be a bit out of focus on the back lemur. I love it when the animals let me get this close with my wide angle zoom.