Just back from a week in the jungles of Thailand. I’d like to say that I saw all sorts of exotic and wonderful new creatures, but unfortunately the sightings were few and far between. I did manage to capture five different primate species, Malayan porcupine, giant tree squirrels, a few colorful new birds, butterflies and lizards but missed out on several of the target species that I was hoping for — most notably the slow loris. There’s always next time. My favorite sighting, however, was this masked palm civet. Especially because it walked right into the lighting that I had set up in anticipation of the porcupines which reliably came by the campground every night. I was able to set up both front and back lighting with my two flash units. Unlike most masked palm civets, this guy lacks a more distinctive facial mask of black fur and is more uniformly cream colored rather than the usual grey. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 290mm) ISO 400, f/18 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units
Very nice lighting, Sean! Hopefully, next year I will be able to replace my fried SB flash unit and ultimately, I would like to get a 2nd flash so I can also schedule portraits of unwitting nocturnal visitors.
Hey Gray, although they have a cat like appearance and are often called civet cats, they aren’t a feline at all and are more closely related to weasels and mongooses.
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Just back from a week in the jungles of Thailand. I’d like to say that I saw all sorts of exotic and wonderful new creatures, but unfortunately the sightings were few and far between. I did manage to capture five different primate species, Malayan porcupine, giant tree squirrels, a few colorful new birds, butterflies and lizards but missed out on several of the target species that I was hoping for — most notably the slow loris. There’s always next time. My favorite sighting, however, was this masked palm civet. Especially because it walked right into the lighting that I had set up in anticipation of the porcupines which reliably came by the campground every night. I was able to set up both front and back lighting with my two flash units. Unlike most masked palm civets, this guy lacks a more distinctive facial mask of black fur and is more uniformly cream colored rather than the usual grey.
—– Which favors me most
—– The night without moon or the
—– Trees or my solitude?
Very nice lighting, Sean! Hopefully, next year I will be able to replace my fried SB flash unit and ultimately, I would like to get a 2nd flash so I can also schedule portraits of unwitting nocturnal visitors.
Thanks Sue. The tricky part is getting them to cooperate by hitting their mark.
What family are the Civets? He looks a bit intimidating to me.
Hey Gray, although they have a cat like appearance and are often called civet cats, they aren’t a feline at all and are more closely related to weasels and mongooses.
Looks super soft! Great shot!
Thanks Amanda. He/she did have quite the fluffy coat.
great pic. ) hope too se some pic.s that you took while you gone. ) thanks me )
Thanks Michael. Plenty on the way.