Sleepy Heads II

I dont know what to say ashley, wikipedia says they are supposed to be diurnal. Guess no one told them

The best bet seems to be in trying to capture these funny sleepy poses as you have done expertly here. Quality wise its not up to your high standards, but then its as good as it gets given the conditions. May be you should try to catch them during feeding time

Good to see you pushing the ISO on your 7D Ashley
Cute poses here and well exposed in tricky conditions...

I like it too, Ashley. The very interesting action by both Lemurs (er....I guess it is inaction by one of them...) and the wonderful variety of different shades of brown more than make up for a little softness.

Thanks for viewing and sharing comments Anand, Morkel, and Steve, much appreciated :^)

Anand: If I don't find good opportunities or I'm not able to capture pleasing images of Brown Lemurs when I'm in Madagascar at the beginning of this coming September, I will make make a point of finding out when feeding time with these guys is at our local zoo and set myself up in a favourable position ;^)

Morkel: Although I did apply NR to the background, the textures in the rock-face and the subject's fur effectively swallowed up the grain, making this one of the few occasions where I wasn't gnashing my teeth during the post-processing of images I shot at high ISOs ;^)

Hey Ashley,

While I'm not in any way trying to show disrepect to this image, my vote if for Sleep Heads I

First off - my thought about what the tail "forced" you to do here is the same as on your previous post (you know what I mean).

Second thing - and this one is totally just my opinion: yawns are funny things. After shooting about 1 billion bear yawns (and a whack of coyote yawns, wolf yawns, swallow yawns, eagle yawns, bluebird yawns, yadda, yadda, yadda) and having showed them about 1 million times, I've concluded that yawns tend to be one of those things that seem super exciting to photograph at the time ("Oh Wow, a yawn!!) but when you look at them afterwards they just don't seem too inspiring! I think they're just not that photogenic - give me eyes any day (and MOST of the time, the minute the subject yawns, you lose the eyes!!). How many times have you really liked a shot of your favourite human when he (or she) is in the midst of a yawn?? (I was going to use the yawning emoticon there, but couldn't find it - maybe that says something about yawns too??).

Gotta run...getting tired...yawwwwnnnn!!

Brad

Thanks for your sharing your thoughts and comments Brad :^)

If/as and when I get to the point where I've shot a billion yawning shots I guess it's quite possible I'll end up feeling as you do about them, but for me right now I'm still more than happy to capture this characteristic with any species I can find ;^)

I do understand what you say though with regrading a general preference for eyes over yawns and how it's certainly not easy to catch a subject with eyes open while in the midst of an all out yawn, but I doubt it'll stop me from trying to get the best shot I can given this situation for the foreseeable future :^)

Although reason why I love taking yawning shots - or shots where the animal's mouth is at least ajar - is that I find it tends to add another couple of splashes of colours one otherwise wouldn't get to see, by way of their teeth, tongues and even their gums.