Cocquerel's Sifaka

Gallery: WildlifePosted November 5, 2013127 views7 comments

James Blue's post from Madagascar inspired me to look for an image from Madagascar featuring "light".

Here is an image of a "dancing" Sifaka taken in an open area of Palmarium Lodge,East Madagascar.

EOS 1DX
70-200mm MkII at 155 mm
F2.8
ISO 800
1/2000
Taken laying on the sand

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on November 5, 2013 at 10:44 AM

what a great image! You have stopped the action nicely....I like the grains of sand frozen in midair. And the light component is just right, as you wanted it.

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Comment posted by Butch Lama on November 5, 2013 at 11:15 AM

Nice action here but the patchy background distracts from your main subject.

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Comment posted by James Blue on November 6, 2013 at 12:17 AM

Ken, great capture in some nice light! Those Cocquerel's are a very pretty Sifaka, especially when the red/rust coloration is highlighted. I just spent a couple days shooting Diademad Sifaka's....what a beautiful lemur they are!

Jim

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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on November 6, 2013 at 12:21 AM

Thanks very much for your comments, I agree the BG is not exactly conducive.
James,
Nice to see some Diameds they are really beautiful, hope they were not as high up as the few we saw

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Comment posted by David Sewell on November 8, 2013 at 7:26 AM

An interesting shot, as I have always thought that only Verreaux's exhibit this behaviour. I agree the background is not ideal, but it is the background you often get in the forest and you have made the best of it here.

David

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Comment posted by Guy Runco on November 9, 2013 at 1:07 AM

Cool shot Ken, love the sand in the air!

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Comment posted by Basri Akcasoy on November 18, 2013 at 9:53 AM

Pose like a soccer goal keeper, so nice.

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