Western tarsier

I am just back from a few weeks in Borneo, where one of the highlights was a very close encounter with a western tarsier during a nocturnal safari. All the photographers present chose to photograph the animal without the benefit of a flashgun, The reflection you can see in the eyes is that from a torch, which was the only source of illumination. With the benefit of hindsight I should have upped the ISO to at least 1600, even so I am reasonably happy with this shot.

Nikon D600, 150mm Sigma, 400 ISO, 1/40th @ f5.0, handheld

You have done your own critique quite nicely there David, even 800 or 1000 would have been good. Amazing creature though and I look forward to more images from what must have been a cracking trip

Bob

Hi David
Must have been a great trip - very envious. I,m going to Dudley Zoo next week !!
Grand little fella!! Great job at 40th. What sort of torch ? LED?
Cheers
JR

Good job David, ISO 800 would have given 1/80th, should have been fine too! But this looks good to me.

David your finished image looks very good to me,sounds like a very good trip.

Keith.

Hope you enjoyed Borneo, it's a fantastic place; looking forward to seeing your shots from there.

I like this one, good eye contact, but I'm not sure that it's quite sharp. It looks like there was a tiny bit of lens blur

Oscar

What an amazing creature, those eyes are just incredible. Slight nits covered, but still a cracking shot.

Andy...

I would be happy too, lovely shot of a very sweet looking critter

Brilliant image and I love the composition and the pose around the tree makes the image for me