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I liked this one as another example of how meerkats are such social creatures.

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:35:32 GMT

I liked this one as another example of how meerkats are such social creatures.

Looking through all the pictures I took on my trip to the zoo this was one of...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:35:17 GMT

Looking through all the pictures I took on my trip to the zoo this was one of the first to be chosen as a keeper. I love the combination of one meerkat standing guard while the other crouches looking curious and ready to explore.

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The Meerkats were great fun to watch and I spent quite a bit of time there....

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:35:08 GMT

The Meerkats were great fun to watch and I spent quite a bit of time there. They had all been separate but when I saw these two were approaching each other I got the camera ready and caught this 'kiss'.

The 300mm stabilized lens I was borrowing with the camera let me pull in close. I really want to get one when I have the money to spare.

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The other of the pair of fennecs sleeping through the daylight hours.

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:52:29 GMT

The other of the pair of fennecs sleeping through the daylight hours.

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For the majority of the time I was at the zoo the fennecs were sleeping. Not...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:52:25 GMT

For the majority of the time I was at the zoo the fennecs were sleeping. Not too surprising for a desert creature, who wants to be active in the heat of day if they don't have to do so? (Much the same reason we have rejected daylight savings time here)

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This is the same fennec that I produced a black and white image of. I felt...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:51:19 GMT

This is the same fennec that I produced a black and white image of. I felt the plain black and white image looked too cold, so after reviewing how to add some toning I gave the highlights some orange and the shadows some brown. Much warmer than the plain B&W version.

B&W version at http://www.23hq.com/23666/4213042_5d31893556258993b2eaecd3bf08a32b_standard.jpg

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This picture just didn't seem to work in color so I decided to manually...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:51:08 GMT

This picture just didn't seem to work in color so I decided to manually adjust it to black and white. The fennec pops out a little more from the background than in the original, and the branch is not nearly as distracting as in the original.

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This was a happy accident. The autofocus decided to focus the rock slightly...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:51:03 GMT

This was a happy accident. The autofocus decided to focus the rock slightly ahead of this guy and I missed it until reviewing the pictures. However, it seems to have caused the fennec to have an almost painted appearance.

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This squirrel was not one of the animals officially on exhibit at the zoo....

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:50:55 GMT

This squirrel was not one of the animals officially on exhibit at the zoo. Like squirrels everywhere this guy went where ever he wished. At the moment he was perched on a high point in the iguana exhibit from which he could watch the curious crowd.

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