Neil Danton

One of the nicest shoots I get to do on a fairly regular basis is to document the new arrivals at Fota Wildlife Park. Here is the latest, a baby Lar Gibbon:

There’s usually two things you need for photographing animals, a big lens and patience.

I had to wait a while for mother & baby to emerge from their den, but had the close-up shot of baby fairly quickly. It then took quite some time to get a shot of mother & baby together. Due to the way baby is carried, I ended up with lots of shots where baby’s face was visible, or mother’s face was visible, but not both together that was clear enough that I was happy with the shot.

After a while though, when mother went to investigate some new leaves for breakfast, they moved into a good position and I had the shot I wanted. As soon as it happens, I just get a 6th sense that I’ve nailed it:

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…one of these very often

It’s a double-headed, double-ended, push-me pull-you:

I wasn’t out and about looking for genetically modified animals, I just spotted this while on an un-related commission for my client.

The animals are Oryx, a type of Antelope.

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