Photographer through the eye of a Meerkat: I took this shot through a plate glass window at my local Zoo, i used a Sigma 180mm Macro lens and at first i thought my focus was out of...

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

I took this shot through a plate glass window at my local Zoo, i used a Sigma 180mm Macro lens and at first i thought my focus was out of range and would be out of focus, i think it turned out ok though, what do you think.
That's me kneeling down to take the shot.

Manual Exposure f/3.5 1/400 ISO 1600

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

An interesting photo,we have meerkats at the Cleveland zoo,I posted some pics on UHH.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Nice one on the download Tommy.

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

photophile wrote:

An interesting photo,we have meerkats at the Cleveland zoo,I posted some pics on UHH.

Thank you photophile, they are an interesting subject :) :)

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

angler wrote:

Nice one on the download Tommy.

Thank's angler, very much appreciated :) :)

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

I think its great...(I think I see a speck of lint on your shirt!!)

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

rlaugh wrote:

I think its great...(I think I see a speck of lint on your shirt!!)

Thank you rlaugh, it's probably a bit of the banana i'd just eaten lol :) :)

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

tommyld wrote:

rlaugh wrote:

I think its great...(I think I see a speck of lint on your shirt!!)

Thank you rlaugh, it's probably a bit of the banana i'd just eaten lol :) :)

Of course,thats it!!..LOL

john blue Loc: Lowndesboro, Al

nice, thanks

robbygb Loc: UK

tommyld wrote:

I took this shot through a plate glass window at my local Zoo, i used a Sigma 180mm Macro lens and at first i thought my focus was out of range and would be out of focus, i think it turned out ok though, what do you think.
That's me kneeling down to take the shot.

Unsual and inspiring Tommy. I don't think you experianced guys realise how nice it is to see something different, yet helpful, for us new to photography to consider trying these differnt shots.
Many thanks for posting!!

:thumbup: :thumbup:

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

john blue wrote:

nice, thanks

Thank you John, much appreciated :) :)

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

tommyld wrote:

I took this shot through a plate glass window at my local Zoo, i used a Sigma 180mm Macro lens and at first i thought my focus was out of range and would be out of focus, i think it turned out ok though, what do you think.
That's me kneeling down to take the shot.

Love it! I like taking picts of the meerkats at the Ft Worth Zoo. I could watch them for hours.

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

robbygb wrote:

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Thank you Robby, and thank you for your kind word's, whenever i go out with my camera i am always looking for something different, imagine, your sitting in, or near a bush and you want to get a shot of a robin on a branch nearby, you take the shot and get up and move on, i don't do that, i will look around me and observe my surrounding's, there may be a dragonfly, or some fungi with an insect on it, there is allways something there to be photographed, with regard to this shot, i wasn't happy with the full body shot's of the Meerkat's so i put my 180mm lens on and waited till one came near enough for a close up, i didn't know what i was going to get but i was ready for anything, the same thing happened on an earlier post i did called "photographer through the eye of a raptor" ( have a look) where the bird was in captivity and i didn't want to show this, so i got close for the eye shot, sorry for rambling on but if i can help in any way at all just ask. :) :)

tommyld Loc: Liverpool UK

Irvingite wrote:

tommyld wrote:

I took this shot through a plate glass window at my local Zoo, i used a Sigma 180mm Macro lens and at first i thought my focus was out of range and would be out of focus, i think it turned out ok though, what do you think.
That's me kneeling down to take the shot.

Love it! I like taking picts of the meerkats at the Ft Worth Zoo. I could watch them for hours.

Thank you Irvingite, much appreciated :) :)

barbaradear Loc: ny, usa

cool.....