gadge Posted March 14, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) M6 TTL 135 Tele-Elmar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 14, 2010 Posted March 14, 2010 Hi gadge, Take a look here Meercat - On the look out. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted March 15, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 15, 2010 A nice shot with goog composition, colors and lighting. A cute guy. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla Posted March 15, 2010 Share #3 Posted March 15, 2010 funny guy, nicely captured ... we could open a meercat thread - these are my favorite 'targets' in our local zoo. btw, anyone can explain why these animals are called MEERCAT - sounds like 'sea-cat' to my germanic ears ... ? markus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
microview Posted March 15, 2010 Share #4 Posted March 15, 2010 funny guy, nicely captured ... we could open a meercat thread - these are my favorite 'targets' in our local zoo.btw, anyone can explain why these animals are called MEERCAT - sounds like 'sea-cat' to my germanic ears ... ? markus If anything in Wikepedia can be believed:- ""Meerkat" is a loanword from Afrikaans. The name has a Dutch origin but by misidentification. Dutch meerkat refers to the "guenon", a monkey of the Cercopithecus genus. The word "meerkat" is Dutch for "lake cat", but the suricata is not in the cat family, and neither suricatas nor guenons are attracted to lakes; the word possibly started as a Dutch adaptation of a derivative of Sanskrit markaṭa मर्कट = "monkey", perhaps in Africa via an Indian sailor on board a Dutch East India Company ship. The traders of the Dutch East India Company were likely familiar with monkeys, but the Dutch settlers attached the name to the wrong animal at the Cape. The suricata is called stokstaartje = "little stick-tail" in Dutch." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla Posted March 15, 2010 Share #5 Posted March 15, 2010 microview - thank you! btw, here's the shot of a meercat i recently spotted at our local zoo in leipzig ... anyone else have meercat shots to share ...? would be fun to get a meercat thread rolling! markus ps: m8+135/4.0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allamande Posted March 16, 2010 Share #6 Posted March 16, 2010 I love that second shot even more! Great tones, light, I love the way the fur is highlighted, and the snow is extra icing on the cake. Nicely done. Ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla Posted March 17, 2010 Share #7 Posted March 17, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) ece, glad you liked this shot! the fellow just stood in the right way for the highlighting of his fur. it was bitterly cold that particular saturday, maybe he was hoping to get some warmth from those timid sun rays ... markus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.