18 Mar 2008

Talking to Me

I took this photo at the San Diego Zoo and thought this little guy was posing for the camera. But when I got home and uploaded it on my Mac, I noticed how sad he looked. He had droopy eyes, droopy whiskers and a frown on his face. He looks [...]

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11 Feb 2008

Four Eyes

This is a Mangabey from the San Diego Zoo. Mangabeys are some of the most rare and endangered monkeys on Earth. These large, forest-living monkeys are found only in Africa. They look somewhat like guenons but are bigger. Local people call some of them “the ones with the thin waist” or [...]

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11 Feb 2008

Cardinal King

Brrrr! We’re not in Jamaica anymore, Toto (see post below)! This photo was taken during a snowstorm in February. I changed the color balance in Photoshop CS2 to add blue so it would look even colder in the photo.

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10 Feb 2008

Captive in Solitude

We were wandering around the San Diego Zoo last month. It was sunny and hot, and it was the middle of the day. If you’ve been to a zoo in the middle of the day, you know the animals go into hiding, or they are sleeping. But we got lucky with the [...]

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10 Feb 2008

Lone Seagull

“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do” (*) This photo was taken in LaJolla, California. LaJolla has to be one of the prettiest places I’ve ever seen.

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10 Feb 2008

The Thinker

I spotted “The Thinker” at the San Diego Zoo in July 2007. He was quite a distance from me, sitting up on a rock. Obviously, it was sunny (and very beautiful) day in San Diego. And I did try to get to a position so that more light would illuminate his face, [...]

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