I am Mandrill, hear me Roawrrrr!!!

[troypiggo (Troy)]

I Adelaide at the moment on holidays, took this today at the Adelaide Zoo. Great zoo, really enjoyed it.

[asimov (John)]

Lovely image Troy!

[jenchris (Jennifer)]

That focus is stunning

[gary]

Thanks Troy,

Great moment in time! But was he roaring or just having a big yawn?

As some readers will be aware, the Mandrill has a strong connection to
the history of computer graphics as this front-on image of a Mandrill's face
was used extensively by computer graphics academics in the 70's, 80's and 90's -
http://www.fmah.com/IMAGES/CCOMPRES/MANDRIL/MANDO.HTM

The image may have originally come from the University of Southern California
Signal and Imaging Processing Institute circa 1977 and was commonly used
in various benchmarking tests. After the famous University of Utah "Teapot"
it was probably the most famous piece of iconography in computer graphics.

[RB (Andrew)]

Great capture Troy, very sharp.
Gary thanks for the info, I remember that image.

[bloodhound31]

I love the pleat-patterns in his fur!

[Dennis]

Wow, what a dramatic portrait Troy. Nicely captured given the fleeting opportunity. I want more!

Cheers

Dennis

[troypiggo (Troy)]

As Gary suggested, he was actually yawning, not roaring. Still, looks pretty ferocious and wouldn't want to get too close to those chompers. Do have more, just need time to process.

[Octane (Humayun)]

That was awfully nice of your wife to make a portrait of you.

:running away very quickly:

H

[Ric]

Great capture Troy.

I agree you would not want to be on the end of a nip from this chappie.

[suma126 (Shane)]

great shot love the sharpness of this pic

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Thanks again, guys.

H - you're too kind! I wish I showed up this good looking in portraits! haha.

Meant to mention, I had left my 100-400L back in Brisbane. Normally that's what I'd use here. But the 135L did a wonderful job, and much more compact.

Re: the comments on sharpness - feel like I'd be doing the 135L, one of Canon's finest, an injustice if it wasn't sharp and in-focus.

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

...Re: the comments on sharpness - feel like I'd be doing the 135L, one of Canon's finest, an injustice if it wasn't sharp and in-focus.

The 135L !
It figures.
I've still got the cut on my finger from the first time I put the 135L on my camera.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Originally Posted by RB

The 135L !
It figures.
I've still got the cut on my finger from the first time I put the 135L on my camera.

Those that have used it understand.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Here's another shot of the same male:

[Dennis]

Quite a colourful looking creature, although I wouldn’t want to argue with those fangs! Were these taken through wire mesh, or glass, or did you have line of sight open-air access?

Cheers

Dennis

[troypiggo (Troy)]

There was a couple of mandrill enclosures. One with a male and a lot of females with babies, and that was behind a mesh cage. Apparently they're female dominated species(1). The male in there was going nuts The open enclosure was just males I think and that's where this guy was.

(1) like us humans (Troy ducks and runs)

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Nice work again Troy. Great colours. That's a lens I'd like to have a play with one day...!

Cheers,
Stephen