Bonobos
Bonobo mother delousing her child
Bonobo mother delousing her child
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OLYMPUS E-M1MarkII
Aperture f/3.5 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 200/1 
Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, DE
Jul, 2019Views
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Location
I took this photo on my last visit to my home town, Stuttgart (Germany). The city has a great zoo (the "Wilhelma" zoo) which has a rather new ape house with Gorillas and Bonobos. Whenever I'm in Stuttgart and find some time, I go to the zoo, as I always walk away with some great shots (even if I do not know beforehand what I will get ...)Time
I took the picture at about 10 am, but as it was inside the house, the time of day didn't matter that much.Lighting
The light isn't too great (from a photographic standpoint). No flash allowed (how would you feel if you were constantly blinded by visitors?) and not very bright light, so it was time to crank up the ISO settings to 1600.Equipment
I used my Olympus E-M1 MkII and an older 50-200/2.8-3.5 FourThirds lens (which is a great focal length for zoo pictures thanks to the 2x crop of Micro Four Thirds cameras). No flash or tripod, just hand holding.Inspiration
It is just fascinating to watch the Bonobos and their interactionsEditing
I just cropped the picture a bit and used the dehaze feature of photoshop to increase the contrast. I took the picture through a glass window and in order to get the shot as I couldn't optimize the angle, the picture didn't have much contrast due to the reflections.In my camera bag
I use an Olympus E-M1 MkII, as this is a great compromise between picture quality, features and size. Esp. the lenses are rather small (compared to their full frame counterparts. Even as the 50-200 is rather big for a M43 lens, it is still small and light compared to the Nikon lenses I had before I moved to the M43 system.Feedback
Take your time, do not rush it. Watch the animal to get a feeling about their behaviour.
