After a delicious birthday meal for Shirley last night we were left with most of the day to kill before the start of the Northern Recorder Course this afternoon. To while away the time a group of us decided to pay a visit to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, just outside Doncaster. It’s a relatively new zoo so quite a few enclosures are still under construction. However, some of the species were already well and truly settled in and I found plenty of willing models for portraits, particularly among the meerkats and lemurs.

Amazing portraits. No more words! :) iso400 · 2012-04-11: 17:24

I love that lemur's eyes. Great work, Helen! danrav · 2012-04-11: 17:30

Wonderful portraits. Jarvo · 2012-04-11: 18:43

Oh wow...these are excellent shots, Helen! Fantastic clarity....and you caught the eyes beautifully in #1!! lookagain · 2012-04-11: 19:49

It's excellent and the last one is simply magnificent josy63 · 2012-04-11: 20:59

Wonderful captures, #2 is incredibly beautiful!! KatysPassionata · 2012-04-12: 17:45

To cute!! Ryana · 2012-04-14: 07:20

Wow thats cool love the last capture well done mystic1 · 2012-04-15: 22:36

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