Looking for Lynx Kittens
In May of this year, Zoo de Servion announced that their Eurasian lynx couple, Aria and Oslo, got three healthy kittens. After one month, they started leaving their den and exploring the surroundings under close observation visitors and the local media. At that moment, I knew I had to try taking my own pictures…
Artic fox (Nikon Z9, 1/640 sec at f / 5.0, ISO 800, 150 mm, VR 150-600mm f / 5-6.3G)
On my first visit to the zoo, I didn’t have any luck with the lynx kittens. We could see them running around within the den but they would not leave it. Before calling it a day, I took a walk around the zoo. The female Arctic fox took a pose with sunlight nicely illuminating her face. In my opinion, her peaceful look works well in black-and-white.
Eurasian lynx kitten (Nikon Z9, 1/640 sec at f / 6.3, ISO 11400, 600 mm, VR 150-600mm f / 5-6.3G)
The second time is the charm as we see. This time around, Aria took all three kittens out and let them play and run around. A large rock is located in their pen providing the whole family with some privacy and us photographers a good viewpoint with decent backgrounds.
What are you looking at? (Nikon Z9, 1/640 sec at f / 6.3, ISO 10000, 500 mm, VR 150-600mm f / 5-6.3G)
Of course, only under mom’s watchful eyes…
I would say this was a pretty successful second visit to the zoo. I went back one additional time approximatively one month later. I expected the kittens to have grown quite a bit. They did!
Lynx Kitten (Nikon Z9, 1/640 sec at f / 7.1, ISO 5600, 600 mm, VR 150-600mm f / 5-6.3G)
In addition to the kittens, I got to see and snap a few pictures of Mouflons and Red-necked Wallabies.
Those pictures cover only a small portion of what you can see at the zoo. It’s certainly worth a visit!