Wild ass

This is an animal with the most ridiculous name I heard. Before you get offended, go to Wikipedia– I am not making it up. I was even hesitant to title the post like that. But the animal itself is very cute, closly resembling donkey, from which it evolved. I shot this pleasing portrait in St Louis zoo, in the warm, sunset light. Long focal length with not-so wide-open aperture allowed me to throw background out of focus, maybe even not sufficiently yet, to take attention off it and place it on the head and the eyes. But I couldn’t wish for the better pose…