A trip to a monkeys paradise

Monkey World

I recently Took a trip to a place called Monkey Business its attached to the Trentham estate in Stoke-on-trent, it was a good day out but be warned make sure the weather is going to be good before you go as it is very open. At first i didn't know what to expect but i was pleasantly surprised by what i found there, i didn't see much within the first 5 minutes the odd monkey hidden in the tree here and there. Once we i walked a little further on however it became clear as to why that was. Feeding time in the main area and they where everywhere, on the tress running up to you and then off with others i found it quite entertaining.So time to get the camera out and to be honest i had my canon 70-200 lens on but it was no where near enough to capture these little monkeys dotted about, so i swapped over to my Sigma 400mm f5.6 This lens well what can i say if you have £60 yes that`s right £60 and you want a prime for wildlife get this lens. As you will see in the images price/performance its a real bargain, so i changed over and the world of difference it made. It was quite a bright day so luckily it did not affect any image quality in camera the manual focusing was quite difficult though so if you can get this little beast for your camera and it will auto-focus as well get it. So anyway we continued down the trail and it started taking us into miniature jungle environment that had been built for the monkeys including artificial streams and play areas for them. You could see however how the recent severe storms had impacted the site there where felled trees all over the place that had clearly been blown over, but this made for a more dramatic view in my opinion. The only downside to this place that i found was that it was rather small, it took around an hour to walk around with my girlfriend. If you have kids then that would be great they could be entertained for hours here and i honestly think they would love to gt up close and personal with these little critters. Luckily however with it being attached to the much Larger Trentham estates it makes for a all round great day out as this was a lovely walk which ill go into a little more detail in my next post. Hope you all enjoy the images and have a good day.