Martin Meissner/AP

The eye of a hippo is seen at the season opening of the ZOOM Erlebniswelt adventure park in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on March 21.

Isolating elements of a subject can be a good photographic tactic. Hippos have always looked like creatures from another time to me. Photojournalist Martin Meissners close study of this hippos eye illustrates that idea very well.

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