Those Eyes

Gallery: WildlifePosted January 25, 2010171 views8 comments

Forgive me for not knowing this species. Image shot at Lowery Park Zoo Tampa. I love how the wood perfectly framed the face and those crazy eyes were staring righ at me. Taken this past summer
Canon 40D
2.8 300 mm L lens
ISO 250 f5.6 @1/250

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on January 25, 2010 at 3:49 PM

The species looks like a guenon, an African monkey. I do like how the wood frames this shy individual. Very creative Cheryl.

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Comment posted by Laura Stafford on January 25, 2010 at 6:06 PM

What a neat shot. I love the eyes too. I think the wood framing the face is awesome.

Laura Stafford

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Comment posted by JACK NEAL on January 26, 2010 at 12:11 AM

Great capture! Love that expression.

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on January 26, 2010 at 6:58 AM

It is fantastic.

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on January 26, 2010 at 2:29 PM

Very cool Cheryl

My only suggestion for improvement would be to reduce the brightness of the front log. You will achieve best results by doing another RAW conversion with a negative exposure setting and blend that in.

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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 26, 2010 at 9:38 PM

thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on January 27, 2010 at 2:56 PM

Cheryl, I really like the look on his face and how you used the log to frame him. I agree with Vincent's comment, or maybe even a tight crop removing more of the bright log and almost doing a portrait.

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Comment posted by István Pénzes on January 30, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Great shot, Cheryl. Cool face.

István Pénzes
Győr, Hungary

Registered on January 12, 2010, 35 Posts, 192 Comments