Red-fronted Brown Lemur

Gallery: WildlifePosted July 13, 201294 views4 comments

Female Red-fronted Brown Lemur photographed at Isalo, Madagascar.

Canon 5D MkIII, EF70-200mm f/4 IS, handheld, ISO 1600, f/10, 1/30, short vertical, slight crop for composition, background desaturated a tad.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Tobias on July 14, 2012 at 8:16 AM

Simon, IMHO this is the best of the lemur photos you have posted. Colors are right on and the detail in the lemurs face is right on! I really like the full body shot over close-ups. Thanks for sharing, hope you post more.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on July 14, 2012 at 10:21 PM

Stunning, good idea with the background

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Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on July 15, 2012 at 7:03 AM

Nice composition here Simon, with the entire long tail included. I love those sharp clear eyes and nice over-the-shoulder look. Good exposure control as well, which is not easy in these forests. Personally I would have opened up a little in this situation to get a bit more BG separation (as well as SS

);not that the BG is distracting as is.

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on July 16, 2012 at 8:59 AM

Hi Simon,

Good job in accommodating that super long tail in a composition that works quite well. And great pose by the lemur as well - classic head turn. I tend to agree with Vincent on this one re: maybe opening up the aperture a little here and isolating the subject a little more from the background (tho' your idea of desaturating the background after the fact looks to have been a good choice).

Cheers...hoping we have more lemurs coming our way...

Brad

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