Monkey sulk

Gallery: WildlifePosted March 10, 2016115 views4 comments

I loved my time in Japan, especially when enjoying the onsens (hot spring water thermal baths). I would travel high and low around all over Japan to locate the perfect soak. While entertaining this hobby at an onsen town, I thought I would check out how the cousins enjoy this. After a brisk walk braving the cold and the snow, I arrived at this onsen to find a congregation of macaques happily enjoying the relaxing warm water while they laughed at the freezing humans outside.

That is, except for the monkey on the left. Some people are just never happy. He reminds me of my little brother.

Comments and critique very welcome. Especially regarding post processing as I'm quite new to this forum and photo critique thing!

Nikon D90
18-200mm at 26mm
F4.5
ISO 200
1/160
Hand held

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Richard Sandor on March 10, 2016 at 9:13 PM

Christopher: great capture of the expression. This one definitely brings a smile. I might have gone for more dof to ensure all the macaques were in focus. It's hard to tell if the middle and left most are sharp as the image is small. Remember that you can post an image up to 1MB. All in all it's very enjoyable image. Richard

Registered on January 12, 2014, 453 Posts, 1625 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Sharp on March 13, 2016 at 10:33 PM

My initial reaction is that all three are showing us a sulking attitude. I feel this is a strong composition and I like the depth of field enhanced by steam and weather around the pool. My only technical nit would be that it feels to me like the saturation is a little strong with the reds which I feel draws attention away from appreciating other details.

Registered on December 9, 2007, 258 Posts, 9892 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 17, 2016 at 7:45 PM

A neat shot Christopher, great poses you captured and I like the steam rising in the background. You can post an optional large image up to 1600 pixels long, this image is fairly small and it would be nice to appreciate the details better. devil

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Christopher Yeoh on March 20, 2016 at 5:05 AM

Thank you all for your feedback. I got a bit confused by the two options for uploading.

Revised image attached and I've toned down the red a bit.

Please let me know if you have any further comments. Thank you again!

Registered on February 2, 2016, 4 Posts, 16 Comments