Diamond head

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 7, 20081,968 views15 comments

It had been snowing for most of the morning when I took this shot of a little Japanese macaque, but it was not cold enough for the flakes to stay. As a result the fur of this young fellow was covered with what looked like thousands of little diamonds.

Shot in Japan.

D2Xs, AF-S VR 70-200, 1/80 @ f/5.6, ISO 100, SB-800 @ -3.0, handheld

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Shane McDermott on June 7, 2008 at 11:59 AM

Marsel

What a beautiful & intimate moment you captured of this little fella. Nice use of flash, anything more and I think you would have had a lot of specular highlights. Everything works, well done.

Shane

Registered on November 12, 2007, 49 Posts, 1074 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Gomez on June 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM

Another amazing shot, Marsel!

Registered on March 3, 2007, 206 Posts, 1853 Comments

Comment posted by Jude Haase on June 7, 2008 at 8:24 PM

My style would be a composition with a lil less reflection.......but this isn't my shot :( (personal taste one would say).......

Anyways,
The techs are right on and it's awesome as presented!! Look forward to seeing more!!

Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Inglis on June 8, 2008 at 6:38 AM

Hi Marsel,

Beautiful image, simply beautiful!

Registered on October 23, 2007, 26 Posts, 2832 Comments

Comment posted by Winnie Ho on June 8, 2008 at 6:44 AM

Lovely jewel-like effect. You have captured his expression beautifully, I'm drawn straight to his bright eyes. Great capture, Marsel!

Registered on January 6, 2008, 93 Posts, 1788 Comments

Comment posted by Xavier Ortega on June 8, 2008 at 8:26 AM

Great capture. Excellent detail and light.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 115 Posts, 222 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on June 8, 2008 at 8:37 AM

Beautiful shot, Marsel! I love the composition, the DOF, the 'diamonds' and the eyes are the best!

Registered on March 16, 2006, 419 Posts, 2076 Comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on June 8, 2008 at 9:25 AM

Marsel,

as usual very nice, and well done...

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Winnie Ho on June 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM

Congratulations on the EP, Marsel!

Registered on January 6, 2008, 93 Posts, 1788 Comments

Comment posted by David Lloyd on June 10, 2008 at 6:51 PM

I like this little guy, particularly his expression - his eyes, the wet texture of his fur, and the reflection. Somehow your pictures are always colorful yet never overdone. And clever use of natural looking flash too. Wonderful picture...

Registered on May 18, 2008, 9 Posts, 15 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on June 11, 2008 at 5:47 AM

Marsel, what an awesome image! That facial expression is priceless and so are the diamonds

For presentation purposes I would suggest to crop a bit off the bottom, the light spots that disturb the monkey's reflection are somewhat distracting IMO.

Btw I had a look at your website recently and must say I was highly impressed. Great work all round!

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on June 12, 2008 at 2:10 AM

What a great capture. The DOF works so well here.

Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on June 12, 2008 at 7:29 AM

WOW, what an amazing capture. The expression is priceless and the melting snowflakes frame his face. Those eyes!

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Langford on July 17, 2008 at 1:20 PM

Fantastic image. What's he thinking? Great eyes ^ the reflection adds a tranquil feel.

Registered on July 17, 2008, 0 Posts, 3 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Laredo on October 1, 2008 at 10:27 PM

Fantastic image. Without a doubt they are high on my wish list.

Registered on March 18, 2008, 71 Posts, 332 Comments