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Brotherly love (primates)

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Posted by Des Ong on August 31, 2009 at 4:38 PM
This is another species of monkey I encountered during my visit to the tropics, a pair of Long-tailed or Crab Eating Macaques (Macaca fascicularis).

As always, I value your comments/critiques.

Des

210mm, f4, 1/60s, -0.3ev, iso 200.
Posted by David Sewell on August 31, 2009 at 4:46 PM
Another fine shot, Des. My only criticism is that bare twig hanging down in the centre. I appreciate that it may take some work to clone out given the background, but personally I do find it distracting.

David
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Posted by David Taylor on August 31, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Yes a tender moment indeed. Very, very nice. If it was mine, I would crop out the OOF tree trunk and then for some reason the twig doesn't seem as obtrusive, IMHO.



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Posted by Liam Pauling on August 31, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Great shot, I agree with David by getting rid of that stick will give the monkeys a bit more impact but I love the pose and the tails.

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Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 31, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Lovely shot captured at the right moment, nits already covered. :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on August 31, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Very nice Des - agree with removing the dead twig!

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 1, 2009 at 3:03 AM


Lovely shot Des, love the tails.

Andy...
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 1, 2009 at 5:02 AM
I agree with Dave T. - crop out the tree trunk, it'll look much better Des.

Lovely moment to have captured :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on September 1, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Nits mentioned but what a lovely setting and intimate behaviour captured. Well seen and captured Des.

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Posted by Guy Rogers on September 1, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Hello Des.

Really like this one you have caught it just at the right moment.

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Posted by Paul Thomas on September 1, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Nice shot. Twigs don't worry me. You often find them on trees :biggrin:

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Paul
Posted by Justin on September 2, 2009 at 3:24 AM
Very, very nice indeed.
The interaction is superb and the beautiful, crisp clear light on the monkeys is perfect, as is the way they're set against that bright and attractive background.
I hadn't even noticed the stick myself as I found my eye instantly drawn to the main subject and completely held there, thanks to the very strong subject matter and interaction between the animals.
I also prefer the scene exactly as it is, i.e. with the tree trunk included, as it kind of sets the stage for the overall scene and creates a visual balance with the monkeys.
An excellent image and a pleasure to view.
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