The Foragers

Gallery: WildlifePosted February 24, 2011270 views6 comments

As I try to battle weight issues, I was gently reminded by this image that we humans were originally designed for being hunter-gatherers. Our modern lifestyles and gadget centric life has made the human race deviate from our original evolutionary design.

Coming to the image this troop of Rhesus macaque was shot in the evening at Bharatpur in evening light, I preferred a centered composition just to bring focus on the monkeys.
f 5.6, 1/6400. ISO 800.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 24, 2011 at 9:02 PM

I think this is a powerful image and was well produced. However, the monkey on the left is rather featureless and looks more like a rock than a monkey.... I think it should be removed for a stronger presentation.

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Comment posted by Ed Cordes on February 24, 2011 at 9:19 PM

I agree about the individual on the left. BTW, I thought they were looking for a contact lens!

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on February 25, 2011 at 3:54 AM

I really like how you can feel the action and their concentration from such a few details.

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Comment posted by Luca Mussato on February 27, 2011 at 9:24 AM

The central monkeys are very well silhouetted and emphasized by the lights. I find the leftmost macaque out of place in this scenario. it is a detraction to the whole image that is beautiful. Also i would remove part of the FG.

Cheers, Luca

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on February 27, 2011 at 9:27 AM

Hi Vijay,

I like the idea here (primarily the lighting and high contrast), but the in-focus, out-of-focus nature of the subjects, plus the overlapping nature of the ones in focus in the middle of the frame, reduces the impact of this photo for me.

Cheers...thanks for sharing this.

Brad

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Comment posted by Dan Walters on February 27, 2011 at 4:03 PM

Love the lighting! Very dramatic.

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