L'Hoest Monkey

Thanks for sharing this with us Jef, I always enjoy seeing pictures of primates, particularly ones I was previously unfamiliar with :^)

I'd love to see another photo of this wonderful Monkey showing more of it's face.

Hi Jeffry,

You've produced a nice, serene scene here. In a perfect world I'd prefer if the subject had angled its head just a smidgen more toward you (to capture just a bit more of the eye) - here it looks to be looking a little AWAY from you. To my eye the bright leaves in the lower left corner are a bit discordant and have a slightly negative impact on the mood of the shot, but I'm not one to advocate cloning them out (reducing their brightness and pulling the colour back here would make them less of an issue, but I know you're not keen on making these kind of changes, so I guess they are what they are!).

I'm not sure if this image is full-frame or cropped, but if cropped it could be argued that inclusion of the rest of the leg would increase the appeal of the image (to my eye the clipping of the feet looks like a capture "error" as so little of them is cut off). I realize that including more of image (on the bottom) - if it exists - would likely add more of the bright green/yellow leaves...definitely a trade-off!

There seem to be some strange (and I think unnatural) things going on with colours on the back of the monkey. Some of it may be due to the vegetation you were shooting directly through, some may be due to subtle reflections and/or transmission of greens and other colours through the vegetation, and perhaps some of it is colour noise (hard to say without more tech info, such as the ISO you were shooting at)? If it IS colour noise I think even the most strident opponents of post-processing would agree that a little noise reduction is justified (as noise is simply an artifact of the photographic process, like dust specks on an image sensor).

Cheers...

Brad

Thanks Ashley and Brad for the comments.

The L'Hoest monkey was to much occupied with other members of its group, and not paying any attention on me. Hence looking to the left. Personally I like to see this, which means that the subject is not being disturbed by me the photographer.
I will publish some other portraits with the face more obvious.

I do realize that the leave in the lower left is quiet bright, but well, it is a rainforest with lots of leaves around.
The image is FF and taken with a fixed 500mm, therefor framing is a challenge sometimes in the forest, since one can not move freely where ever he / she wants. There are always bushes, lianas, tress etc.

@Brad: the back of the monkey is the natural color. They are grayish on the side and more brownish on the back, if that is what you mean. So I belief that what you see is not due to color noise.

Thz again for looking and comments
Jef

Hi Jeffry,

You misunderstood my point about where the monkey was looking - simply meant I was looking for a true profile (not angled slightly away from you) which would mean a shift in only a few degrees of direction - I have no wish for having the monkey looking at - or interacting with - you.

Cheers...

Brad

What a pretty looking monkey ! I really like the way you have composed this. I am with ashley on this, thank you so much for providing us a great pic of another unfamiliar primate. Would love to see more of its kind.