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Baboons

by Oscar Benavides

Gallery: WildlifePosted December 4, 201189 views4 comments
Baboons

This is the first picture I post from my trip to Botswana last summer with Vincent. It was a really nice experience. Thanks for everything, Vincent.
The baboons always give you the chance of take interesting pictures, the problem is that they don’t stop moving. In this image the upper baboon is a bit blurry. If I had used a lower f-number, the speed would have increased and probably I would have got both baboons in good detail. But you know too many things in just one second…

Canon 1D Mk3
100-400mm at 400
f 8
1/200
ISO 200

Feedback and comments always welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Oscar.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 4, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Oscar, I like this image a lot. I like the elements and the composition. The upper baboon doesn't look unacceptably soft to me, even in the larger version.
Registered on July 27, 2010, 1310 Posts, 5035 Comments
Comment posted by Esme' Fantozzi on December 4, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Oscar, the eye contact is very nice, the scene is interesting, and the softness in the fur does not particularly bothers me. I actually like this picture a lot.
Registered on July 27, 2006, 50 Posts, 300 Comments
Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on December 4, 2011 at 11:21 PM
Hi Oscar, I remember this moment, particularly because I had the 500mm on and clipped off tails and limps as these two climbed the tree.:biggrin: This is a very appealing image with strong eye contact and large cuteness factor. The softness is not at all bad, even on the larger image, and surely does not affect the impact of this. Yes, a higher ISO as well as a wider aperture would have given you a bit more speed and on top of that a wider aperture would have blurred the BG a bit more. But like you said, we have to make these conscious decisions and change the settings all within a fraction of a second... One day, we will be able to connect our cameras to our brains :wink: .
Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Teller on December 5, 2011 at 12:01 AM
The look on the face of the monkeys and the fact that they are both staring at the camera really makes the image. Great composition also.
Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments