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Saki Monkey


Saki Monkey
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Copyright: richard james (Kilted-Arab) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1007 W: 105 N: 2089] (8805)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-24
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, Hoya 77mm UV
Exposure: f/4, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-25 7:41
Viewed: 561
Points: 64
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken on the same day as yesterday's White Tiger snap.

This wee fella is a Saki Monkey. What I like about this shot is the focus on the eyes and the sadness of his expression. Maybe he is a Nikon user looking at my Canon :-)

"Sakis are smaller monkeys with long, bushy tails. Their furry, rough skin is black, grey or reddish-brown colored depending upon the species. The faces of some species are naked, but their head is hooded with fur. Their bodies are adapted to life in the trees, with strong hind legs allowing them to make far jumps. Sakis reach a length of 30 to 50 cm, with a tail just as long, and weigh up to 2 kg.

Sakis are diurnal animals. They live in the trees of the rain forests and only occasionally go onto the land. They mostly move on all fours, sometimes running in an upright position on the hind legs over the branches, and sometimes jumping long distances. For sleeping they roll themselves cat-like in the branches. They are generally very shy, cautious animals.

Sakis live in family federations, which consist of parents and their offspring, with mated pairs usually forming lifelong pair bonds. They are territorial animals, defending their territory in relation to other families. Sakis know a set of communication possibilities: while shrill cries or bird-like twitter serves as a connection among family members, a loud roar serves to warn other animals off their territory.

Sakis are omnivores. They eat fruits, leaves, flowers, insects, and small vertebrates, such as rodents and bats."

{wikipedia}


ISO was at 1250 as the wee fella was curled up in a shady tree, hiding from the midday sun. Sensible :-)

I'm impressed at the low noise given the ISO setting, especially when compared to y/days shot.

ISO 1250, f4, 1/125

70-200mm f2.8 I.S. lens with 1.4x extender, handheld.

Shot in RAW, jpegged, brightened slightly, resized, sharpened.
lilimih33, LuCho-Man, vandana2923, machinelove, kross1, shelbeesmom, tjutjut, dareco, PierreFrigon, wieyos, Tomek, MLINES, boonie, Dot, wilth, Regiomontana, bullybeef53, Silke, datis has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To wilth: self portrait :-)Kilted-Arab 1 05-30 23:12
To timtim: great face....? :-)Kilted-Arab 1 05-30 19:03
To ralph: agreed!Kilted-Arab 1 05-30 18:50
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What a beautiful picture!

The level of detail is perfect and well mastered, specially on the eyes.
very expressive too.

Regards

Hello Richard,
Beautiful closeup shot.
Excellent details.
The expressions in his eyes are priceless.
Vandana

Hello Richard!
Wonderful monkey portrait with perfect detail and great clarity!
Excellent focus!
Nice colours and good light!
Best regards!
Lili

Excellent focus on the eyes Richard.
I really like the tight crop and love the way just part the hand on the left is just enough to imagine a wider view.
Well done.
- Vincent

Hi Richard,
Excellent portrait of this guy. The focus is right on the eyes and the detail is wonderful. Wonderful job cvapturing his expression.
Regards,
Kevin

Love those eyes Richard! hmmm reminds me of some of my relatives! HAHAHA!....Love the details here, very nice to pose for you! Excellent work! Love that lens... my 70-200mm 2.8 is on my camera about 50% of the time...
B-)
Linda

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  • KrL Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 490 W: 87 N: 365] (5749)
  • [2008-05-25 8:35]

Bonjour Richard,
Je suis impressionnée par l'intensité du regard, celui-ci nous captive complètement.
Le DOF est particulier et apporte une autre dimension à ce portrait
Bonne journée

Karèle

Hi Richard,

Excellent shot with almost no grainy on ISO 1250 handheld . . Your arm is like a tripod . . very stable . .
Yes, it's a perfect point to get focus is on the eyes . .
I like this composition . .

Tfs,
Tjutjut

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1157 W: 15 N: 597] (10372)
  • [2008-05-25 9:07]

This is exellent!! Those eyes are incredible! He's a cute little guy, really great detail. Have a happy day!

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  • tibig Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 653 W: 26 N: 642] (7177)
  • [2008-05-25 10:05]

Very good focus on the eyes. Maybe a bit more DOF would have helped (to have the muzzle clear too).
Hey, I'm a Nikon user!
Regards,
Tibi

Excellent portrait photography.

It's good!
You barely got away with this, the furthest eye is only just in focus with such a shallow DOF - but it works! The shot is superbly tight in its crop and composition, the eyes dominate but those fingers are a good inclusion also.
Nice work
Rew

ISO 1250???? Wow.
Excellent capture of his expression.
Excellent sharpness and details.
Man, look at those eyes. Amazing.
TFS
Pierre

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  • wieyos Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 902 W: 41 N: 1633] (6238)
  • [2008-05-25 18:14]

eyes wide opened and lips line curves down - what an expression your captured here, pal.
a great tight shot indeed.

TFS
Regards
Agoes

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  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1199 W: 38 N: 2062] (11884)
  • [2008-05-25 22:10]

Hello Richard
Very good portrait... these eyes, like human look!!!
Regards - Tom

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  • pozaru Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3348 W: 688 N: 1921] (16125)
  • [2008-05-25 22:57]

wow, what an expression captured !
Impressive.


v

Hi Richard, You really get the best from your 70-200 lens. This is a superb close up and as mentioned the emotion is there to see. TFS. Murray.

Hi Rich,
He must have thougth: "Oh no...no C*n*n". Great shot though the expression is priceless! Excellent Zoo picture. Great camera handling!
Hans

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  • boonie Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1263 W: 46 N: 1317] (6413)
  • [2008-05-26 12:09]

Richard
That is a face only a mother could love. Beautiful focus on the eyes and the "fingers" and the tight DOF - and particularly impressive with the ISO, f/stop and extender. No noise! WOW.

Dan

Very Nice, Sharp Details. Emphasis on where it counts, on the eyes. Excellent work, as always, richard.

-zeb

WOW great face
nice details and sharp focus

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  • ralph Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 179 W: 13 N: 253] (3633)
  • [2008-05-27 6:27]
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Great framing and wonderful focus Richard. His fingers add a good touch. You do have nice equipment, it all helps.
Nico

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  • Dot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 865 W: 0 N: 1395] (5654)
  • [2008-05-27 8:32]

Hi Richard
You certainly can't miss the reflections in this fellow's eyes. Great sharpness on the details, and for some reason that look is somewhat similar to what my husband gives me at times...... in other words are you for real?:-))
Good shot
Dot

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  • WMcK Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 735 W: 8 N: 1671] (6446)
  • [2008-05-28 4:05]

Wow Richard. Excellent holding of the camera. I just love the way you have captured the eyes. He does look sad. Interesting DOF and perfect composition. Well done.
Warm Regards
Wanda

Great shot. The focus and DoF are perfect.
Cheers, John.

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  • wilth Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 279 W: 36 N: 375] (1449)
  • [2008-05-31 4:27]
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The expressive faces on these creatures always knock me out, I find myself really wondering what they're thinking. This wonderful, sharp, clear shot gets that going in my head--can't ask a photo to do more than that.
Great sensor in the 5D, that's very good and clean for that ISO rating, and hand-holding that beast of a lens (still great but a brute) with a tc is a pretty good trick and talent as well.
Great shot, full of technical niceties and good emotion too. :0)
TFS,
Wilt
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Hi Richard,
Nice portrait,good shot.
Best regards,
Ralf

(:

He look so sad... almost like human. Excellent close-up. I love it. Thanks, also, for the informative note.

Lorena

Richard -a sharp,colorful,with fantastic DOF,photo.
Perfect and great note.
Jim

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  • Tizio Silver Star Critiquer [C: 16 W: 0 N: 3] (189)
  • [2008-06-14 4:27]

ciao richard! beautiful close up!You see the sadness in his eyes! :-)Tizio

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3368 W: 284 N: 6439] (23900)
  • [2008-06-24 5:25]

The tight composition of this one works very nicely! Superb catchlights in the eyes and fine details throughout
TFS
silke
P.S. Hoping to see your wedding pics soon :)

Nice portrait Richard. Well composed, with perfect focus on the eyes. Excellent colors.

TFS,
David

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  • datis Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 118 W: 4 N: 28] (587)
  • [2008-08-02 12:34]

So artistic portrait from this photogenic monkey, and thanks for note.
Daryoosh

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