Western Lowland Gorilla

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Western Lowland Gorilla
Photo Information
Copyright: Kevin Ross (kross1) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 308 W: 9 N: 367] (1421)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-05
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D 40, Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED AFS VR, 2.0GB SanDisk
Exposure: f/5.3, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Gorillas [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-04-30 20:10
Viewed: 283
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 36
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a picture of a Western Lowland Gorilla. This gorilla resides in Columbus, Ohio however this species resides in West Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, SW Central African Republic). The diet for this Gorilla consist of fruit, leaves, stems, bark and insects, I acquired this information on Wikipedia.

For this shot I used a 70-300mm lens with a focal length of 195mm. Since the Gorilla was behind a green tinited glass I had to do a little pp work. I decreased the exposure slightly and added a more yellow tint to offset the green color from the glass. I increased the contrast and enhansed the color slightly. I then cropped and resized for TL. I hope you like this shot and thanks for viewing.
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  • budgun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 282 W: 2 N: 291] (1591)
  • [2008-04-30 21:10]

Hi Kevin,
You have captued all the wounderfully detailed features of this handsome face. Very intelligent eyes and a intersting thumb sucking pose.
Regards, Tom

Hi Kevin,

Somehow he is saying . . "What do you want?" . . I don't have a chance to see directly this size of gorilla . . There are lots of orangutan in Indonesia, but as not this big . .
Excellent moment you capture it . .
Great shot my friend

Tfs,
Tjutjut

Many thanks for your kind words on Racing .

Kevin


te felicito hermosa expresion de captura

Hi Kevin,
very strong look;
great shot, I like the POV
tfs,
hope U like my workshop
regards Karolina

Hello Kevin. Nice sharp image of this fine species. Well captured in nice lighting and sharpness. Best regards. Jusni

Hello Kevin,you have done a fine job in pp,I do not get the impression of looking through glass at all.
I like his expression.Everything is sharp and clear.
Tfs, regards Jean.

Hi Kevin,

The image turned out very nice. It has a nice composition, good sharpness and the color of the gorilla has turned out good.

Some remarks. The light on the fingers have now made that part overexposed. By keeping a look on the histogram while shooting you could have taken another shot with a lower exposure to prevent the blown out bits. By decreasing exposure in PP the blown out bits stay blown out.

TFS,
Pedro

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  • Dot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 707 W: 0 N: 1044] (4406)
  • [2008-05-01 14:28]

Hi Kevin
The intense look is almost scary.
You did a great shooting job and again with the pp work as he does not look like he is behind glass.
Dot

great portrait shot! nice timing!

tfs!

Hello Kevin,
Well captured shot of Gorilla.
Good pov and tight composition. TFS
Vandana
later

Woooooh, this is majestic being!
His pose under this excellent lightness make all the image excellent.
Regards.
Vangelis

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  • wieyos Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 665 W: 33 N: 1058] (4079)
  • [2008-05-04 18:53]

Hi Kevin,

nice pose of this gorilla. i like the detail sharp of his fur/hair. his sight is great too. looks very human....:)

perhaps he can be friend with my proboscis monkey....;)


TFS
Regards
Agoes

Nice capture of this wonderful animal. The details are clear and you have done a good job with the pp work especially as you say you photographed through a green tinted glass. well done!

Hi Kevin,
Great portrait of Gorilla,good deails and well captured,well done.
Regards
TFS

* Piotr *

It's funny how these guy's appear to give human gestures sometimes. Maybe Darwin was right. I like this one. TFS!

Best regards,

Rob

Hello Kevein
Here we are again .. and what do I see? A Dutch horror :-)
I explain below..
Well the details are fine .. razor sharp and it always is amazing how 'connected ' we feel when looking at them (well ..I do.. ) smile

We had a gay like this one breaking loose in Rotterdam zoo last year.. ''Bokito''and attacked a woman
if you like to know more .. see this :
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/254053/msnbc_reports_gorilla_escape_at_zoo.html

Good shot Kevin

Regards
John

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  • Tomek Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1177 W: 35 N: 1878] (10669)
  • [2008-05-29 11:38]

Hello Kevin:)
You were lucky to have opportunity to capture gorilla outside in ZOO - I was doing some pictures last year in our Toronto's ZOO but gorillas are constantly in pavilion, glass and bad light there.
This portrait you did very well, even through the glass with some PP work it went so good, I really like it, it is so impressive - great photo!
Best regards - Tom
:) later

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 80 W: 0 N: 115] (579)
  • [2008-06-16 0:16]

Hello Kevin,
an amazing animal of brilliant clarity and expression. Right timing and a very well composed shot to show gestures and expression.
A really nice shot animal photo.

Regards,
Foozi

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