Dusky Leaf Monkey breastfeeding

[Tsechien]

This is a rather high key image of a Dusky Leaf Monkey mummy breastfeeding. It's young are a bright funky punk kind of orange and they gradually turn into the dusky blackish grey as they mature.

I thought the contrast of the adult & juvenile fur colours coupled with a naturally weak sky background that day made the image almost monochromatic with the orange baby "photoshop-ed" in.

They are classified as endangered but can be commonly sighted in the coastal mangrove forests of the Peninsula Malaysia. This was shot out from the car window.

http://www.pbase.com/tsechien/image/101318920/original.jpg

D200 AFS 600mm f4 1.4X TC on a Kirk Window Mount
1/350s f/8.0 at ISO 640

The young look like this when they are slightly older
http://www.pbase.com/tsechien/image/88116797

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[Beth Goffe]

This is a beautiful, tender moment! I think the colors do work with the weak background here. There are so many things I like about this. The baby's face, the mother's hands, feet and, particularly, her face looking at her baby. I would try to lighten it a bit if possible so you can better see her expression.

And the link to your other baby picture would be quite the advertisement against breast feeding! :eek: ;)

[D. Robert Franz]

The high key aspect works pretty well here. Great moment. The tails are always problematic but I can't see what you could have done without getting to much sky...