Young Baboon

[Ken Watkins]

Taken in Karoo National Park, Western Cape, South Africa ,9th December 2009.

EOS 1D MkIII

500mm F4 IS hand-held

F 5.0, 1/640, ISO 800

Messy background but I think a nice expression, bad light almost stopped play.

[Peter Farrell]

Great pose and look on its face. (Looks like he was not happy to see you) Greta detail and I like the DOF.
BG is busy, but I don't think it hurts this image. Wonderful habitat shot.

[Callie de Wet]

Stoutgat! Lovely expression, like the hair tuffs next to his eyes. You can run a Gaussian burr on the BG, should you want to reduce its impact!

[Marc Mol]

Lovely stance Ken, looks like he's playing leapfrog, great eye contact.
TFS

[Alfred Forns]

Expression does it for me Ken !!! Not much you could do with the bg but nailing the pose made all the difference !!!

[Ken Watkins]

Thanks to everyone for their comments.
I did try a higher blur on the BG but thought it made it look unnatural.
I am not sure whether he was happy to see me or not, but he certainly did a good impression of being brave!

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ken,
I like habitat shots. But this image screams for tighter crop due to the pose. Love it.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Ken Watkins]

Sabyasachi,

Thanks that seems to be a good idea, what do you think, I know it is nearly square.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Ken,
I like the crop better. The looks are now more prominent.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[DanWalters]

Really like the tighter crop and the in your face attitude! Great eye contact as well.

[Ken Watkins]

Sabyasachi,

Thanks for your good advice, cropping is one of the many skills I have to master.

Dan

Thanks I must admit the stance and facial expression is what attracted me in the first place.