Silverback portrait (C)

[Dan Brown]

We spent the day at the San Francisco Zoo yesterday and enjoyed seeing the Gorillas. This guy was definitely the Boss! C&C welcome.


Camera Model: NIKON D300, shoulder stock mounted
Shutter speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Optional,TTL
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
ISO: 1600
Lens: 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Focal length: 400mm
Focal length: 600mm (in 35mm film)
VR Image Stabilization: On
AF mode: AF-C

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely pose and awesome details , excellent image
TFS

[Rachel Hollander]

Dan - I agree with Harshad. Pleasing bg as well.

TFS,
Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

Dan,

Nice work catching his expressive look. I would have liked to seen the camera tilted down some so the ads were not cut/merged at the image edge. Also try a mild s-curve to increase contrast.