Howler Monkey female

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Canon 30D
Canon 35-350@350mm
Handheld
ISO 400
f/7.1
1/200
exp. comp -0.3

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great find and exposure control. I might put the monkey a bit further to the right in the frame.

[Fabs Forns]

Agree on placing the mono to the right, I'd go positive on this one wince ethe subject is dark and backlit.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Juan,
Good expression. I like the eyes, and the way it is using its tail for stability. I agree with Fabs. You have given -1/3rd negative exposure compensation. In such kind of scenes we are supposed to dial in positive exposure compensation. When sky is visible, it definitely needs it.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Agree on placing the mono to the right, I'd go positive on this one wince ethe subject is dark and backlit.

Hi Fabs and thank you for your input, but I still don't get it, am I too slow?
Thank you for your help:confused:

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Juan,
Good expression. I like the eyes, and the way it is using its tail for stability. I agree with Fabs. You have given -1/3rd negative exposure compensation. In such kind of scenes we are supposed to dial in positive exposure compensation. When sky is visible, it definitely needs it.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Hi buddy!
I read your comment but don't get it strait. If I go to the right on the exposure, will not I get burned skies? just curious. Thanks for your help. jc

[Steve Canuel]

I like the exposure on this one Juan. I've never been in the jungle but this looks very natural to me. I see detail in the shadow/dark areas without a burnt out sky. I also like the golden light on the monkey's side and the hint of catchlight in the eye. I'll defer to the expert's experience on the proper exposure.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Juan, what a special find, I take this was a wild animal ?
Yes, if you push the exposure to the right, you will get burned skies, but you don't really care: you want details in the dark animal. Often, I use the sky as reference to dial in +2 or even more, with birds in flight: this would work here too I guess: you need to get the right setting with your 30d by trial.

Thank you so much Peter!

Yes, this is a wild animal but allowed me to come close, who knows why, I thing is for sure, this is a female, may be I look like a monkey!:D

You know, I have red some many times about "don't burn the skies" so that is why I did try in this one no to burn it, but now you tell me that my subject is what matters here, or at least that's what I understand. You are correct.:)

Next time I will not pay too much attention to the sky. Now, when you say that you use the sky as reference, do you mean that you spot meter the sky? and then shoot full manual mode?

Thank you for your time and help, jc

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Hi Juan,

In this situation, if you would have dialled in a +ve exposure compensation of say 1/3rd EV, you would have got the monkey properly exposed and a bit of blown highlights in a small portion of the sky. When you find that little bit of sky is overexposed, then you can recover it during post processing. The idea is to have data in the 5th house of your histogram (expose to the right technique).

This will also help you give less noise in the shadows.

I worked on your image. Increased exposure by +0.48
recovered the highlights, opened up the shadows a little bit.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi