Mother & child (Rhesus Macaque)

[Harshad Barve]

Dear All
Made this with D300, 600mm, ISO 800 , F6.3 , beanbag , flat on belly
NR and .8 Gaussian blurr on BG

All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
Harshad

[Xavier Maessen]

It seems we both like photographing macaques. I like the quality of the light and the muted colours of this one, it looks like it was shot early in the morning. Very nice attitudes, especially the baby: too cute.

Didn't notice the gaussian blur on the BG, well done!
If mine I would have cropped some empty space from the top, purely a matter of personal taste...

Great shot!

Xavier

[Arthur Morris]

A loving pair and a wonderful pose. The soft light fits the mood perfectly. I would lose the single blade of grass behind the baby on our right and tone down the whitish spot at the bend in the larger blade of grass on our left. Both of those are distracting to some degree. All in all, and excellent, emotionally moving image.

[Harshad Barve]

Guruji
Here is repost

[Mike Tracy]

The eyes on both are truly captivating. I like how the light makes their hair appear to be so soft. You should be proud to have this as yours.

Repost is a improvement but I wish the foreground was uniformly green across or at least did not include the rock (?) left side below the females leg.

[Arthur Morris]

Bhai. The repost is a huge improvement as that grass on our right was really dragging the eye.

[David Fletcher]

Harshad bhai, you are truly showing some good shots of late.. Hope you don't mind, but have adapted this one and hope it enhances for you. Quick selection tool on the subject and smart sharpen at 60% 0.6. no more.

[Arthur Morris]

Thanks for your efforts David and for the repost. In this case, I do prefer the softer look in Harshad's original posts. (Note; yours does not at all look over-sharpened.)

[Fabs Forns]

Intriguing image, full of emotion. I like the soft look and colors, you should be proud to have this one. Great PS work too.

[Nagesh Mula]

Hi Harshad,
Its a very good picture especially the emotion on the face. If it was my picture I would have definitely tried for B&W
reason - In this case the BG is not that great and since its more associated with emotion it will have more effect with B&W and ofcourse the original soft look :-).

[Harshad Barve]

Hi Harshad,
If it was my picture I would have definitely tried for B&W
reason - In this case the BG is not that great and since its more associated with emotion it will have more effect with B&W and ofcourse the original soft look :-).

I tried that but failed miserably

[Stu Bowie]

Harshad, love the tender moment, and excellent detail captured. Soft light and colours, and Dave's repost with the additional sharpening looks good.

[Steve Canuel]

Very nice image Harshad. The overall soft look of the image matches well with the quiet moment you captured. I like the soft colors and the way they are looking at something else, not you.

[Morkel Erasmus]

superb shot Harshad Bhai! love the baby's expression as well as the mother's. repost lifts it to another level. great low angle and exposure.

[Charles Glatzer]

Super image! Wonderful moment captured and I too prefer the softer look.
Would it hold up in print?

Chas

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Harshad,
Love the look and feel of this one and do prefer the grass behind the baby gone.....nice moment captured and very nicely composed.