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    Ken Watkins
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    Taken in Mahale National Park, Tanzania, 27th December 2007

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    300mm F4 IS hand-held knelling down out of breath.

    F4, ISO 800 (the highest I dare with this camera), 1/100

    It's very dark and very light in the jungle!

    Make what you will from the hand gesture, I thought it was aimed at the "professional" photographer who kept getting in front of us, luckily we got to this one first until he shoved us out of the way.

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    Teriffic shot , lovely pose and compo here
    TFS

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    Ken,
    This is nice. Its gesture is interesting. I won't be keen to get pushed away by this fellow. :D

    Thanks for sharing.

    Cheers,
    Sabyasachi

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    He reminds of The Thinker. Wonderful pose, composition and detail Ken. Well done.

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    Beautifully exposed in difficult circumstances, and a nice pose. Thanks for sharing him and the story, Ken.

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    wonderful sighting and the old blighter posed nicely for you! I've read a lot about the difficulties of exposing correctly in dense forests and hope to get the opportunity someday...
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    Like the pose of the chimpanzee and the way he is looking out of the frame. Nice light and color as well.

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    Love the hand gesture Ken, top stuff!! Well handled exposure on the chimp too.


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    Lovely pose Ken, and love the pensive look. Overall well exposed, and a species I would love to see in the wild.

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    Thanks for all of your comments, the exposure only looks good thanks to techniques I learned from this forum. The highlights on the leaves were particularly difficult.

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    Nice composition and well exposed in those conditions.

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    Beautiful portrait, Ken!

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    Ken, your timing is spot on!
    Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.

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