Running Vervet Monkey

[Dumay de Boulle]

Canon 1D MKIII
Canon 500 f4 L IS
AV f7.1
TV 1/3200
ISO 1600
AWB
Evaluative Metering
RAW file processed in CS5 iMac


I know it is against the light so he right side of the body is in shadow...But the light is pretty good on the face. Not 100% satified with the IQ, but I like the moment anyway...Thanks for looking!

[Rachel Hollander]

Dumay - good action, well captured. I like that only one hand is down and the rest of the monkey is in the air. It really conveys the movement. Color looks good and I don't mind the shadow.

TFS,
Rachel

[Hilary Hann]

Dumay, I think this has worked very well. Like Rachel I love the feeling of movement you convey and the foot/hand position is very interesting. I'm on my laptop so can't tell about the IQ but it doesn't look too bad to me. Love the face detail.

[Robert Amoruso]

I think this came out just fine Dumay. I like the on-the-run action.

[Pieter de Waal]

As mentioned Dumay the action captured is great, with a good low angle. The shadow also does'nt bother me as there is a lot of detail. Love the fixed stare of concentration on the monkeys face.

[Morkel Erasmus]

one of the best Vervet shots I've seen in a while Dumay - love the sidelight and perfect body position here, low angle takes it over the top

I see the new glass is performing very nicely indeed

[Steve Kaluski]

Works for me Dumay, like the action and setting, especially with the bit of dirt being kicked up from the rear feet.

Just wonder at a larger size if the high ISO might start to be more apparent within the image?

TFS
Steve

[Grant Atkinson]

Hi Dumay, all looks pretty good to me, great action shot of a vervet monkey and not so easy to get. Like the low POV, the light in his eyes, and overall feel of the shot..
Strong shot for me,
TFS
Grant

[Dumay de Boulle]

Thanks all for the comments...Steve I think you are right on the ISO more apparent on a larger image. I actually forgot the iso on 1600 from photographing a leopard in tough conditions the night before. Also saved a smaller size as i was not a 100% satisfied with the IQ and also with it being a busy image to save at a high enough quality for BPN I decided to size it smaller.