Baboon

[Pieter de Waal]

Taken in Mapungubwe Transfrontier Park a while back. Liked the look this young Baboon was giving me.

Cropped removed some BG branches and some dodging and burning for effect.

EOS30D Sigma 170-500 f8@1/100 iso200 EC -0.33

C&C allways welcome.

[Steve Uffman]

Very nice in every way...love the comp and the eye contact is amazing

[Harshad Barve]

nicely done , I don't know how but you may want to re-visit RAW to improve IQ here
TFS

[Ed Cordes]

Really cute image. I like the eye contact and unusual pose. I agree that some additional processing would make this better. Try adjusting the entire image to get the left hand side and the baboon into better exposure and color/ saturation balance. Then bring up the branch on the right to avoid it being too dark. Just some constructive suggestions.

[Brendan Dozier]

Love the POV on this, Pieter, and very nicely composed. Great eye contact, pose, and like the directional light. Agree suggested processing could make it even stronger.

[Tom Graham]

The top right corner is a colored hot spot that pulls the eye into it. I'd crop it off. And I'd like to see bit more of the critters right eye.
Tom

[Pieter de Waal]

Thanks guys for your comments and constructive feedback. This overall effect is what I was looking for but will revisit the RAW and try and improve as per suggestions. Thanks all.

[Morkel Erasmus]

I also like the look here Pieter, but feel the IQ is not up to your usual standard . I am also curious as to the blown out sky and pitch black sections on either side of the tree? Was this done in PP?

[Pieter de Waal]

Hi Morkel, Yes this was done in PP, was trying something different, but as stated probaly not good image IQ to begin with, thanks for the honest feedback though I appreciate it.