Hi Chris I like the tight precise cropping Very appealing !!! The eye contact with the baby is great and good contrasts to the mother's stare Excellent exposure and detail I like it a lot !!! Not a fan of frames but its just personal taste !!!
Hi Chris,
I'll go against Alfred on this one.........would have prefereed top of the head on the mother. Everything else.........hand position of mother..........baby's face..........very, very nice,
roman
Very cute, love the expression of the young. I might like the top of the head but nice as is. The biologist in me would call this mother with "young". I usually avoid terms like "child" and "couple" when referring to wildlife, although primates certainly blur the line! Again, nice shot!
The kid in me (It's a very old kid) finds "mother and child" very acceptable. If I were publishing this in a serious nature or biology publication or forum, the kid might yield to Milo's suggestion and use the term "young". I love the photo and the "child's" eye contact. I'll take it, no matter how you crop it. I see why some might want the top of the head included but I can also see the tight crop as effective. In fact, I even played (in my child's imagination) with the notion of an even tighter crop on the left.
Great job on this one.
Chris this is one of the best images I've seen chacma baboons. Since the frame has been mentioned I'd like to add that I do like them but sometimes find your frames a bit heavy. . . .