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Monkey with intent.

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Title     Monkey with intent.
Photographer     jehrot/Jethro (7) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     Nepal 2012
Categories     Animal
2012 - year
Camera     EOS 60D
Content advisory     G (general audiences)
Submitted     May 5, 2012 3:57:27 PM CDT
Views     358
Rating     6 Thumb-up

This particularly focused rhesus monkey was scoping out one poor tourist's cone of chilli rice. Not to eat, but to smack it out of their hands and run away. I got loads of shots of monkey's doing all sorts of profane acts, but this is my favourite. Taken at Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from cmillar1/Chad (119) Send mail to this user on May 5, 2012 10:40:53 PM CDT (1) Early critique

I love the sharpness in the eyes... very piercing! I'd be curious to see what this would like in B&W. I think it might look pretty interesting, given the texture of the monkey's fur. Great capture, Jethro.

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From jehrot/Jethro (7) Send mail to this user on May 6, 2012 3:01:04 PM CDT

B&W is interesting in this case, the fur looks great, but you lose the colour in the eyes which, for me, took away a lot of the expressiveness. I might try a closer B&W crop. Thank you very much indeed for the kind comment.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from suearez/Rick (5,802) Send mail to this user on May 5, 2012 5:31:28 PM CDT (2) Early critique

I agree that the dark patch needs to be cropped. Apart from that, a really great expression on the monkey and nice and sharp too.

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From jehrot/Jethro (7) Send mail to this user on May 6, 2012 2:56:11 PM CDT

Thanks for the comment! Agreed about the dark patch (railing), unfortunately it's that or lose too much monkey. Best of less than optimal situation.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from jamesgoing/James (767) Send mail to this user on May 5, 2012 4:06:52 PM CDT (2) Early critique

Love the expression, but the dark object on the top right is really distracting. The composition leaves too much empty space on the right side in my opinion.

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From jehrot/Jethro (7) Send mail to this user on May 6, 2012 2:54:25 PM CDT

The dark object (railing) is unfortunate. I experimented with cropping it, but lost too much monkey head for my liking. Interesting about the space on the right, I'll revisit and see if it benefits shifting a little. Thanks for the critique!

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