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Challenge: The Username Challenge (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Animals
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: The Baltimore Zoo
Date: Dec 23, 2005
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Dec 23, 2005

This is a baby Chimpanzee at the Baltimore Zoo. He was behind glass so it was difficult to get a good sharp focus. I was able to adjust for some of the glare and lack of DOF by increasing the contrast, saturation and sharpness. I also used the burn tool to darken some areas on the left side of the picture where the glare was worse. Also some cloning was used to eliminate some non-critical disturbing elements. It was the look in his eyes and the human like lips that really grabbed me.

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 153
Avg (all users): 5.4306
Avg (commenters): 5.3636
Avg (participants): 5.2043
Avg (non-participants): 5.6016
Views since voting: 918
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 216
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0


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06/20/2007 09:01:05 AM
I love monkeys so much, my fav animal. He is adorable, I just wish he didnt blend in to the background so much and maybe you could play with the sharpness of the shot but otherwise a great picture!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/01/2006 10:55:39 PM
great expression
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12/31/2005 12:55:24 PM
A fuzzy cute little guy. Nice capture. Bumping up.
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12/31/2005 01:52:42 AM
They have such adorable faces. Something about the eyes looks a bit...odd to me. I wish they were as sharp and in focus as the mouth.
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12/30/2005 04:45:44 PM
Love the expression and general composition. The focus on the mouth is perfect but it would also be good to see that same very sharp focus on the eyes as well. That's only noticeable when you are looking for it so I think it's still a very good shot.
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12/29/2005 04:19:06 PM
Beautiful portrait of this animal. Look at those eyes! They look so human.
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12/29/2005 09:14:33 AM
The eyes seem slightly out of focus. The detailing on the face is good. Makes me think of Roddy McDowell in "Planet of the Apes."
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12/28/2005 04:44:23 AM
Super close-up shot, great detail, great image...........
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12/27/2005 08:36:53 AM
Cute expression but there are two things that make this shot pretty mediocre IMHO while it could have been great. 1. I dislike that the focus is on the mouth and not the eyes, also the eyes look somehow unnatural, did you do some spot editing on just the eyes? 2. The backround is just too dark for my taste, would much rather have seen something resembling his/her natural habitat as a backround. Other than that, pretty good.
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12/26/2005 06:52:56 PM
It is amazing how some get these shots. LOL...Not many monkey's where I live, even at the zoo. Cute!
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12/26/2005 06:19:17 PM
that's an ape...

K I'm just playing. nice portrait. the shallow DOF seems to make her eyes a little soft though. my only other complaintis how she *almost* blends with the background. It looks as though you've burned that background some...I'd have gone the other way - I'd have dodged it to separate her from it. anyway - just my opinion...no need to agree with it ;)

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12/26/2005 03:05:09 AM
Great focus on the lips, but the eyes are a bit soft.
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12/26/2005 01:33:05 AM
the mouth area is sharp but the eyes are a bit soft ... should be the other way round
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12/26/2005 01:02:04 AM
Are you sure that's not an ape? He looks contemplative...
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