concentrate

Ayie1786 · 18th February 2008

hi bros and sis...
this is the first time i'm posting here and would sincerely like to hear your C&C...

i like the look on the monkey's face... depicts a sense of concentration as it tries to eat the peanut which i supposed was thrown by the visitors... but somehow i find something is missing... is the blurry background too distracting?

details of the photo are as follows:
Location: Upper Pierce Reservoir
Camera: Canon EOS 350D
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure time: 1/250sec
Focal Length: 208mm
ISO Speed: 400

no editing was done to this pic...
thank you in advance!

ssping83 · 19th February 2008

i think it's not the blur of the background that is distracting.. but rather.. the colour of the background..

not too sure about it.. but maybe going even lower.. and then using more foilage as the background might be better.. and capturing more of the face (the right eye?!) of the monkey might be good.. you might even consider a tighter crop..

my 2 cents.. =)

Ayie1786 · 19th February 2008

thank you very much ssping83...
will definitely try it out next time round

cereal · 20th February 2008

i would like it to be crop tighter... if the theme is concentration.. i would luv to see only the monkey not the background

m3lv1nh0 · 20th February 2008

Hopefully you are not those purist who insist on not editing photos.
Alot can be done in post process to enhance this pic. Cropping, adding contrast/saturation, b/w convertion etc.

Composition wise, focus more on the eyes, concentration is seen thru the eyes more than any. Right now there's too much background at the top and too little of the monkey. Given that the subject is very hard to capture, do try again.

Just my 2 cents.

Ayie1786 · 20th February 2008

not to worry... im not a purist who insists on not editing photos

its juz tat i dun have the time yet to do it...
tankiu very much for the C&C...

18th February 2008	#1
Ayie1786 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CCK Posts: 215	concentrate hi bros and sis... this is the first time i'm posting here and would sincerely like to hear your C&C... i like the look on the monkey's face... depicts a sense of concentration as it tries to eat the peanut which i supposed was thrown by the visitors... but somehow i find something is missing... is the blurry background too distracting? details of the photo are as follows: Location: Upper Pierce Reservoir Camera: Canon EOS 350D Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure time: 1/250sec Focal Length: 208mm ISO Speed: 400 no editing was done to this pic... thank you in advance!

19th February 2008	#2
ssping83 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bishan Posts: 968	Re: concentrate i think it's not the blur of the background that is distracting.. but rather.. the colour of the background.. not too sure about it.. but maybe going even lower.. and then using more foilage as the background might be better.. and capturing more of the face (the right eye?!) of the monkey might be good.. you might even consider a tighter crop.. my 2 cents.. =)

19th February 2008	#3
Ayie1786 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CCK Posts: 215	Re: concentrate thank you very much ssping83... will definitely try it out next time round

20th February 2008	#4
cereal Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 280	Re: concentrate i would like it to be crop tighter... if the theme is concentration.. i would luv to see only the monkey not the background

20th February 2008	#5
m3lv1nh0 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Serangoon North Posts: 2,040	Re: concentrate Hopefully you are not those purist who insist on not editing photos. Alot can be done in post process to enhance this pic. Cropping, adding contrast/saturation, b/w convertion etc. Composition wise, focus more on the eyes, concentration is seen thru the eyes more than any. Right now there's too much background at the top and too little of the monkey. Given that the subject is very hard to capture, do try again. Just my 2 cents. __________________ Weddings . Blog . Facebook

20th February 2008	#6
Ayie1786 Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CCK Posts: 215	Re: concentrate not to worry... im not a purist who insists on not editing photos its juz tat i dun have the time yet to do it... tankiu very much for the C&C...