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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on February 03, 2019, 07:51:26 am

Title: monkey
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 03, 2019, 07:51:26 am

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Jeremy

Title: Re: monkey
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on February 03, 2019, 07:54:26 am

 Poor guy looks cold. Where was this taken Jeremy?

Title: Re: monkey
Post by: John R on February 03, 2019, 10:36:34 am

I would crop the image to just above the black rock sitting above left side of the head of the monkey. The area above the monkey, where the snow covered branch start to jut upwards, is very busy and extraneous to the main focus of the image. It also leads the eye out of the image. By cropping just above the black rock, a nice circular movement is created, the environment of the monkey is maintained, and one's eyes get to rest on the monkey and his curious gaze. Maybe tone down any bright areas in the image, such as the sheen on the rocks.

JR

Title: Re: monkey
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 03, 2019, 12:34:36 pm

I concur with John's suggestions.
Very nice portrait.

Title: Re: monkey
Post by: francois on February 04, 2019, 06:36:52 am

Nice one, the monkey seems to curse the sky as snow keeps falling!

John's suggestion is worth trying.

Title: Re: monkey
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on February 04, 2019, 01:46:28 pm

Quote from: Kevin Gallagher on February 03, 2019, 07:54:26 am

Poor guy looks cold. Where was this taken Jeremy?

Jigokudani, near Nagano.

I'll muse on a re-crop.

Jeremy