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Apr 19, '08 10:42 AM
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Fiercely hungry that is .. :)

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edwiniichiong wrote on Apr 19

ohh. i thought this is prohibited, giving food to the animals...

do you have a telephoto or are you close to the subject? whatever you did, it's great:D

grabado wrote on Apr 19

edwiniichiong said

ohh. i thought this is prohibited, giving food to the animals...

do you have a telephoto or are you close to the subject? whatever you did, it's great:D

Yes, it is prohibited. These monkeys somehow managed to rummaged through the trash bins despite the heavy closed lids. They caused quite a mess actually. I managed to shoot these right before the park workers shoohed them away :)

Yep, I used the 70-300mm lens and the photos were sharp enough for me to then do some croppings ;-). Don't think I have the guts to be so close especially considering that these are wild monkeys.. hehe.. :)

Thanks Edwin :)

climbermd wrote on Apr 19

good take fren..

it make the monkey look so fiere and scary~~~ =P

inokalbo wrote on Apr 19

man, these shots are superb! :)

hydrolic wrote on Apr 19

these are scary man!... good captures

murphyyang wrote on Apr 19

great shots :)

myworkarea wrote on Apr 19

I like the sharpness in their eye, They r so expressive, U done a nice job

ilyoy wrote on Apr 20

nice monkey portrait, josh. curious mix of fascination and distrust. :)

grabado wrote on Apr 20

climbermd said

good take fren..

it make the monkey look so fiere and scary~~~ =P

Thanks Timothy :)
Honestly I was scared.. like.. what if they jumped on me.. or for some reason they thought I had food in my camera bag.. or something like that.. hehe.. :). Fierce as they may seem, they will actually scurry away if people were to approach too close to them. They are this close because they are hungry. Plus I think perhaps there were some irresponsible people who fed them, hence making them think they'd be getting food each time there are visitors to the park.

Still I managed to get some cute shots, like that baby monkey hugging that pole.. hehe.. :)

grabado wrote on Apr 20

inokalbo said

man, these shots are superb! :)

Hey Ino... thanks :). At least to me, in these instances, having the right equipment is important. In short, the lens was of great help to get all the details ;-)

grabado wrote on Apr 20

hydrolic said

these are scary man!... good captures

Thanks Dinesh :) Imagine gettin' a bite from those ferocious teeth !!

grabado wrote on Apr 20

murphyyang said

great shots :)

Thanks Murphy :)

grabado wrote on Apr 20

myworkarea said

I like the sharpness in their eye, They r so expressive, U done a nice job

Thanks Shilpa :)
Yeah, I worked hard for them eyes to look like that.. like getting a sharp focus, editings etc. I think in portraiture format such as these, the eyes are always an important feature and I want to make them 'popped' !! hehe... :)

grabado wrote on Apr 20

ilyoy said

nice monkey portrait, josh. curious mix of fascination and distrust. :)

Hi Ily !! :D
'... fascination and distrust'.... so much truth in that :) Thanks...

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2m79 wrote on Apr 27

fantastic shot! beautiful!

2m79 wrote on Apr 27

i love this shot...beautiful!

2m79 wrote on Apr 27

i like this shot for he is not fierce but showing the language of helplessness and the need to survive. Fantastic shot and album!

grabado wrote on Apr 28

2m79 said

fantastic shot! beautiful!

Thanks Miriam.. one of my fav actually :)

grabado wrote on Apr 28

2m79 said

i love this shot...beautiful!

It's that riveting stare.. hehe.. :)

grabado wrote on Apr 28

2m79 said

i like this shot for he is not fierce but showing the language of helplessness and the need to survive. Fantastic shot and album!

True, it is a matter of survival for them...
Thanks Miriam for the visits and for all the wonderfully lovely comments :)

davzon wrote on May 6

beautiful...

grabado wrote on May 6

davzon said

beautiful...

Thanks..

kidae71 wrote on May 19

I don't know why I miss this album :P
I love this one.. so beautiful!

kidae71 wrote on May 19

this one looks like he is ready to jump to you!
nice shot Josh!!

adonista wrote on Jun 22

Josh, these are superb especially #4 from top. Very sharp very detailed and with a great finishing. #7 is equally expressive and the lighting is awesome.

grabado wrote on Jun 23

adonista said

Josh, these are superb especially #4 from top. Very sharp very detailed and with a great finishing. #7 is equally expressive and the lighting is awesome.

Thanks bro for the visits and the comments. Thanks too for checking out my old entries :).
Fyi, I was able to shoot these from quite a close proximity. So that helped in getting the sharp images. Also I must confess that PS was also used to sharpened them up a bit ;-).
And these were wild monkeys at Taman Rimba Ampang tu.. hehe.. :)

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