Langur Pose

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Common Langur shot in Matheran.
Shooting conditions were a bit tricky, with the sun being opposite me and no direct light on the langur. I liked the pose in this image. Opened up the shadows to some extent.

Canon EOS 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
Aperture-Priority AE
Tv 1/80
Av 5.6
EC -1/3
ISO 800
Full frame image, shot hand held.

[Note that Common Langurs have been reclassified into 7 distinct species since 2001 (I was not aware of this earlier) - Gray langur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semnopithecus) ; further citation here- http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/gray_langur . So as per the revised classification, this one is a Southern Plains Grey Langur Semnopithecus dussumieri]

Thanks, C&C welcome.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

You got a nice pose. You have made full use of the 100mm macro lens. It is a sharp lens and can be used for these kind of situations as well as for large mammals like elephants.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice pose captured. The details are nice. The vertical composition looks good. I would have liked a bit more space at the bottom as the legs are nearly touching the frame. Nicely captured. Thanks for sharing the information. Look forward to more.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Thanks...
Mrudul: I agree about the space... I had not noticed the legs while clicking. I'm counting myself fortunate that I at least got them in. :)

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Lovely pose, agree with comments made
tfs

[Bhargava Srivari]

Good pose Abhishek..lesser space at the top would have given this image more puunch, I feel.

tfs