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Challenge: Chinese New Year: Year of the Monkey (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix X100S
Location: Lincoln Park Zoo
Date: Feb 14, 2016
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 14, 2016

[Feb. 21st, 2016 11:10:57 PM]

Two Black and White Colobus Monkeys. The little one is five months old.

I know, it has nothing to to with Chinese New Year, but the shot was too cute not to enter.

I was pretty lucky. The they were in area with an unobstructed view, and I could get a clear shot without glare off the glass.

The baby monkey was quite a performer. He/she would nurse for a while, scramble around the enclosure, swing on her tail, and return to nursing to start the cycle over again. The mother hardly moved the entire time.

[Feb. 21st, 2016 11:11:50 PM]

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 25
Avg (all users): 6.7692
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 6.7647
Avg (non-participants): 6.7708
Views since voting: 2079
Views during voting: 149
Votes: 65
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III
 02/23/2016 04:53:28 PM
Congratulations! Beautiful image!
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/22/2016 07:43:00 PM
Congratulations, Mark!
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Google Pixel 2
 02/22/2016 02:28:24 PM
Nice one mark! Next, get these two on the train and you're in for a winner! :-)
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/22/2016 10:48:13 AM
Nice one Mark!! Congrats on another ribbon for your collection.
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Sony DSLR-A580
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 02/22/2016 08:50:00 AM
I love it - mother-child love has to be good for anyone's new year :) Congratulations on the ribbon.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a7R III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 02/21/2016 01:25:39 PM
Beautiful image I give 9
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Canon EOS-60D
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 for Canon
 02/21/2016 10:25:10 AM
The light is beautiful as are the subjects. I have a hard time getting past the obvious zoo setting, nothing a shallower depth of field wouldn't fix but you may not have such a lens in your arsenal. Still an 8.
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Canon RP
Canon RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro
 02/21/2016 09:13:00 AM
Funny to look at. That expression on the mother's face is priceless. 8 from me. I give you the blue Dragon Award.
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
 02/17/2016 02:55:09 PM
Very nice photograph with excellent exposure and nice depth of field.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
02/16/2016 07:43:20 PM
Your Monkey child is brimming with bonhomie and fairly bursting with ... Monkeyshines. Nice image.
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Google Pixel 2
 02/16/2016 07:33:54 PM
That is one sorrowful looking child! Hah. This image made me smile.

there's not much about the year of the monkey here...
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