Shot in RAW in very low light, hand held with IS on. Sharpness adjusted and converted to JPG in RSE. In PSCS, cropped, dodged around the eyes, adjusted color slightly, resized, USM & SFW.
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What a nice presentation you have made here for the Mother Challenge. Good job. I especially like that you chose to show Mother without using a human subject. I belive this adds for depth to the idea of motherhood.
I see from the comment you shot this in very low light. I'd say so, with f/2.8 at 1/40th even at 1600 ISO. Given these numbers, I must give you props on having a steady hand.
Focus is good, especially considering your circumstances. Although DoF may be a little shallow. I'd like to see a little more focus on mom's face... but then again... you were pretty much forced to use a wide aperature.
I love the monochromatic look of this color photo. The many shades of brown is very appealing to my eye and feels very earthy.
Compostion: I feel the compostion could have been improved with a slightly deeper DoF. Mom's face is a major element of this photo, but is a little soft. Not that it is bad. But people tend to want the foremost object to be in focus.
Since you had to shoot at f2.8 focusing on mom's face may have strengthened the composition a bit. But artistically, I see nothing wrong with the way you have it now.
Overall, I see a very nice capture here that fits the challenge well. Good work. Very well done!
A very strong mother image (and a very strong mother, as it happens). Her maternal protective instinct is being communicated unequivocally. The photograph is very nice, from a lighting, composition and processing point of view (except for the ropes; it's advanced editing, so I think they could have been profitably removed in processing - surely they're not a "major element"?) Anyway, even with the ropes, it's one of the best in this challenge.
This is one of my top favs! Nice one. I do wish the baby was facing forward, but I understand these shots aren't always that easy. A bit more focus on momma's face would have been good to, but still love the shot!
Great picture. I love the way the gorilla is looking right at you, too bad the baby wasn't - that would have really made this outstanding shot better. Nicely done.
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