The gorilla was behind glass and there was man made lighting under the overhang where it was. None of the cameras lighting settings seemed adequate( used fluorescent mode). So converted to B/W and happier with tones. It was looking around its enclosure and at different people behind the glass until it happened to look almost directly at me and I took the shot.
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if this creature shows emotion on its face like we do then its very sad ... to capture emotion or evoke emotion is one of the aims in photography ... =9
I hope you're doing well with this, I really like it. I think if you had the gorilla's head filling the frame it would have made the whole effect much more dramatic (only a thought). Good luck.
I thnk whats interesting and even startling about this type of pic is the humanness that you can read in the facial expressions. It is easy to imagine a human with almost the same expression.. great shot.
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