Taken at the world's oldest zoo in Vienna, Austria.
The weather was terrible, with snow and rain. Monkeys hate rain so gathering the whole flock and warming each other is a good idea. I have some shots where the falling snow was more visible but unfortunately they were slightly blurry.
Trying to wipe off the melting snow from my lens, this photo was not easy to take. Many passers by laughed at the monkeys sitting there and looking miserably wet but cute. It would have been even sharper if I had had a tripod and shot with ISO 100 instead of ISO 400.
If I was allowed to do spot editing, I would have removed the man-cut tree, darkened the stones and lit up the eyes.
Ohmygosh! This photo makes my heart hurt (in a good way). I wanna get a cozy warm blanket and wrap it around them and snuggle with them. What a moment you captured. And it is absolutely perfect -- it doesn't need ANY spot editing. CONGRATULATIONS on capturing such an emotional photo -- and for winning your first ribbon and personal best score with it. It's going straight to my faves!
A wonderful photo that was perfect for the challenge - congratulations on your ribbon and a hard to beat PB!
Originally posted by Jac:
And what's this about not being able to submit 2 photos for two challenges in the same week? I never read that anywhere. I actually submitted one on Sunday and one last night.
Jac, Registered Users as opposed to members can only enter Open Challenges, and thus can only enter one a week. Pelle - now you are a ribbon winner, I feel you are duty bound to cough up the Euros for a full membership :¬)
And what's this about not being able to submit 2 photos for two challenges in the same week? I never read that anywhere. I actually submitted one on Sunday and one last night.
I am honored and very happy for my first ribbon! Thank you all so much for your supportive voting and encouraging feedback. Actually I submitted a photo for the Pattern III challenge first. When uploading the Intimacy photo I got an alert that entering two challenges is not allowed the same week so I unsubmitted the Pattern contribution.
I made it over 7.00 rating with the least possible margin (7.0035) :-)
This is very nicely composed and has a great sense of intimacy. If those other two monkeys on the left moved on, it would have been better. But I would bet that you already knew that.
There is much to like here, the diagonal formed by the rock in the foreground, the gentle colour range (nothing loud or distracting) the two sub-groups within the overall group (everyone ahs someone to love), and the baby sitting safe and protected between the adults.
I like how the three are intimate and the other two are a bit left out. I even imagine their expressions are a bit unhappy... although they all look that way a bit.
The colors are pretty, too.
Amazing shot, excellent work. This is what intimacy is in how they protect the little one. If this in a zoo it is hard to tell with the way you cut it in great work
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