I Think I Am...

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• pilonm (2667)
• [2006-04-20 15:23]

Hello Loot,

Very nice picture of a thinking baboon! Colour seems very natural and the background complete well the image. Good dof also... It could be interesting to see the eyes but, as I said, it's still a really nice picture...

TFS,

Michel

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• smirnese (218)
• [2006-04-20 17:02]

the baboon is here again!:)i liked her a lot and i want to thank you for posting 4 pictures of her making me have more ideas about baboons.
a well-captured moment,good timing & POV, clear details and natural colours.
i wish i could have seen her eyes in the picture but i can imagine how funny she "looks" at the moment of capturing:)
thank you for sharing.
serhan

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• liquidsunshine (11488)
• [2006-04-20 17:29]

Great capture Loot,
Good detail, colours and sharpness. exposure and lighting are good. Good POV, notes and framing.

Thanks for posting, enjoy the rest of the week.

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• saguzar (6633)
• [2006-04-20 17:40]

hello Loot,
very reflexive monkey! he looks like more thinking that some people.
excellent capture, details, note, composition and title. A very good job, friend.
Cheers
Hernán

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• jchemas (3386)
• [2006-04-20 20:23]

Another excellent shot of a baboon Loot.
Great colors and details, good pov and BG.
TFS!!!!
Regards
JC

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• Janice (17468)
• [2006-04-20 20:55]

Hi Loot, those notes have been interesting, especially about us 'reaching out'. We do need others in our sad and bad times, but we have to learn how to get better and not bitter when these times come, and not always wait for others to make the first move.

And now your photo. This is one big Chacma baboon sitting and pondering over life!! Good sharp details, and I like how her hand is touching the face. Well done,
Janice

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• scottevers7 (12257)
• [2006-04-20 22:34]

Hi Loot,
I have loved all of them. As before, the exposure is perfect. Detail is very sharp. Great frame filling composition and crop. The facial expression is priceless. You can read her like a book. Very well done my friend. A superb series!
Scott

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• SunToucher (8866)
• [2006-04-21 2:44]

Hi Loot,
Which Greek god had the same posture as him? Wasn't it Socrates? Anyway, Another fine proof that we, people, are related to them, monkeys, and not the other way around. Your notes are as usual, very informative and with a pleasant and personal touch. They seem the stick with me for a long time.

About the photo. Another excellent sharp photo, with the correct DOF and color tone.
Thank you my friend.
Niek

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• peter_stoeckl (9369)
• [2006-04-21 3:36]
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Hi Loot,
very well taken, touching portrait of a baboon, again.
Excellent, very well written, fascinating notes, putting the assumed superiour role of our own species into well deserved questions.
Thank you for that outstanding series of superb contributions!
Best regards,
Peter

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• manyee (19714)
• [2006-04-21 3:54]
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Well, she certainly looks deep in thought.
Another wonderful capture, Loot.
Is she thinking:
How did I ever get saddled with this brood?
or is she philosophising:
Cogito, ergo sum?
In any case it is an excellent shot on all counts.
The details are incredibly sharp. We can see each hair.
The exposure is perfect, and I really like the 3/4 profile.
Thanks for this great series with the Chacma Baboons.
I agree that we have a lot to learn from animals in general. : )

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• red45 (26861)
• [2006-04-21 5:14]

Hi Loot!
Perfect moment! Funny and true - this baboon is really strong thinker ;-) Excellent pose, very good portrait and note.

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• ramthakur (25076)
• [2006-04-21 6:54]

Or is it: "I think; therefore I am" dilemma, Loot?
Well captured philosophical mood the lady is in.
Your series has both been amusing and instructive.

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• soccer (1923)
• [2006-04-21 7:35]

Loot,

Great detail of the Baboon. A sharp image showing the detail and I feel it is well composed and has great POV and BG too. All makes for an excellent photo.
TFS,

Sheriff

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• SkyF (8113)
• [2006-04-21 7:41]

Hi Loot,
this reminds me of "the Thinker" ; a wonderful pose. Excellent sharp details and great POV. Very nice portrait of this baboon.
TFS..Sky

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• marhowie (34555)
• [2006-04-21 9:01]

Hi Loot,
I think, therefore I am :)
I read your note, excellent and insightful..
It reaffirms a basic tenent for ones own physcological well-being..In helping others, we in turn help ourselves..It's in the giving that you receive...
Well done.

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• osse (7745)
• [2006-04-22 18:31]

Hi Loot
Nice portrait shot. Hi is thinking deeply to solve a problem :) . Great details and harpnes.
well done my friend

osse

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• Luc (14713)
• [2006-04-22 22:34]

I am sorry to learn that it is the last of the series, Loot. We hardly started to know us! ;-)
You are right: we project ourselves in our subjects. It is very difficult for us to remain objective. I live at present a kind of "zootherapy" with the foxes. It seems to me that my camera made disappear some borders between my subjects and me. The fact of freezing of some moments in time and of analyzing them thereafter bring me closer to them. I believe that all that can support a more intense communion is something good in itself.
Viva the big l... camera!

Thank you.

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• coasties (27512)
• [2006-04-25 5:37]

Hi Loot

He is a beautiful looking speciman. You have captured him perfectly. The title fits perfectly, yes, he does look like the 'Thinker'. Nice work. Thanks!

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• jeanpaul (13845)
• [2006-04-27 6:19]

Hi Loot
Belle présentation ,les couleurs et la nettetée sont très bonnes belle composition
J'apprécie tes commentaires au plus haut point. I think i am....C'est probablement comme cela que l'homme a commencé.
Au revoir et bravo....JP

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• zeca (2825)
• [2006-05-04 0:30]

I think I need to cut my hair! (laugh!)
Excelent photo, showing nice timing on this capture. Good colours and nice sharp details!
Cheers!
Zeca

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• betsie (0)
• [2008-07-22 1:49]

Hi Loot
This guy is really having a bad hair day! Very nice clear picture.