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Red Colubus Monkey


Red Colubus Monkey
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Copyright: Aivar Mikko (metcher) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 12 N: 967] (4105)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon 350D, Canon 70-200mm f/4 L USM
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Animals., Mammals of Southern Africa, Wildlife of Africa, Monkeys [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-09-06 0:32
Viewed: 2194
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Zanzibar Red Colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a red colobus monkey native to Zanzibar. It is also named Kirk's Red Colobus after its discoverer, Sir John Kirk, a British resident of Zanzibar.
This Old World monkey has a coat that ranges from dark red to black, accented with a black stipe along the shoulders and arms, and a pale underside. Its black face is crowned with long white hair, and features a distguishing pink mark on its lips and nose. Also, the Zanzibar Red Colobus has a long tail used for balancing. Females have little difference in their body size and color from their male counterparts, and usually outnumber the males in their groups.
The groups consist of up to four adult males and many adult females. Young of varying ages also are incorporated in the group. The number of monkeys in a group can range from thirty to fifty individuals. The monkeys are very social animals, and can often be observed playing and grooming during the rest periods between meals.
Feeding is also a group activity. It begins to feed in the morning, and are more active during the cooler parts of the day. Loud calls from males indicate the group is ready to move to another tree to feed. This monkey usually eat leaves, leaf shoots, seeds, flowers, and unripe fruit. It is one of the few species that do not eat ripe fruits; it has a four chambered stomach, which cannot digest the sugars contained in the fruits. It also consumes charcoal, which is believed to aid their digestion of the toxins in the leaves.
The Zanzibar Red Colobus prefers drier areas over wet ones, such as coastal thickets and coastal rag scrub, but can also be found in agricultural areas and in mangrove swamps. When found in agricultural areas, the monkeys are more used to humans and come closer to the ground.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_Red_Colobus
ISO 400, thick forest, rather dark.
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Hi Aivar

Very good side on portrait. Good colours with clear sharp details. TFS

Hello Aivar,

Beautiful creature. Fine POV, colours and sharpness. You just caught him doing something that he really enjoys a lot: to eat!
Great work.

Cheers, Petru

Hello Aivar,
Superb details in the fur coat!
Well framed animal, DOF works very well here in emphasising the subject...
Great natural colours and fine details!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 50 N: 3190] (10896)
  • [2006-09-06 1:40]

What a nice and interesting Monkey that you have well captured ! Colors, exposure, DOF and sharpness are very good. I also appreciate the complementary note... Congratulations Aivar and thanks for sharing.

Hi Aivar,
Love to see this red monkey. Greatly captured. Sharp and neat image. Excellent shot.

Ben Lakitan

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-09-06 3:49]

Hello Aivar,
Wonderful capture.Details,sharpness,colors,pose of monkey and composition are excellent.
TFS...:-)

Hi Aivar,
that's a wonderful shot - the pose of the monkey is so nice. Excellent sharpness and colours, I like it, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • RAP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2524 W: 345 N: 2373] (7405)
  • [2006-09-06 7:27]

Excelente captura Aivar, con un POV, colorido y agudeza como puntos fuertes.
La belleza de los tonos del mono en contraste con el entorno es muy interesante.
Buen encuadre y presentación.
Saludos... Ricardo

Excellent captures Aivar, with a POV, coloring and sharpness like strong points.
The beauty of the tones of the monkey in contrast with the environment is very interesting.
Good framing and presentation.
Greetings... Ricardo

Hi Aivar,
'This is an excellent shot! The quality soft light and spot on exposure have really brought of the colors and detail. Very well composed and framed with the tight cropping. A great pose!
Nice camera work here.
Scott

Hello Aivar,

excllent work, Great details, Bg, POV DOF perfect colors, details, perfect, composed and captured, work,

TFS kyle

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2500 W: 132 N: 7109] (22209)
  • [2006-09-06 10:43]

Hello Aivar,
This is a fine portrait of this monkey, both in detail and composition. I didn't know Zanzibar had its own species of Red Colobus.
Thank you for showing this and the info.
Regards, ivan

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  • Dando Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 32 N: 790] (3052)
  • [2006-09-06 16:16]

Hi Aivar, great capture of this Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey. Great lighting, colours and exposure. Also nice POV and well composed. Great work, TFS.
Dean.

Hi Aivar
Very short on time this morning.
Nice capture, thanks for posting.
Have a great week.

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2390 W: 194 N: 1991] (8113)
  • [2006-09-07 7:53]

Hello Aivar,
very well done, Pose, colors and details are wonderful. Very well composed with a nice blurry BG which shows off the monkey very well. Good lighting and very nice sharpness.
TTFS..Sky

Excellent capture Aivar.
I like this POV from the side and the animals pose.
Everything looks great!
Very well done.

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  • ewiczek Gold Star Critiquer [C: 225 W: 0 N: 0] (803)
  • [2006-09-09 23:19]

wonderfull;-))

Excellant composition and exposure. bravo.

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  • pic Silver Star Critiquer [C: 23 W: 0 N: 4] (187)
  • [2006-10-07 6:12]

It's a cool composition, I like it.
Christophe

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