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Copyright: Karan Little (hester) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1479 W: 18 N: 3030] (11110)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-07
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon 350D / Digital Rebel XT, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO DG Macro
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-08 12:23
Viewed: 572
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I have had a few days off work and so I took off to Dorset. I have some landscape shots which I will post in a few days but today I thought I would post a shot taken at Monkey World, a rescue centre for monkeys.

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Set amongst the woodland of Dorset lays 65 acres of sanctuary for over 150 primates. Monkey World was set up in 1987 by Jim and Alison Cronin to provide abused Spanish beach chimps with a permanent, stable home. Today Monkey World works in conjunction with foreign governments from all over the world to stop the illegal smuggling of apes out of Africa and Asia. At the park visitors can see more than 150 primates of 15 different species.
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Some of the orangutans and their stories:

Ro-Ro
RoRo is a female orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) who arrived at Monkey World on 19/07/2000. We estimate she was born during 1988. RoRo was smuggled from the wild and kept as a pet, in a cage, in the kitchen of someone’s house in Taiwan. She was rescued by the Taiwanese Authorities and sent to us to become part of our breeding programme for orang-utans. In Chinese “RoRo” means “tender”. In 2003 RoRo gave birth to Hsiao-ning, and Dinda in 2006 at Monkey World as part of the EEP (European Breeding Programme).

Lucky
Lucky is a female orangutan that was smuggled from the wilds of Borneo for the illegal pet trade in Taiwan. She was confiscated by the Taiwanese Authorities from an amusement arcade in Kaoshiung county. Lucky arrived at the park on 21/07/01 and we estimate that she was born during 1995. She is a quiet female that loves RoRo’s company.

Hsiao-lan
Hsiao-lan is a female orangutan that arrived at the park on 24/01/02 and we estimate that she was born during 1994. Hsiao-lan was rescued by the Taiwanese Authorities after being found at an amusement arcade in Kaoshiung. She is one of the shyest orangutans we have and her name means “little cloud” in Chinese.

all taken from the Monkey World website
cataclysta, gracious, nglen, jeanpaul, loot, Patleboss, PaulH, red45, Tobias__Ortmann, jrubiocasado, pablominto has marked this note useful
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To PaulH: Dorsethester 1 09-09 04:33
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Hi Karan
Unusual portrait. Very tight cropping but it looks great. Beautiful eyes of the orangutan. Look like he is thinking about something important :-)
Best wishes
Krzysztof

Hello Karan,
Excellent portrait in a very neat and clean manner- perfect sharpness, natural colour and very details in it
very good expression on the face which nicely captured!
my compliment to this and waiting for your landscapes coming
have a great weekend, Karan
cheers
Tony

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2129 W: 9 N: 5957] (22516)
  • [2007-09-08 12:39]

Hi karen. Hope you had a good time down here in Dorset i live just a few miles from the Monkey World.
he looks a bit like me on a good day!!.
great close up showing fine detail in the hair and skin. The eyes look so good. with natural colour. well done TFS.
Nick..
good notes too.
Have a good sunday.

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  • jesst Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 371 W: 0 N: 164] (2244)
  • [2007-09-08 12:44]

Interesting portrait, sharp, with great detail. Thanks for sharing

Salut Karan
Superbe de portrait de ce joli ouran outan,les couleurs sont ravissantes les détails sont très bien définis très beau cadrage
Bravo et a la prochaine....JP

Hi karan,

excellent portrait. Nice DOV. Very pure and sharp shot. Very well done. tfs. Stev

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-09-08 21:06]

Hello Karan

Monkeys in Dorset...who'd a thunk it.A wonderful portrait of this orangutan.The eyes are soulful and the expression is wonderful.Excellent focus and sharpness.Lovely details.TFS

Rob

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  • loot Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5747 W: 606 N: 3503] (9405)
  • [2007-09-09 0:59]
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Hi Karan

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the ... oh sorry, but for a moment I thought I saw a beautiful (if not somewhat improved) split image of myself, however I think I've got more facial hair though.

This is a superb portrait and the close cropping gives this composition a definitive thumbs-up. I just love every aspect of this shot. The clear and well defined details, the colour saturation, the perfect exposure levels, and the priceless expression. Of course those lively and thoughtful eyes go a long way to give this shot amazing visual impact.

Great work and TFS.
Regards
Loot

Hello Karan, lovely expression into the eyes of monkey, fantastic natural colors, great point of view, I like so much is smile,
great work,
friendly,
Pat

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1064 W: 26 N: 3196] (11459)
  • [2007-09-09 1:33]
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Hi Karen,
Great portrait, the full frame crop works very well with amazing detail and colour. Great facial expression too.
I see you've been down my neck of the woods..did you see the Lemurs at Monkeyworld? Looking forward to some landscapes from around here, i'm very curious as to where you went!
tfs
Paul

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2816 W: 75 N: 7977] (26973)
  • [2007-09-09 2:10]

Hi Karan!

There is something impressive in this face. Maybe eyes? It looks wiser than many human faces. Fantastic portrait. Perfect moment and I like tight composition very much!

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1800 W: 29 N: 5223] (17114)
  • [2007-09-09 5:14]

Hi Karan,
Wonderful portrait shot of the Orangutan with sharp details and a fabulous expression. The eyes look symphathetic and striking. Excellent POV to portray it and very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1836 W: 94 N: 2340] (8406)
  • [2007-09-09 7:57]

Hi Karan,
A great portrait of this orangutan and a clever, serios face and an excellent exposure, details and texture. A very good idea to capture it looking at some "lost" point instead of to the objective.
Hard history about what Spaniards among others did to monkeys.
TFS and best regards,
José M.

Hi amazing shot
very good detail sharpness
and good colours
interesting shot
Toba

Hi Karan
Great portrait of this orangutan, very nice and great quality.
Regards.

Hi Hester,
This is a very nice expressive portrait shot of this beautiful orangutan. It is such a shame to know that they are struggling for their own existance in the wild, It saddens me deeply. Thank you for sharing this wonderful image. :)

Hello Karan,
A fine portrait, with some sadness in the expression...
A well framed capture, great details and fine natural colours!
Greeings,
Pablo -

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