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Black and white ruffed Lemur


Black and white ruffed Lemur
Photo Information
Copyright: Michael Halliday (pompey) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 205 W: 4 N: 780] (2762)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01-09
Categories: Mammals
Camera: Canon EOS 300 D, Canon EF 75-300/4.0-5.6 III, Skylight
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Animal portraits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-01-12 14:25
Viewed: 1546
Points: 13
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
There are two sub-species of ruffed lemur, the black and white ruffed (Varecia variegata variegata), and the red ruffed - (Varecia variegata rubra).

Description
Ruffed lemurs are one of the biggest species of lemur, measuring just over a metre from nose to tail. The females are usually slightly bigger than the males. They live in some of the remaining rainforest of eastern Madagascar in small groups of up to five animals. They feed mainly on fruit, and also eat leaves, seeds and nectar. The pair or group calls loudly to announce their territory and to keep in touch with each other. They are most active in the early morning and late afternoon and evening, and spend the day feeding, travelling and resting high in the rainforest canopy. Both types of ruffed lemur are endangered. They are threatened by hunting and the destruction of their rainforest home. At the present rate of destruction ALL Madagascar's forests could be gone within 20 or even 10 years. Madagascar is a poor country with no coal, gas or oil and the forests are being felled to provide both fuel and agricultural land. The soil from the cleared forest land is easily washed away by heavy rain, so it cannot support crops for more than a few years. More forest then has to be cut. Although all lemurs are protected by law from hunting, it is very hard to enforce this. Ruffed lemurs are hunted for food and are also captured and kept as pets by the local people. They are not yet protected by any kind of reserve. Black and white ruffed lemurs are found to the south of the Antainambalana River as far as Manakara, and on Nosy Mangabe (a small island off Madagascar) where they were introduced in the 1930s. Some have more black on their coats than others - at least four different coat patterns are found. Red ruffed lemurs are the rarer of the two sub-species and very little is known of their biology and ecology. They are found only in the forests of the Masoala Peninsula. They have a rich brown coat with a white patch on the back of the neck, a black face and black tummy and tail.
Photographed through glass on a dark and dismal day at Marwell Zoological Park in Hampshire.
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  • Good 
  • Fisher Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234] (8915)
  • [2005-01-12 18:11]

This is an excelent profile of the Lemur. Something happened along the way though. There's alot of pixels in this image, it's not noise. Maybe a post processing hickup, who knows.
well done on the composition.

Mike

Composition: ***
Sharpness: **
Color: **
DOF: **
POV: ***

Good shot, but noisy.
Maybe too much USM?
TFS.

  • Great 
  • japie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1814 W: 100 N: 1904] (5187)
  • [2005-01-14 15:51]

He looks like a wise one. The sharpness and composition is excellent. I like this portrait.

Well done and thanks for posting

Michael, Very good notes on your lemur profile shot. Noise aside, it's still a very noteworthy post. TFS

  • Great 
  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3461 W: 145 N: 5914] (17724)
  • [2005-01-16 3:44]

Good profile shot of this unusual animal. Notes are good and interesting. I like it.

This is a great portrait, Michael, even if the image definition is not very high (your file is only 46 Ko). I like the pose with this eye looking with attention, as well as the efficient framing on the action. Low definition causes a dull image, as if it was taken in the fog. It can be easily arranged (see workshop). It wouldn't be the ears color and position, I would say it looks a bit like my border collie staring at sheep :-).

  • Great 
  • livios Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2306 W: 324 N: 4306] (16856)
  • [2005-03-02 13:30]

Michael, a very nice pose, a great composition. Great details and sharpness, very good pov. Thanks for the note too.

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