Just sad today :(

[manny212]

Just sad by mannyher1, on Flickr

 

[jaxx419]

That is a pitiful frown!

 

[deggimatt]

Go give him a hug

 

[manny212]

I would have given him a hug , but he would probably then proceeded to rip my arms off my body lol

Yea poor guy did feel bad for him.

 

[Overread22]

I really like the emotion this photo captures in the visual display by the gorilla. However I can't quite like the editing. I don't think (at least it does not look to my eyes) that you've just made it black and white, something else has been done which makes it look flatter than normal.

 

[MK3Brent]

Self portrait?

Kinda looks like he/she is holding the camera.

 

[fjrabon]

seems like it was shot with a telephoto and then heavily cropped, which is giving it the compressed look instead of a more 3D look, I guess if so, then there was nothing you could really do about it. Also seems to need some contrast. But I love the capture.

 

[Ernicus]

my limited knowledge would say it's in the editing. When editing b&w you can make even a flat image have some depth. To me it's all kinda gray, takes out any depth. I'm curious as to what the original was like.

It is a very awesome capture. Lot's of emotion in the big fella.

 

[fjrabon]

Since you said your photos were okay to edit:


gorilla by franklinrabon, on Flickr

Basically I added some contrast, kicked down the highlights a touch, added some mid contrast, sharpened the face and added a touch of softness to the background to help pull the big guy out of the background.

 

[manny212]

Fjrabon , very nice my friend !!! . i edited in silver efex , but i am very green in post . i think i often do less thinking it is more .

The image was heavily cropped , he was sleeping , woke up, took 3 steps over sat on wall and peed !!! lol , i shot w d700 and 70 -200 so yea cropped big time .

 

[fjrabon]

Fjrabon , very nice my friend !!! . i edited in silver efex , but i am very green in post . i think i often do less thinking it is more .

The image was heavily cropped , he was sleeping , woke up, took 3 steps over sat on wall and peed !!! lol , i shot w d700 and 70 -200 so yea cropped big time .

Yeah, when you zoom and crop, there's a lot more compression than you'd expect.

And if you're going to err, it's usually better to err on the side of less PP. However, the stuff I did wasn't very intense. I doubt most people could even tell you the difference between the two images unless they were looking at them at the same time. I think the biggest key to PP is being able to get a feel for 1) what needs help and 2) how to go about fixing that. They're very different skills.

 

[Ernicus]

Here's my take on it. Tried to add some depth to him, especially in the eyes and mouth/head area.