Photography
Related: About this forumthree monkey shots....which is best?
here are three portraits of white faced capuchins. which do you think is best and why?
number 1:

number 2:

number 3:

sinkingfeeling
(58,032 posts)Walleye
(45,404 posts)GentryDixon
(3,157 posts)Raven123
(7,894 posts)taxi
(2,752 posts)"Now, do you have anything new to add?"
cbabe
(6,812 posts)Gato Moteado
(10,198 posts)....but I had to crop the hanging arm. at the elbow, which kinda sucks. at least in number 2 he/she has a hand showing,
number 1 would be my fave if he had been engaging the camera with direct eye contact.
MichMan
(17,389 posts)Rebl2
(17,925 posts)number one
Grumpy Old Guy
(4,392 posts)mwmisses4289
(4,708 posts)They are all beautiful, though.
HAB911
(10,585 posts)2naSalit
(103,806 posts)Mira
(22,694 posts)followed closely by the first one. The reason has to do with the hand each time. The added hand gives a more complete feel to the presentation.
In photo number 2 the location of the hand, centered,, gives the photo's composition a comfort, suggests a diagonal, presents itself
as reminiscent of an old oil painting. The monkey looks at home and settled. I also like the background color best on number 2.
In the first photo the monkey looks a little anxious.
The third photo simply misses the all-important hand.
Gato Moteado
(10,198 posts)thank you!
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