By Shane Walker. A Colobus monkey sleeping on a limb of a tree at Melbourne zoo.
Colobus monkey
By Shane Walker
Canon 1Ds lll; Sigma 500mm; 1/85s; f/8; ISO 320
A Colobus monkey sleeping on a limb of a tree at Melbourne zoo.
Don’s response
One of those pictures that almost demands a cute caption, Shane Walker’s close up of a dozing Colobus monkey has an attractive delicacy thanks to the pin-sharp focus in the most critical part of the image.
The extremely shallow depth of field that is the optical consequence of a super telephoto lens at close range draws the viewer’s eye to the all important facial details.
The central in-focus area and the black-and-white rendering remind me of a 19th century portrait.
