AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
OLIVE BABOON
Baboons are usually photographed whilst engaged in behaviour of some kind. I made a simple portrait of this male because I find their most striking feature is their long faces. I composed to exclude all background and waited until he was looking directly at me, with the autofocus point over his eyes. To me, having his face on the third of a landscape format image makes a stronger composition than placing it centrally in portrait format. I converted to monochrome to emphasise form of his features and the texture of his fur.
F/10, 1/50th second, ISO 400
Accepted: Midland 2013, Port Talbot 2013, Gia Dinh (Vietnam) 2014, Smethwick 2014, Kumanovo (Macedonia) 2014, Tourism 2014 - Nicosia (Cyprus)
