Rwanda Mountain Gorillas _DSC14482

Introspection...

We were lucky to find the gorillas first outside the reserve in the largely open farmland. The lighting was perfect. At least for the others with slower lenses, and some even with 'point and shoots', it was a good chance to get some reasonable shots too. The best tip I read on the internet was to under expose by -1EV. Everyone else with their cams set up without this one stop exposure compensation got grey gorilla photographs, as the exposure system tried to compensate for the deep black gorillas. Continued...

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Hamzeh Karbasi says:

wow
another nice capture
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Apollo 11 says:

Fantastic, the whole set!
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left wing lucy says:

Such amazing creatures!
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paoxlr [deleted] says:

wow, very nice!
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wilber.elsalvador says:

Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado Lenguaje corporal y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
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youngrobv (Rob & Ale) says:

Thank you all very much!
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youngrobv (Rob & Ale) says:

Thank you for the invitation...!
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skygirlyne buzzybuzzy says:

thanks for the tip for the exposure on black animals !!!
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Sir Cam says:

look at the expression on his face:-)
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youngrobv (Rob & Ale) says:

The lasting impression they left us is the gentleness and intelligence in their eyes, despite the intimidating muscles!
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mikilak says:

Amazing animal and great capture. As a general note, your whole travel geography is unbelievable.
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youngrobv (Rob & Ale) says:

Thank you Miklak, your own photos are nothing to be ashamed of either. Especially the Russin ones. I really must see at least Moscow and St. Petersburg someday soon!
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Maraflex says:

Very sad face :(

Good shot!
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youngrobv (Rob & Ale) says:

No he's not sad, he was bored staying in the eucalyptus patch. Once the group moved back into the dense jungle of their reserve he was a much happier chappy!
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Nice shot. Wonder what he's thinking :)
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youngrobv (Rob & Ale) says:

Ratatosk: He was actually watching us crawling around... Thanks for the invite!
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Awesome shot, and great tip for anyone planning to go on a gorilla trek!
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really cool ...

a fuji s5 could help with the stops ;-)

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I've go a D700 on order ;-)
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I used your photo on my blog and gave you credit. It is amazing. Thanks for all your great photos.
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