One Legged Ape Baby Learns To Climb
by TommyMoe21

Comment by neophyte:
Great DOF and Composition.

One Legged Ape Baby Learns To Climb
by TommyMoe21

Comment by madcrabber:
great sharpness on its face

One Legged Ape Baby Learns To Climb
by TommyMoe21

Comment by Jutilda:
What great clarity. I'd love it if you adjusted levels or curves to really enrich the overal tones, darken the background a bit.

One Legged Ape Baby Learns To Climb
by TommyMoe21

Comment by vtruan:
A bit of a stretch in your title to make the shot fit the challenge. Nice ape, but needs a killer title to fit this challenge to me..

One Legged Ape Baby Learns To Climb
by TommyMoe21

Comment by sjturner:
great capture (hope it's not true about the one leg)

One Legged Ape Baby Learns To Climb
by TommyMoe21

Comment by harmsusmc:
Color seems a bit flat

Circularly Confused, Bokeh Challenge
by TommyMoe21

Comment by Louis:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Your photo is a well done tribute to the original, and an excellent photograph in its own right. Regarding the features of your image specifically: overall, composition is wonderful, with the subject slightly off centre and weighted toward the bottom of the picture in a pleasing way. Bokeh is perfect, and, needless to say, the colour is spectacular, truly one of the most pleasing elements. I like your version's slight emphasis on the bulb's threads, which add interest, the highlights nicely offsetting the splash of colours behind.

I understand it's almost unavoidable at this exposure, but grain is noticeable in the colour background, which, for such an abstract composition, would not have suffered from aggressive noise reduction in NeatImage or similar. However, it could be said that the grain enhances the effect. There is lens debris or dust on the lightbulb (on the orange portion) that should have been cloned out.

Minor points all, and your photo is not diminished by them. A lovely image. Congrats!

I hope this has helped,
Louis

Circularly Confused, Bokeh Challenge
by TommyMoe21

Comment by rblanton:
Nicely done.

Circularly Confused, Bokeh Challenge
by TommyMoe21

Comment by orussell:
WOW Tommy, great job!! I'm truly flattered. You made my day.

Circularly Confused, Bokeh Challenge
by TommyMoe21

Comment by graphicfunk:
An outstanding entry.