This is a blue monkey, photographed on a wall at the Ngorogoro Sopa lodge in the evening. The sun was on its way down and so the light is coming in almost horizontally lighting up the front of the monkey. Myself and another photographer were working our way along the wall to get as close as possible without disturbing the monkey and I captured this shot as he (or she) was checking on our progress.
I shot this at ISO250 f7.1 and 1/250s with my long 150-500mm lens set at 150mm. I like the way the light plays on him and the glint in his eyes. I also like the way his eyes are complemented by the orange lichen on the wall.
Post has seen a slight toning down of the highlights and an increase in the vibrancy then a crop to put his eyes about 1/3rd of the way up the image and the addition of my watermark.
If I was to shoot this again it'd be great to remove the curling plant in the foreground (but you can't choose where a wild animal will sit!) and to shoot in landscape to get his tail in the image.
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