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by steve mackay on Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:47 am
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Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Wildlife Gallery, week ending 16th December, 2011!Here is a shot of a Captive adult male (Silverback) Western Lowland Gorilla at Howlett's Zoo, this Zoo is a world leader in it's Gorilla breeding programme, they have released 14 back into the wild!.
As Zoo's go, Howlett's is superb (regarding how it cares for it's animals and it's conservation efforts).
So my title is really just for moody narrative purposes (and certainly not meant to demean the wonderful Zoo that I took this shot at).
The image reminded me of a (human) prisoner kept in dark "solitary confinement", with a shaft of light to convey the solemn mood of the "prisoner"......I hope this 'idea' roughly translates to a captive great ape, as this was my intention.......although, this captive "prisoner" is as innocent as they get, he is an incredible animal, I just hope my photo has done him some justice..?
Thanks for looking, C&C most welcome, cheers! :)
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by Carol Clarke on Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:57 am
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Dramatic, powerful - and very poignant image Steve. Superb. I really love this!

I also agree with you about Howletts. An amazing place.
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by steve mackay on Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:36 am
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Cheers Carol, much appreciated! :D
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by Gyrine on Sun Dec 11, 2011 3:27 pm
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Pretty dramatic. Nice image
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by Marc on Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:00 pm
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Very well depicted here Steve, great use shadow play in this B&W,
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by Jackie Schuknecht on Sun Dec 11, 2011 8:03 pm
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Powerful image, well done Steve. I really like the eye peeking out. Great interpretation.
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by Nathan Lovas on Sun Dec 11, 2011 9:27 pm
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Well done...my only small nit would be that I would love to see a bit more of the eye.
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by steve mackay on Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:05 pm
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Cheers for comments and suggestions Kevin, Marc, Jackie and Nathan!!!
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by Rocco Cinefra on Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:17 pm
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Nathan Lovas wrote:...my only small nit would be that I would love to see a bit more of the eye.
The same thing for me. In any case, it's a very nice image. Congrats!
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by jerryb on Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:50 pm
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Love the mood. You could also say "film noir" like.
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by hastorga on Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:37 pm
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Steve this is wonderfull. I love the mood here and the lighting is superb!!! What a fantastic image. Congrats.
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by Cindy Marple on Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:09 am
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Very well done with the light in just the right places. Lots of emotion in this image.
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by nymphalidae65 on Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:43 am
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Very impressive shot!
Contrast well handled :)
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by steve mackay on Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:55 am
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Many thanks all for encouraging comments, many cheers Greg and mods for the IOTW, i'm a very happy fella right now!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:
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by Leonid Fedyantsev on Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:56 am
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Absolutely outstanding portrait Steve!!! Very impressive work and my congratulations!!!

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by Jackie Schuknecht on Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:19 am
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Big congrats Steve, this photo has real presence. Well done!
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by john on Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:10 am
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Congradts! A beautiful image
 

by hastorga on Fri Dec 23, 2011 11:21 am
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Congrats on the IOW!!!
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by steve mackay on Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:01 pm
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Cheers Leonid, Jackie and Hector, much appreciated! :D
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