Comments on: Chimpanzees of Mahale

By: Amit

Amit — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:15:38 +0000

thank you for sharing all those wonderful pics of
Chimpanzees they are awesome..your pics are very inspiring..

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By: Nitin Sharma

Nitin Sharma — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:30:12 +0000

Wow!!! good work!!

Nitin Sharma from INDIA.

By: rushh

rushh — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:03:12 +0000

Wonderful work.. guys…
nice images and interesting spot….
i like the large image and nice DOF…

Matt, nice pose…

Hope to c more uploads..

cheers

By: bluechameleon

bluechameleon — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:53:41 +0000

These images are simply amazing. Such a study of character(s) and expression. I also found your text to be very informative and interesting. Bravo!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:02:41 +0000

Thanks for the comments!

Arrowsmith:
Even using the best cameras and lenses, noise will always be a problem when shooting in the jungle. Will and I were using canon 1d mkIII bodies with f/2.8 lenses (mostly the 70-200). We were frequently using ISO values up to 1600! Other than using the newest cameras with the fastest lenses at maximum aperture, there really isn’t much you can do. You could try using flash to illuminate the subject, but this might produce some unattractive lighting. Flash should also help to reduce the backlighting effect of shooting up into the sky.

By: tnaftal

tnaftal — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:34:16 +0000

i love primates! i can watch them for hours tho my exposure has only been at the zoo. i have enjoyed them the most at the bronx zoo the most. they have a large population w/all ages.

By: Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:02:52 +0000

These are excellent photographs.
I was interested by your comment about “cameras and lenses were better suited to the low light conditions of the jungle”. Could you provide some details of equipment/techinques you used?
I had some problems photographing howler monkeys in Costa Rica recently – thermal noise bacame a real problem. With a 400mm lens wide open I had to shoot at the max ISO to get a reasonable shutter speed. And, naturally, shooting up into trees made the subject really backlit.
Short of upgrading my camera body to a newer one with better sensor I’m not sure what to do. Any suggestions?