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Solitary Confinement sent on 14 Novembre 2012 (20:38) by Steve Mackay. 62 comments, 12178 views.

con Canon EF 1.4x II, 1/320 f/8.0, ISO 800, hand held.

This is Djanghou, a captive, adult male, Western Lowland Gorilla, who resides at Howletts Animal Park (Kent, UK). He was sitting in the shadows of his outdoor enclosure, every once in a while he would lean forward slightly, which allowed the bright sun to light up small features on his face and chest. I underexposed the shot to render the shadows as dark as possible, I then converted to B/W and further darkened the blacks. Howletts is a world leader in it's gorilla breeding and wild reintroduction programme, so my title "Solitary Confinement" was purely for moody narrative purposes. This 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". Djanghou however, is as innocent as they get, he is an incredible animal! I'm sure many of us feel that captive animals (especially complex and intelligent creatures like the Great Apes) are a shadow of what their wild selves should really be!, so this is the idea behind the image (and not a slight on the efforts of the Zoo that this Gorilla lives at), thanks for looking!

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Elleemme

sent on 10 Marzo 2013 (23:11) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I like the composition and point of recovery. I would have preferred to see more of the eye, the absolute black in that area does not convince me.
hello and good light, laurel

I like the composition and point of recovery. I would have preferred to see more of the eye, the absolute black fatto che area does not convince me.
hello and good light, laurel

Giuliano34

sent on 03 Agosto 2013 (14:29) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

wonderful picture, let me meditate about the life of this captive animals, they Should Be in the wild, such a great picture and wonderful.

Alberto Ghizzi Panizza

sent on 11 Agosto 2013 (22:42) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Absolute masterpiece! Well done Steve!

Max57

sent on 12 Agosto 2013 (9:09) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Amazing visual effect! Wow! Blade of light and mood of the gorilla in a pose intense and sad.
Compliments. ;-)

Giani Scarpa

sent on 12 Agosto 2013 (9:11) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Simply great

user8988

sent on 12 Agosto 2013 (9:16) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Fine

Marco Renieri

sent on 12 Agosto 2013 (9:22) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Great shot, congratulations!
Hello, marco

Farhad906

sent on 19 Ottobre 2013 (23:31)

very good

Francesco Andrea Bisagno

sent on 21 Ottobre 2013 (7:08) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

extraordinary in its simplicity!

Irene Sanna

sent on 05 Novembre 2013 (17:59) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

A shot that leaves its mark. Congratulations is beautiful.
Hello, Irene

Adolfo Panarello

sent on 05 Novembre 2013 (18:06) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

One of the best shot I've ever seen! Best compliments!

Adolfo

Raffo74

sent on 27 Novembre 2013 (20:29) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

10 ... no doubt!

Barbara76

sent on 11 Dicembre 2013 (10:30) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Beautiful and very expressive shot ... magnificent subject ... my congrats Barbara :-)

GiocaiFoto

sent on 27 Dicembre 2013 (19:59) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

This photo is a masterpiece. Great, intense. It makes me think.

Laurence Corbie

sent on 13 Gennaio 2014 (22:09)

A masterpiece ! Very impressive ! Congratulations
and I like your explication.

Rplacanica

sent on 23 Gennaio 2014 (9:40) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Really poignant, Great!

Giovannini Italo

sent on 23 Gennaio 2014 (9:59) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I bow to a master wow wow wow! greetings

Massimiliano Montemagno

sent on 12 Maggio 2014 (18:27) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Amazing shot. Congratulation!

Claudio Santoro

sent on 30 Novembre 2014 (20:00) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

beautiful Great BW

Kindly Light

sent on 30 Novembre 2014 (20:17) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Very impressive. Congratulations indeed. Hello paul

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