Indri -feet, Mitsinjo reserve, Andasibe, Madagascar
As explained in my other post, this was the first time for me to use f/1.4 lens on wildlife and I was just learning as I got along, with mixed success and failures. I personally like the soft look in general:
...yet in the above example some might consider it too soft. This is due to the animal being relatively large and I was up close. I still like it myself, but I realize it's pushing the edges. Later in the trip I have some lemur shots using f/1.4 at a bigger distance and those results are less controversial, more universally appealing. Lesson learned.
This photo demonstrates well the effect I'm after that I personally love, yet some may hate. It is both sharp and dreamy, creating depth. Highlights are soft and misty, not hard.
This ultra thin depth of field is one of the primary reason photographers buy cameras with large full frame sensors and very fast lenses. Typically for portrait photography, not for wildlife, but ah well.
The indri, also called the babakoto, is one of the largest living lemurs. It is a diurnal tree-dweller related to the sifakas and, like all lemuroids, it is native to Madagascar.
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