Captive

An orang-outang at Ho Chi Minh City zoo, where animals are kept in

rather poor conditions... Thanks for your C&C. Alain

the details of the fingers are very good, as are the lighting, tones and especially the textures. wrenching,

Wow...chilling image. Very sad. Very well done. Great use of b/w and nice framing. It might look stronger with a bit of the top bars cropped. I would love to see this as part of a series to take in more parts of the scene. This to me, looks like a chapter in a story.

very chilling indeed. the more i look at it, the more uneasy i feel. mostly because the fingers look like human fingers that have been subjected to horrible abuse.

Very expressive and touching image Alain. Great B & W work and good composition. Well done.

Thanks to all of you for your kind words. Alain

Powerful and sobering. Thanks for sharing...

I think it is sad to keep these more sophisticated beings in a cage their whole life - I like the B/W very much - great tones - wonderful conversion! Your approach here almost suggests that the hand could be human....riveting photo - take care.

Yikes! This is the type of image that could keep me from sleeping tonight! Without knowing its background, I would just be terrified, and I guess to be honest I would have to say that even knowing about the poor animal, I see it more as a masterpiece of advertising work for the next horror movie blockbuster. Spectacular black and white work, a very powerful image, and I would add more but I have to go lock my door...

Mark

Jerry, Ellery and Mark : thanks a lot for your encouraging comments ! They are appreciated.

Wow ... i love this ! 7/7

Very strong image.  It's obvious it's a cage, but what is not obvious is what is behind the bars.  You can tell from the bars it's not a very nice pen for anything.

Outstanding. Really chilling, evocative, touching. One of the best B&W I have seen for a while

WOW what a capture. The fact that you can only see the hand instead of the typical shot with the whole subject behind a gate/fence, makes this photo really stand out. It's almost a documentary photo, it says so much 

Very well executed, thumbs up :D

It is a picture of strong impact! Well seen, composed and captured.

Regards,

Rosario.