Author: although it's a wonderful pose and on-theme...your highlights are terribly blown. I would suggest finding another image that's more properly exposed before the voting begins....just an opinion, but as it stands, I'm afraid this particular image will not do well in the voting...

did a little bit of color editing (in accordance to the rules & regulations) this was the only shot of this scene that I have, which is a little upsetting, the mom wasn't very happy there were humans crowding to take photos. I do think though that overblown lighting is a taste thing and that some people actually enjoy an overblown photo if it highlights just the important parts

Its a bit better now author...there is now at least some detail in the blown out parts of the mother's head. I understand what you are saying about some photos having BOH, I use the hi-key method quite often, but it certainly is a matter of having the blown highlights work with the image, not against it...

Author - no amount of tweaking will recover information/detail in the highlights that has not been recorded in the first place.

I'm aware...but right after I snapped the photo the ape ran away I wish I had a chance to get a better shot