[Leica] Lion-tailed Macaque

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

I can't pick up a favourite; it must be the family ties ;-)

Great shots Jayanand and I wish I had been there too.

Thanks for sharing
Amiti?s
Philippe

Le 3 sept. 10 ? 12:26, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit :

>
> My trip to the rainforest was primarily to see the Lion-tailed  
> Macaque, a
> monkey endemic to the rainforests of the  Western Ghats mountain  
> range  in
> South India, and one of the rarest primates in the world, only an  
> estimated
> 3000 or so survive in the wild. Why it ended up being called Lion- 
> tailed
> instead of Lion-maned eludes me, because its silver gray mane is far  
> more
> spectacular than its admittedly lion like tail. Luckily we got close  
> to a
> troop, and they did not seem bothered in the least - this being the
> monsoons, the weather and light was fairly miserable, and most shots  
> are at
> ISO 800 and above:
>
> A good scratch:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3583.jpg.html
>
> An infant:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3525.jpg.html
>
> On the lookout:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3637.jpg.html
>
> In the habitat:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR4001.jpg.html
>
> High Key (with the tail) :
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/copy1.jpg.html
>
> Comments & criticism welcome, as always.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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