Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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