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Subject: [Leica] Lion-tailed Macaque
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 07:41:21 +0200
References: <AANLkTimysAKWfJJ++8hm4bPHWF7AHTwURGugmBwH1Mnj@mail.gmail.com>

Beautiful shots, beautiful animal. Why have the numbers declined--hunting or 
just habitat loss?

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA





On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

> 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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