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I encountered a very endearing family of wild vervet monkeys who scampered around the gardens of Sun City, opening and eating sugar granules directly out of sachets from sugar bowls on the local cafe tables.
Sun City, South Africa, 2002
(Shot with a Canon EOS 7, 135mm/f4)
Daily Photo - Sleeping Snow Monkeys
This was not an easy place to find! (The geolocation is not exactly right.... but see below)
From JR Tokyo Station, take the JR Shinkansen to Nagano.
From JR Nagano Station, take the Nagano Dentetsu train to Yudanaka. From Yudanaka, take a bus or taxi to Kanbayashi Onsen. From there, it's about a 30 min walk to the Jigokudani Yaen-koen entrance.
I've always wanted to come see the wild snow monkeys... and so I just decided to make it happen this trip. Way up in the mountains of Japan, near Nagano, there is a troop of several dozen wild snow monkeys that roam all around a set of mountains. I didn't know if I'd be lucky enough to catch them or not... some say it is hard, and some people say it is easy. But you never really know! I set out to do my best and see what I could find.
Towards the very top of the cold mountain, there is a hot spring that churns out super-heated water that smells of sulfur. It fills this little pool and the monkeys come down during the day to lounge about, play, rest, eat, and all kinds of other wonderful things.
I spent two days on this mountainside. In the evening, I slept on the floor of a nearby ryokan, which is a traditional Japanese inn. There are about 30+ more stories about things that happened here, including eating crunchy crickets, but I will leave those to accompany future photos.
Another New Video Soon!
I just finished editing together a cool video interview I did with Alfie Goodrich here in Japan a few days ago. He has borrowed an awesome medium-format digital camera, and I asked him a bunch of questions about it. I think you will enjoy learning a little about the camera, about Alfie, and about his photography!
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Mama and Mr Brown were both waiting for me just outside the rusty old gate at The Dog Palace.
After the three of us were all done with our greetings we headed to their dinning area where breakfast was served.
30 minutes later Mama and I took off through The DMZ.
Mr B decided to stay behind in order to guard his food tray.
At the boundary line Tuff Guy and Girl Friend took up the job of escort while Mama went back to check on Mr Brown, fair enough.
Tuff Guy was leaping about while Girl Friend was singing her morning melodies. When we reached the big drum their breakfast was also served. Circled around an found Honey , gave her the required quota of attention then headed back to find Mama waiting at the entrance into The DMZ.
OK now for this photo.......................................
We were no more then 20 meters into The DMZ when this monkey started acting silly, well not really silly but more like an a-hole ! Mama chased him up the nearest tree. Monkey came right back down and challenged her. Mama was not impressed !
I walked up to said monkey an shoved a camera lens into his mug an shot him, he was not impressed either !
Found Mr Brown standing in a nearby bush, placed my hand on his big scared up head, then the 3 of us went back to
The Dog Palace........ Today was a good one .......... ;-)
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I was out shooting birds and I came across some wild monkeys!
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Monkeys at Takasakiyama in Oita Prefecture, Japan. JPEGs straight from the camera. ZD150/2.0, wide open, OMD EM-1.
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Just got back from a trip to The Gambia
Patas monkey in the Abuko Nature Reserve in The Gambia.
We had a great guide - Dawda Barry (based in Kotu).
Lot's more to come
UNLIKE THE GREEN VERVET MONKEYS WHO WILL COME OUT OF THE TREES TO BEG FOR FOOD THESE BEAUTIFULL CREATURES ARE EASILY SPOOKED AND CLIMB UP AND OUT OF SIGHT. IF YOU SNEEK UP QUIETLY YOU CAN CAPTURE THEM ON CAMERA.
When I was researching our trip to Tasmania I read about a Monkey Island in the City Park in Launceston. I wasn't sure what to expect, but was delighted to see a display of Japanese Macaque monkeys.
#480 on Explore on 15th January, 2009.
Taking a break from Landscapes for just a moment, we came across the Berber Apes in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Some Apes are content to let you feed them. Some run around like mad. I split of from the group to find one that wouldn't be so uncomfortable around just one person. This little guy came so close and grabbed my camera by the lens hood. It was actually a challenge to get him back far enough to shoot him. Normally the problem is getting them to come to you. Regardless, this guys face had so much personality.