Rhesus macaques

[Ajit Huilgol]

The rhesus macaque is the commonest monkey in North India, where they can be found in most cities, often threatening women and children carrying food! They live in large groups headed by an alpha male, and guard their territories against other groups in a vicious manner.
Species: Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)
Location: Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India
Date: Nov 2008
Equip: Canon 1D Mlll, Canon 100-400 at 220
Specs: ISO 500, f7.1, 1/200s, hand-held

Thank you for taking the time out to look, and for your comments/critiques

[Harshad Barve]

Boy o boy , my driver never stops for monkey, macaques and deers:D:D:eek:. I told him Rhesus Macaque won IOTY in 2009 and still he has not stopped for anyone above in last 6 days

Excellent moment very well captured here Ajit , one lovely image
TFS

[Hilary Hann]

Very nice grouping with good eye contact. The mother in the middle looks to be a little more saturated than the other two but she may just have been that colour. Shame that the hand is cropped but that baby is priceless.

Hard to imagine that they can be vicious, looking at this group.

Harshad, you will need to get that driver to stop more!!

[Harshad Barve]

Harshad, you will need to get that driver to stop more!!

If I stop him he may say goodbye to me :eek::eek::eek:

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Ajit
Wonderful family portrait. All nicely balanced and showing great habitat. Big congrats on this one!
cheers :)

Harshad
CHANGE YOUR DRIVER!!!!