Japanese Macaque / Snow Monkey, Japan

[Charles Glatzer]

Japanese Macaque / Snow Monkeys, Japan

1Ds III, 70-200 II
Manual, 1/250 @ f/7.1, ISO 800
Post-production- 15in MBP, LR3, CS5, NIK

See you where there is light, or at the computer,

Chas in Japan

[Doug West]

Charles...as you probably know, Artie has been posting his also, but this one of
yours I love the most.

Doug

[Ofer Levy]

A classic! maybe just a slight levels adjustment.

[Charles Glatzer]

A classic! maybe just a slight levels adjustment.

Or, maybe since I was there I preferred to make the image closer to what I saw in reality, wink.

Chas

[Ofer Levy]

Or, maybe since I was there I preferred to make the image closer to what I saw in reality, wink.

Chas

How can anyone remember the exact mid-tones in a scene that's beyond me but this is your image...:w3

[Rachel Hollander]

Chas - Love the gray and blue tones of this and the misty bg. Excellent detail and techs as usual.

TFS,
Rachel

[Tom Graham]

I'm not sure about so many big paws, hands, feet, think I'd prefer more emphasis on faces.
Tom

[Roger Clark]

Chas,
Beautiful image. I like the soft fog look of the original. Ofer's repost has too much contrast in my opinion, especially in the hands/feet and that draws the viewer away from the faces.

Roger

[Ken Watkins]

Chas,

Great image, Ofers repost looks to have more punch and clarity but the effect on the "shiny" hands is too strong.

Then again the mist must have an effect on the overall perception.

[Colin Knight]

Chas, nice capture! I've always been fascinated by these. Can you please discuss how difficult it is to approach these animals and how they act around humans?

[Doug Brown]

Chas, nice capture! I've always been fascinated by these. Can you please discuss how difficult it is to approach these animals and how they act around humans?

I'm interested too. Of course he did shoot this with a 70-200mm on a FF body, so they have to be fairly tolerant of humans.

[Sid Garige]

How can anyone remember the exact mid-tones in a scene that's beyond me but this is your image...:w3

Ofer,
IMO Chas's original post represents hotsprings in snow environment much better than your repost. I have not been to Japan but photographed ducks in Thermopolis hotsprings in winter. Similar environment and steam kind of reduces the contrast.
-Sid

[Harshad Barve]

Amazing image Chas , liked it as posted
TFS

[Paul Taylor]

Beautiful picture. Love all those hands and feet and the contact going on. I find myself wishing for some eye contact, but suspect this is more realistic; and anyway the little one's expression is just perfect.