When we take guests to Rwanda and Uganda for gorilla trekking, we always add an extra day for another endangered primate — the golden monkey. These guys are a lot of fun to view and photograph. They occasionally jump from the trees and land right at your feet. In this case, a young golden monkey even started reaching for and touching the front of my lens. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 24-70mm lens (at 24mm) ISO 2000, f/2.8 at 1/1000th of a second.
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When we take guests to Rwanda and Uganda for gorilla trekking, we always add an extra day for another endangered primate — the golden monkey. These guys are a lot of fun to view and photograph. They occasionally jump from the trees and land right at your feet. In this case, a young golden monkey even started reaching for and touching the front of my lens. Nikon Z8 with Nikkor 24-70mm lens (at 24mm) ISO 2000, f/2.8 at 1/1000th of a second.
Fantastic portrait, Sean!
Thanks Sue. This one eventually got so close, it was beyond the minimum focus of my lens.
Amazing capture! So much soul in their eyes.
Thanks Nicole. I never tire of these playful monkeys.
why don’t any of these monkeys shave before getting their picture taken by a world-famous photographers?
We’ll have to see what we can do about that next time.