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Subject: [Leica] Lion-tailed Macaque
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:34:29 -0500
References: <AANLkTimysAKWfJJ++8hm4bPHWF7AHTwURGugmBwH1Mnj@mail.gmail.com>

Very nice images, Jayanand.  You nailed the eyes every time!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 5:26 AM
Subject: [Leica] Lion-tailed Macaque


> 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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