White-faced Capuchin juvenile.
This little guy looks innocent enough, but looks can be deciving.
He departed the group, un-noticed, while I was changing lenses. Switching from my 70-200 to shooting with the 400 2.8 takes a minute to get out of the pack and set up on the tripod. My wife calls it a "Neil Jam" when I pull it out and set it up when there are other people around. Like a bear in Yellowstone clogging the road, people gather round and want to see what I'm getting. "Can I see?" is the common question.
This guy climbed to a perch above the scene and when I heard running water I looked up in time to see him thrust his hips forward to adjust his aim. I was able to pick up my gear and move it in time to avoid the shower. Some of the "Neil Jam" wern't so lucky.
Better to be pissed off than pissed on, as they say.
Canon 7Dii, Canon 70-200 2.8 w/ 1.4 ext. ISO 3200 1/500 @ f8 cropped slightly for composition. PP in LR4. Shot in Manuel Antonio NP, Costa Rica
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3 commentsYour narrative adds much to this capture! I think the intense attitude and side view pose (especiailly fingers to mouth and chin) are strong positives. What is going on in the lower left corner?
Hi Lon.
He is sitting against his mother's back. Cropped as much as I could to minimize it , but still bothersome,I know.
The finger to the mouth adds a lot here. Without reading your title or story I would have thought he was deep in thought. It's funny how the younger a monkey is, typically the older it looks, it's like a reserve aging process. I would try to tone down some of the brighter areas in the bg. Neat portrait Neil!