Snow monkeys

Japanese macaques at the Jigokudani hot spring, photographed for the faces rather than the steam.

Snow

Monkeys 01
Monkeys 02 Macaque close-up · 600mm · f/4 · 1/800 · ISO 4000
Monkeys 03 Grooming by hot spring · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/500 · ISO 2000
Monkeys 04 Monkeys in the bath · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1000 · ISO 5000
Monkeys 05 Snow monkey portrait · 500mm · f/4 · 1/400 · ISO 1250
Monkeys 06 Macaque expressive eyes · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/1250 · ISO 3200
Monkeys 07 Macaque in hot spring · 600mm · f/4 · 1/320 · ISO 2500
Monkeys 08 Macaque on the mountain · 600mm · f/4 · 1/1600 · ISO 6400
Monkeys 09 Two macaques grooming · 400mm · f/2.8 · 1/640 · ISO 1600

Everyone photographs the monkeys in the bath. I went for the faces: the old male who runs the pool, the mother who never lets go of the infant, the grooming that goes on for hours. Eleven days in the valley, most of them in falling snow.