Photographer's Note
This photo was taken during our boat trip on Tortuguero canal. Usually, when we were lucky to spot a wild animal, we would take lots of photos hoping one or two would turn out to be fine. Well, as it happened here, none of them was perfect due to the distance, but all of them were interesting and looked as if this "little monkey" :-)) was giving us a show, just for our pleasure, as you will be able to see in the series of WS.
In fact, when I made some research, I found out he wasn't making his show, but just living his normal life.
GEOFFREY'S SPIDER MONKEY : Its arms are considerably larger than its legs, and it has a prehensible tail that can support its entire weight, and is used as an extra-limb.
It spends 75% of its feeding time eating ripe fruit.
Unfortunately, it's an endangered species due to the loss of habitat (forests), and capture for the pet trade or zoos. So we were happy to be able to visit Costa-Rican preserved forests where monkeys seemed to be plentiful.
We were also lucky to see capuchin monkeys which I didn't manage to photograph, and howler monkeys which I will show you in my next post.
6 WS for a diaporama.
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Ricx
(13495) 2011-02-27 2:02
Morning Marie- I hope you are enjoying sunny weather in Brittany today.
This is a lovely image of a spider monkey - not always easy to capture- lovely focus with him/her looking directly at you- did you enjoy the canal trip? I would be interested to hear more about the trip- have you got photos of the boat.. Chat soon Rich
papagolf21
(152607) 2011-02-27 3:27
Bonjour, chère amie Marie-Louise,
Félicitations pour avoir su saisir ce singe-araignée en train de se régaler des fruits environnants (cette photo est parfaite pour distinguer son visage disposant de grands yeux malins).
Sa morphologie lui permet de se mouvoir dans toutes les positions.
Un grand merci pour ce partage édifiant.
Excellente journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe
JCG
(35153) 2011-02-27 4:51
Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Il me semble bien malicieux de singe araignée comme nous pouvons le voir également sur tes photos en WS. Mais ici nous voyons bien qu'il semble t'avoir repéré !!! Ce doit être un exploit pour tomber dessus surtout avec une végétation aussi dense... Intéressant et attendrissant coup d'oeil, merci Marie-Louise.
Avec toutes mes amitiés et un excellent dimanche,
Jean-Charles
ikeharel
(114477) 2011-02-27 5:43
Bonjour MarieLuise,
Great monkey you had caought, in it's green environet.
Very pleasing image, lavish rainforest.
Unique moment well taken,
Ike
polpo56
(15146) 2011-02-27 6:03
Ciao MarieLuise,
che simpatica questa foto... scattata al momento giusto; la scimmietta sembra guardare dritto negli occhi del fotografo.
Buona domenica
Ludo
Fis2
(171823) 2011-02-27 12:17
Bonjour MarieLouise!
Interesting photo.
Great ape.
Good frame and colors.
Well done.
Have a nice week
Krzysztof
Silvio1953
(222779) 2011-02-27 12:54
Ciao Maria Luisa, deliziosa scimmietta in grande azione, bell'ambientazione naturale, ottima luce e bei colori, brava, ciao Silvio
eldancer1
(36343) 2011-02-27 14:07
It is very hard to a get a good photo of animals in the wild, you are lucky to get this one. Great pov and dof with nice details. Good colors. Well done ,tfs.
jlbrthnn
(76043) 2011-02-27 14:19
Bonsoir Marie-Louise,
En liberté dans ce milieu naturel, l'animal a un comportement plus intéressant que dans un zoo. J'espère qu'il en restera toujours en liberté. Bonne et intéressante photo. Bravo.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
Joël
s_lush
(16602) 2011-02-27 21:52
Hello Marie-Louise,
Again, you have presented to us a whole well-illustrated story from Costa Rica, this time about such a beautiful creature in its natural habitat. Excellent composition and perfect quality despite the long distance, and highly interesting and informative note! Thanks for the very useful visual, textual and cartographic information!
Best regards,
Sergiy
kordinator
(8738) 2011-02-28 2:43
Hello Marie Louise
Really beautiful composition.
The perfect detail, I love the green vegetation and animals.
Interesting spider monkey in his game.
Really great theme with beautiful colors and light.
Excellent accompanying text.
Warm regards
Saša
pajaran
(116947) 2011-02-28 7:22
Dobar dan-popodne.
Lepo je videti i snimiti slobodne majmune u prirodi ...
Lepo mesto sa majmunom i dobar prikaz, lepim bojama i fotografijom.
Dobar rad sa fotografijama u radionici, moje cestitke.
Prijatno popodne i sve najbolje.
Imajte lepu nedelju i dobro zdravlje.
Paja.
Google.
Bonne journée l'après-midi.
Il est agréable de voir et d'enregistrer les singes libre dans la nature ...
Nice place avec un singe et une bonne vue, de belles couleurs et les photos.
Bon travail avec les photos de l'atelier, mes félicitations.
Un bel après-midi et tout le meilleur.
Passez une bonne semaine et une bonne santé.
Paja.
Kielia
(24077) 2011-03-01 7:15
Bonjour Marie Louise,
it was with great pleasure and interest I read the nice note that is accompanying this fascinating impression of the monkey. There is a great atmosphere of wildlife! My compliments!
Warm regards
Harriet
yedirenk
(11244) 2011-03-01 13:38
Hi dear Marie Louise,
a wonderful nature shot with very good timing..a wonderful scene..very funny and very naughty monkey..and very beautiful..excellent presentation..thanks for sharing..
greetings
Cevdet
delpeoples
(60342) 2011-03-02 3:32
Ciao cara Marie-Lousie
Oooh che carino. Hai catturarlo nel modo naturale, nitida con colori bellissimi. Mi piace molto il taglio verticale. Ottimo lavoro e ti auguro una bella giornata.
Un caro saluto
Lisa
danos
(110407) 2011-03-03 0:26
Good morning Marie-Louise,
nice the snapshot with the cute capuchin monkey to be the main and the most attractive point of the image.The WS complete the main shot so interesting.
Have a good day,danos
gildasjan
(43826) 2011-03-08 4:37
Bonjour MarieLouise
Quelle aisance pour ce primate dans ce milieu végétal.Il ne semble pas malheureux le bougre mais peut-être est-il possible que son biotope soit en danger.
Bonne après-midi
Amicalement
gildas
Waylim
(25436) 2011-03-08 18:48
Hi MarieLouise,
It is so much fun to watch the monkeys do monkey things. They are very active and full of surprises. This one is really talented and flexible in the way he hangs around and swinging from branch to branch gathering fruits. I wish I could be as flexible, when I was little I love to claim trees for fruits.
Very nice shots and I enjoyed the different WS shots as well. Thanks.
Way
mauro61
(53429) 2011-03-10 22:27
ciao MarieLouise,
sempre difficile cogliere animali in movimento specie questo genere.
Buona l'inquadratura e il contesto verde dello scatto,
saluti
maurizio
siolaw
(38294) 2011-03-11 1:44
Bonjour Marie Louise,
J'ai des bandes de singes partout autour de ma maison et sur mon toit, à Goa en Inde, et ils sont pratiquement impossibles à photographier... à peine ils te voient ou entendent, ils détalent à toute vitesse...
Celui ci est bien mignon, suspendu par la queue... C'est sur que pour ces distances, il faut du gros matériel, mais bon, elle est sympa quand même!
Mes amitiés
Laurent
jafadabret
(56501) 2011-03-12 10:39
Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Un vrai défi cette photo avec un acrobate pareil !
J'aime l'expression et la position de l'animal. C'est encore un animal en voie de disparition comme tant d'autres, comme c'est dommage.
Amicalement
Jacques
manatee
(4668) 2011-03-13 16:44
Me gustan los monos, estos son muy lindos los monos arana, aunque u poco peligrosos ademas tienen unaos brazos muy largos y pueden facilmente robarte tu comida hehhee.
Gracias
Juntas
(7960) 2011-03-21 7:56
Salut Marie Louise. A great acrobatic scene caught up in the right moment. Natral colors are very nice, sharpness is great for an action scene. Nice to see that are some places left for some species to survive. Great shot and note.
HAve a nice day.
PAulo
UlfE
(14641) 2011-03-21 13:32
Hi MarieLouise,
I really enjoy your photos from Costa Rica, perhaps not technically perfect, but with great feeling of presence and almost being there yourself. You could very well imagine what it looked like in reality. TFS and have nice week!
Kind regards,
Ulf
Docarmo
(9767) 2011-04-02 20:08
Bonjour Marie-Louise,
Tu as fait une belle présentation de cet "artiste"! Sur cette photo, le contact visuel est fantastique.
Bravo!
Du
emilbo
(22616) 2011-05-21 18:17
Allô Marie Louise!
Toutes intéressante tes photos du Costa Rica qui me rappellent de bons souvenirs. Je n'avais pas de caméra numérique dans le temps et je prenais beaucoup de films avec mon camescope. Il est vraiment magnifique ce singe dans un bel environnement de verdure. Je préfère celle-ci au WS pour la composition en respectant la règle des tiers. Excellente qualité d'image pour une photo prise de loin.
Toutes mes amitiés et merci de ta visite,
Emilius
Vasa
(515) 2011-06-01 16:08
Ton temoignage de Costa Rica decouvre ta passion pour le monde exotique que tu presentes par ces quelques photos mignonnes et seduisantes. Ce rendez-vous par example est de classe, chere amie! Tres content de te revoir,
Branko
clic
(76) 2011-06-30 5:14
Bonjour Marie Louise
Quel athlète; Tarzan pour aller se rhabiller!
Et le ciel vous a procuré une lumière diffuse pour une belle illustration uniforme de ce sujet exotique digne des reportages du magazine Géo!
Le tronc est judicieusement placé sur une ligne d'intérêt verticale pour un agencement agréable.
Amicalement.
Robert
gervaso
(28383) 2018-03-09 4:18
Hola, MarieLouise!
Una maravillosa imagen del mono con tanto verde a su alrededor, con tonos muy bonitos y naturales! Me gusta la idea de movimiento del animal brincando en las ramas de los árboles, y mirando desconfiado hacia la fotógrafa! Excelente trabajo!
COSTANTINO
(117672) 2020-02-20 23:09
Hello my dear friend
and have a nice time
and a happy weekend
original version
nice timing for you
for a photo dedicated to
the Nature
regards
Costantino
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