After photographing the landscape and the serow (see previous post), I turned my attention to the macaques in their hot pool.
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Macaques and their reflections through the heat haze of the hot pool.
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A clearer shot with wind blowing the steam away.
For more information on the monkeys and their environment, see the previous three posts.
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The monkeys are quite unconcerned by the presence of humans and people can get very close to them. At various times of the day there were quite a few people milling around the pool.
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Five images of a mother and her youngster.
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It can be difficult to taker wider shots at the pool without getting other people in them.
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Macaques turning up for the family photo shoot in the outdoor studio.
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Mutual grooming is a very important social ritual.
Murray Foote 
cute moment..love it!
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Thank you
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Do I detect this year’s Christmas card among this lot?
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I hadn’t thought of that. You’re probably right though there’ll be contenders from Hokkaido too, albeit without the infant cuteness factor.
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I’ve been looking at your photos for the past hour or so. You’ve got some great photography here. I absolutely adore these snow monkey photos.
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Thanks very much. The snow monkeys are very unconcerned by people and cameras.So it’s a case of being patient and finding the right image and moment. I was probably lucky to capture some of the infants, though.
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