There are many groups of both spider and howler monkeys roaming the forest around Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this group turned up as I was photographing flowers.
They were inquisitive and calm, and some stopped to check me out, but the group was on the move so they had to follow – you can see the others up on the left.
This is a typical example of how quickly your focus can change, and how you must be prepared to use a long lens in seconds even though you are deeply focusing on a macro shot. Here I didn’t have my long lens at hand – it was in my cabin – and I would rather have a shot with my 210mm macro than none. The interesting thing is that in this case I think the wider view is much more interesting than that of a 500mm lens.
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Last updated on 22 June 2024
