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Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 21 October 2006 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

More monkeys!

These ones are in Iwatayama park in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan. At this park, you can walk among the monkeys with the following cautions: Do not feed the monkeys or show them food; Do not touch the monkeys; Do not make eye contact with the monkeys.

I didn't really get any great photos there, but I liked this sequence.

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Comments (8)

Claireg from Dendermonde, Belgium

these are funny!

21 Oct 2006 9:31am

Jenny from Manchester, United Kingdom

Yeah, fantastic sequence. :D

21 Oct 2006 10:30am

Shuva Brata Deb from Hyderabad, India

At first glance it was so difficult to figure out what that animal was, but I figured out. For some reason the focus point is near the left feet and not exactly on the body.

21 Oct 2006 10:31am

@Shuva Brata Deb: Yes, I happily admit that I'm attracted to the less obvious or conventional when presenting an image. If it took a moment to see that it was a monkey, then I'm glad. How many times have you seen a clear picture of the sole of a monkey's foot? Bet you never want to see one again!

Ryan Yam from Quezon City, Philippines

Nice collage :) In the first pic you can see the detail on the monkey's huge feet haha.

About signs in Japan, there are alot of sites where they post funny signs found around the country. They call it engrish and a compilation of weird signs can be found here.

21 Oct 2006 12:11pm

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

That is indeed a very nice sequence Damien. I live relatively near the monkey park but as yet have not been. After seeing these I might well have to make the trip.

21 Oct 2006 3:58pm

mbettik from United States

Wow, great shot. For some reason I didn't think it was a monkey at first (I was thinking some type of large rodent). Because I thought it was a rodent, the human-like foot at the bottom left kind of startled me. Very cool image.

23 Oct 2006 1:00pm

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

Friends of mine got chased by monkeys here... I'm not going up the mountain unless I'm packing heat.

19 Dec 2007 12:40am

MSD from Fort Washington, United States

Pretty cool montage! When I saw the thumbnail, I said to myself "what in the world is that?" lol . Anyway, very good work! I love the top image with his little foot sticking out and I love the first one at the bottom with the hands in the water.

31 Jan 2008 7:32pm

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